The last time RHP Al Reyes came off the disabled list, he didn't allow a hit in his first seven appearances or a run in his first nine. ...more

July 28, 2008

Tampa Bay put at least one runner on base in every inning but the ninth, but it never mounted a threat against Braden or the A's bullpen. ...more

July 23, 2008

In analyzing the deeper meaning of baseball's myriad statistics, many will insist wins aren't a true measure of a pitcher's worth. ...more

July 6, 2008

The moniker seemed appropriate at the time. J.P. Howell had just done it again last week, pitching a couple of spotless innings in relief of Andy Sonnanstine to maintain a Rays lead before handing it off to the late-inning relievers, when his manager referred to him as a "bridge" in Tampa Bay's bullpen. ...more

June 24, 2008

Two games into their showdown against the team with the best record in baseball, the Rays have collected a pair of hard-fought wins. ...more

June 19, 2008

When the Rays' 2008 schedule was released last fall, the series that begins tonight was the one that jumped off the page for just about everyone. ...more

June 17, 2008

It was a trip down memory sewer in the middle of what has been an atypical Rays baseball season, the first of its kind, in fact, the kind where, suddenly, taking two of three from the downstate Marlins simply won't do. ...more

June 16, 2008

After a tempestuous trip that caught them in a whirlwind of emotional strife from New England to Southern California, the Rays returned to Tropicana Field on Friday and proved, once again, there's no place like Dome. ...more

June 14, 2008

Josh Hamilton's first game at Tropicana Field on Monday came and went in four quiet, hitless at-bats without a hint of all he has accomplished for the Rangers this season. ...more

May 28, 2008

The Rays are finally happening. Galaxies are probably tilting. But it is also time for Joe Maddon to shed some of his California-bred sensitivity and begin to use some appropriate, meaningful nicknames for the players. ...more

May 28, 2008