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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Stuart Sternberg doesnt want to place unrealistic expectations on his cost-conscious Tampa Bay Rays. Even after an off-season in which he approved spending that boosted one of baseballs lowest payrolls by more than 50 per cent, the owner is reluctant to say hed be disappointed if the club does anything less than win enough games to make the playoffs for the fourth time in five years. That speaks more to how difficult it is to keep pace with teams that have deeper wallets than what Sternberg feels the Rays are capable of accomplishing after bolstering the offence with the addition of free agents Luke Scott and Carlos Pena and adding veteran relievers Burke Badenhop and Fernando Rodney to the bullpen. "Our expectations are that we have a very very good team this year. Ideally youd like to say the best team weve put out. You never really know until we go out there," Sternberg said Tuesday during a visit to spring training. "Wed like to win a lot of games. I cant say if I expect to win 80 or 100," he added. "You can never expect to make the playoffs. I dont think any team does that other than one or two of them." The Rays unexpectedly stretched a tight budget this winter, boosting payroll from around $42 million in 2010 to about $65 million this year. Scott and Pena, the franchises career home run leader whos back in Tampa Bay after spending last season with the Chicago Cubs, signed one-year deals that account for $13 million of that increase. While Sternberg said he didnt anticipate the payroll climbing by more than $20 million, he nevertheless felt compelled as a competitor and a fan of the game to spend more to give the team a better chance of remaining competitive with the big spending New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the AL East, arguably baseballs toughest division. "Everybody knows the challenges in the division. You can never assume youre going --or even think youre going -- to make it into the post-season given the heft and the abilities of the teams were competing with," Sternberg said. "If I was spending three-X what we are now, I would tell you I have an expectation to make the playoffs," the owner said. "But to be in the American League East and spend 60 some odd million, which is still a 50 per cent bump from last year, I have no right ... to expect well make the playoffs. I do expect were going to win a lot of baseball games." Sternberg reiterated his belief that what Tampa Bay has been able to accomplish with limited financial resources -- win two AL East titles, make it to the World Series in 2008 and the playoffs three of the past four seasons -- cant be sustained long-term without eventually getting out of Tropicana Field and into a new ballpark that will boost revenue. While hes encouraged that there has been dialogue among region politicians and business leaders about the need for a new stadium that "I also think its going slower than it can be." "Weve got to figure something out. This cant go on for decades," said Sternberg, who took control of the team in 2005 and has helped transform it from a club that had never finished with a winning record into a championship contender. "Why you want more revenue is to give yourself a better opportunity to compete. We are competing without the revenue. That is not an endless cycle," the owner said. "I dont mind the difficulty of doing it. I like the challenge. Thats all fine and dandy, but you want to have a ray of hope that we can sustain this. And we have to this point. Its been very fortuitous, weve been very fortunate." Sternberg said he remains optimistic that baseball can succeed in the Tampa Bay area. He the willingness to boost the payroll this winter "shows the faith we have in this market." 