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TAMPA -- By definition, Pete Fairbanks ’ job is high-leverage work. As the Rays’ longtime closer and a key bullpen arm for a few years before that, he usually has a lot on the line whenever he’s called into the game.

High stakes. High intensity. High pressure. You see it in his staredowns with hitters, his celebrations when he nails down a save and his frustration -- typically directed at unsuspecting baseballs in an indoor batting cage -- when it doesn’t go his way.

But it can’t be all gas, no brakes, even for a 6-foot-6 right-hander who throws his fastball in the upper 90s. So when Fairbanks isn’t in the game, or getting read

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