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    Luke Raley faces the Rays for first time since offseason trade

    By Kristie Ackert,

    30 days ago
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    Luke Raley, seen here earlier this season, seems to be finding his groove at the plate with the Mariners. [ LINDSEY WASSON | AP ]

    ST. PETERSBURG — Luke Raley knew something big had happened when he finally checked his phone. Honeymooning in Saint Lucia, Raley hadn’t cared that he didn’t get good service there ... until the evening of Jan. 5.

    “I had like 30 calls and I knew something big had happened,” Raley said with a laugh Monday.

    One of those calls was from Rays president of baseball operations Erik Neander, telling Raley that they had traded him to Seattle.

    “You don’t ever expect to be traded, but I’ve kind of gotten used to it at this point,” said Raley, who has been traded four times....

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