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Mallex Smith is the 'football guy' on Rays

TORONTO -- It's Saturday afternoon and Mallex Smith is thinking about a decision he made during his senior year in high school.

While his teammates get ready for their afternoon game in Toronto, Smith is throwing a football with anyone who will join him.

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"I am definitely the football guy on the team," Smith said. "I keep a football on me all the time."

The Rays' 25-year-old right fielder didn't grow up as a baseball player, his first love was football.

"Baseball came around when I realized that I could really play baseball in like 11th grade," Smith said.