Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash says he didn't think it was real when he first saw the damage to his home ballpark caused by Hurricane Milton in October

DALLAS (AP) -- Rays manager Kevin Cash returned to the Tampa Bay area the morning after Hurricane Milton struck the Florida coast in October and saw the extensive damage to the roof of his home ballpark, Tropicana Field.

"Like many people, I didn't think it was real," Cash said at the winter meetings near downtown Dallas on Tuesday. "Your mind just starts racing and wondering what is going to take place."

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