Brett Phillips made the most of his two years with the Tampa Bay Rays as a local hero who was embraced by the fan base.

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His struggles at the plate finally caught up to him, and the Rays released him on Monday

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But he did his job here, and made baseball fun again.

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Brett Phillips made the most of his two years with the Tampa Bay Rays as a local hero who was embraced by the fan base.

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The Rays had lost six of seven games and their grip on a playoff spot was slipping away.

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A lot of things were going wrong — injuries, slumps, demotions — and tenseness and stress was starting to take over for a team on the skids.

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It was obvious in a somber locker room after a Friday night loss to the Cleveland Guardians.

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But on Saturday morning, laughter and joking and frivolity had returned to the Rays' locker room — and it was much needed.

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There was a lot of joking about who would make up a Rays basketball team.

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