Coming home was no cure for the Rays. Playing at Tropicana Field for the first time in two weeks, Tampa Bay fell 11-4 to the first-place New York Yankees on Monday night. The defeat dropped the defending American League champions to 71/2 games behind the Yankees in the AL East race. That matches the largest deficit the Rays have faced this season. ...more

July 28, 2009

Joe Maddon's cycling passion doesn't stop when the Tampa Bay Rays manager goes on road trips. ...more

April 2, 2009

The addition of free agent designated hitter Pat Burrell has Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon contemplating a lineup that would drop second baseman Akinori Iwamura out of the lead-off spot. ...more

February 26, 2009

Pleasant low-humidity weather has greeted the Tampa Bay Rays for their Grapefruit League opener today at their new spring training digs. ...more

February 25, 2009

The games that count are still a ways off, but the Rays will take another significant step toward Opening Day as they begin their Grapefruit League schedule this afternoon against the Cincinnati Reds. ...more

February 25, 2009

Though his third career as a broadcaster requires he be a man of many words, Kevin Kennedy found an efficient way to sum up his new duties. ...more

February 17, 2009

Yes, it seems strange that the team that came from nowhere last season has left home to take up new digs in, well, the middle of nowhere (like St. Pete is the City of Light). In truth, Port Charlotte isn't in the middle of nowhere, but it's in the same school district. It's a friendly place, especially when the county fair is just across the road from the ball yard. ...more

February 14, 2009

The opening of spring training is always the time to express unbridled enthusiasm about what might lie ahead in the coming season, and this time around no one is raising any eyebrows when the Rays talk about aiming high. ...more

February 13, 2009

The big stories in baseball the last couple of months have happened in places other than Tampa Bay, which only shows that while a lot has changed for the Rays, some things never will. ...more

February 13, 2009

The Tampa Bay Rays will unveil their 2009 ticket prices this afternoon, and it likely will cost more to watch the defending American League champions in person. ...more

November 17, 2008