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Kazmir: Playoffs possible
The optimism was rampant as the Rays opened spring training on Friday.
Besides the new name, the new uniforms, the new players and the new attitudes, there are also new - and significantly loftier - goals, such as making the playoffs.
"What's possible? Play in October, that's possible,'' ace Scott Kazmir said. "That is possible. That's what I got out of Joe (Maddon) talking to us, and talking to all of my teammates, it's not something that's impossible. We have what it takes to win here.''
That might be a stretch for a team that finished a major-league worst 66-96 last season, but the optimism was widespread throughout the clubhouse.
"I think we made unbelievable improvement, dramatic improvement,'' said Kazmir, who spoke critically at the end of last season of the team's efforts to improve. "We addressed every issue that came up in the offseason.''
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