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Getting swept at Fenway might be a dose of reality for the Rays.

But I think the brawl and suspensions that will come for Sheilds and likely Gomes and Crawford might help them in the long run. They can view the Red Sox as a grudge match and the fight as one of those team building unifying moments. Sure, it works better when Bill Mueller hits a walk off home run in a dramatic come from behind win, but his could work, too.

I'm not saying the Rays can parlay this into a division title. Not by a long shot. But it's not a bad thing for that many young players to have both a taste of success and a reason to be mad.