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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Andrew Friedman is leaving the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rays?src=hash">#Rays</a> to take over the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dodgers?src=hash">#Dodgers</a>, as <a href="https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays">@TBTimes_Rays</a> first reported.</p>— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) <a href="

">October 14, 2014</a></blockquote>

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I had heard that Friedman had an ownership stake in the team.

Are the Rays prepared to carry on without him?

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Andrew Friedman is leaving the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rays?src=hash">#Rays</a> to take over the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dodgers?src=hash">#Dodgers</a>, as <a href="https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays">@TBTimes_Rays</a> first reported.</p>— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) <a href="
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I had heard that Friedman had an ownership stake in the team.

Are the Rays prepared to carry on without him?

No. They are done. Like I told everyone :)

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Quite the 'rags to riches' story..........lol. Wonder what he can do with an unlimited budget. Oh, and I agree that this probably doesn't bode well for the Rays at all.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>So I already have the title of <a href="https://twitter.com/jonahkeri">@jonahkeri</a>'s next book - The Top 1%: How Baseball's Richest Team Actually Won a World Series</p>— robneyer (@robneyer) <a href="

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Joe Maddon has one more year on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rays?src=hash">#Rays</a> contract and lives in LA. Don Mattingly's 2015 could be as tenuous as his 2013.</p>— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) <a href="

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Joe Maddon has one more year on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rays?src=hash">#Rays</a> contract and lives in LA. Don Mattingly's 2015 could be as tenuous as his 2013.</p>— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) <a href="
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Losing Maddon would be a bigger blow I think.

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I disagree.

But losing one, then the other, would be hard for them to recover from.

Unless of course they have a hot shot GM in waiting over there.

Either way, they have a loaded team and system. Whoever takes over will have a grace period.

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