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The major league teams representing Florida are the Miami Marlins and the Tampa Bay Rays. Miami was founded in 1993 as the Florida Marlins and participated in the National League East Division and Tampa Bay five years later, in 1998 as the Devil Races, as members of the American League East Division. Although the two clubs are from the same region, there is little sense of rivalry. The big reason is that the market is small. Miami attracted 3.06 million fans in its first season, but since then, it has been around 1.5 million every year except for 2 million fans. Tampa Bay has never surpassed 2 million since attracting 2.5 million spectators in its first season. However, in terms of performance, the two clubs outperformed other clubs with a much older history. Miami has already won the World Series twice, in 1997 and 2003. Although Tampa Bay has yet to win a championship, they were the 2008 and 2020 American League champions. It also stands out in individual titles. Tampa Bay has two