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    Jason Bartlett will be rooting for Yandy Diaz to break his Rays record

    By Marc Topkin,

    26 days ago
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    Jason Bartlett hit a career-high .320 in 2009 and made his only All-Star team that season while with the Rays. [ Times (2009) ]

    ST. PETERSBURG — The plaque is upstairs at Jason Bartlett’s house in the Naples area, commemorating the 19-game hitting streak he had for the 2009 Rays that stood alone for nearly 15 seasons as the team record.

    Until Wednesday, when Yandy Diaz tied it, with a chance to break it Friday.

    Bartlett, coincidentally, was at Tropicana Field on Tuesday with 16-year-old son Jayden and a couple of his friends, and he visited the clubhouse, then did Busch Gardens on Wednesday.

    As they headed home, hearing that Diaz had tied the record, Jayden asked Jason what he was thinking.

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