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Austyn Hardie scored once and set up two more for the Mooseheads (40-18-3), who extended their win streak to five games, and Andrew Ryan and Philippe Gadoury had the others. Titan (18-37-6) defenceman Alexandre Gosselin was caught on the ice for all six goals against. Miguel Sullivan stopped 34-of-40 shots for Acadie-Bathurst, which fell to 1-8-1 in its last 10 contests. --- ISLANDERS 5 WILDCATS 4 MONCTON, N.B. -- Bradley Kennedy scored twice as Charlottetown snapped a four-game slide by edging the Wildcats. Spenser Cobbold scored once and assisted on two others for the Islanders (19-36-6) while Troy Vance and Daniel Sprong each had a goal and an assist. Stephan Seegar, Mark Simpson, Vladimir Tkachev and Christopher Caissy supplied the scoring for Moncton (30-29-3), which dropped its fourth straight game. Mason MacDonald made 34 saves for Charlottetown as Jason Rioux turned away 19-of-24 shots for the Wildcats. --- SCREAMING EAGLES 4 SEA DOGS 3 SAINT JOHN, N.B. --Jeremy Beaudry scored twice, including the winner 4:09 into overtime, as Cape Breton picked up its sixth win in its last seven outings by slipping past the Sea Dogs. Julien Pelletier and Clark Bishop also scored for the Screaming Eagles (33-24-4), who blew a 3-0 third-period lead before salvaging the two points. Jason Cameron, Matthew Highmore and Nicolas Hebert scored in a 4:17 span for Saint John (18-37-5) to force extra time. Cape Bretons Alex Bureau made 22 saves. Sebastien Auger kicked out 34-of-38 shots for the Sea Dogs. --- TIGRES 7 SAGUENEENS 1 CHICOUTIMI, Que. -- Jean-Francois Plante scored twice and Brandon Whitney made 36 saves as Victoriaville crushed the Sagueneens. Lukas Pozgay, Carl-Antoine Delisle, Angelo Miceli, Anthony Beaulieu and Philippe Hudon also scored for the Tigres (31-23-7). Nikita Liamkin scored the lone goal for Chicoutimi (26-34-1). Julio Billia started in net for Chicoutimi and gave up six goals on 29 shots before giving way to Mathieu Duquette, who stopped 1-of-2 shhots in eight minutes of relief.dddddddddddd --- DRAKKAR 4 PHOENIX 1 BAIE-COMEAU, Que. -- The Drakkar used a three-goal third period to slip past Sherbrooke. Jeremy Gregoire, Denis Gorbunov and Valentin Zykov scored in the third for Baie-Comeau (43-15-4) and Maxim St-Cyr opened the scoring in the second. Daniel Audette scored the lone goal for the Phoenix (16-38-7), who sit three points out of the final playoff position. Simon Lemieux made 24 saves for the Drakkar while Sherbrookes Francis Desrosiers turned aside 40-of-44 shots in a losing cause. --- ARMADA 3 VOLTIGEURS 1 DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. -- Christopher Clapperton scored twice as Blainville-Boisbriand snapped a four-game skid by downing the Voltigeurs. Marc-Olivier Roy also scored for the Armada (38-14-9) and Etienne Marcoux stopped 29 shots for the victory. Ryan Culkin scored the lone goal for Drummondville (37-21-4). Louis-Philip Guindon turned aside 13-of-15 for the Voltigeurs. --- FOREURS 5 OLYMPIQUES 0 GATINEAU, Que. -- Anthony Mantha had two goals and an assist and Antoine Bibeau stopped 32 shots as Val-dOr shutout the Olympiques. Louick Marcotte scored once for the Foreurs (40-19-2) and assisted on goals by Anthony Richard and Samuel Henley. Martin Reway and Emile Poirier led Gatineau (37-20-4) in shots on net with four each. Robert Steeves stopped 32-of-37 shots for the Olympiques. --- OCEANIC 3 HUSKIES 1 RIMOUSKI, Que. -- Michael Joly had a pair of goals as the Oceanic extended their win streak to 10 games by beating Rouyn-Noranda. Frederik Gauthier also scored for Rimouski (39-15-7) and now has five goals in his last four outings. Oceanic netminder Philippe Desrosiers made 20 saves for the win. Jason Fuchs scored the lone goal for the Huskies (33-23-5) and Guillaume Decelles stopped 20-of-22 shots in a losing cause. --- CATARACTES 2 REMPARTS 1 (SO) SHAWINIGAN, Que. -- Giovanni Fiore scored once in regulation and the lone goal of the shootout as the Cataractes downed Quebec. Marvin Cupper turned away 40-of-41 shots through 65 minutes and all three shooters in the shootout for Shawinigan (16-36-8). Mikhail Grigorenko scored for the Remparts (35-16-9) while Francois Brassard made 30 saves in a losing cause. The Cataractes went 0 for 3 on the power play while Quebec scored once on three chances. ' ' '
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