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Roger Mooney covers the Tampa Bay Rays for The Tampa Tribune, TBO.com and News Channel 8. He has covered the Rays since their first season in 1998, including 11 years for the Bradenton Herald. Roger has also covered Florida, South Florida and Florida State football, the Bucs and the Lightning.

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Rays bring back Dan Johnson

Posted Jan 11, 2010 by Roger Mooney

Updated Jan 11, 2010 at 05:05 PM

First baseman Dan Johnson, author of one of the greatest moments in Rays history, signed a one-year, $500,000 major league-deal with the team today.

Rays fans remember Johnson’s pinch-hit, solo blast off Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth inning Sept. 9, 2008 at Fenway Park that tied the score at 4-4 and enabled the Rays to rally for a 5-4 victory and increase their lead over the second-place Red Sox to 1.5 games.

Johnson had been called up from Triple A Durham that morning, but was late getting to Fenway Park because of flight delays and rush-hour traffic.

Johnson was not a member of the post-season roster and was released after the season. He played for the Yokohama BayStars last season.

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