OK, so there have been several of these dramatic comebacks in this improbable Rays season. ...more

August 7, 2008

With SS Jason Bartlett and LF Carl Crawford each missing a second consecutive start Tuesday, the Rays recalled INF Ben Zobrist and optioned struggling OF/DH Jonny Gomes to Triple-A Durham. ...more

August 6, 2008

The Rays entered Thursday's game having committed 29 errors in their last 29 games - the most in the majors during that span and the same number they made in their first 71 games. ...more

July 25, 2008

While the cozy, air-conditioned confines of Tropicana Field have brought out the best in Rays starter James Shields, Wednesday's outing, at least through two innings, had all the trappings of a game Tampa Bay has gotten used to losing the past three weeks. ...more

July 24, 2008

Ben Zobrist gave himself the perfect send-off Wednesday, even though he didn't want it to be a send-off. ...more

July 24, 2008

They can. They can't. The Rays can make the playoffs if they play like they did their first two games off the All-Star break, rousing wins against Blue Jays pitchers A.J. Burnett and Roy Halladay. ...more

July 21, 2008

Good fortune combined with outstanding starting pitching and an extraordinary at-bat by Evan Longoria on a historic evening for the revived Rays. ...more

July 20, 2008

If Tampa Bay's glorious season of redemption had a face, it would resemble Eric Hinske. ...more

July 20, 2008

Most of the time you wouldn't want to read lips too closely when Grant Balfour is on the mound. By his own admission, he can be guilty of "saying stuff I shouldn't say out there" but it's just his way of getting fully into the moment. Relief pitchers tend to be a little nutty anyway, and Balfour definitely fits the profile. ...more

July 19, 2008

The Rays have been saying since their first half ended in lethargic fashion with a seventh consecutive loss Sunday that they just needed a break to refocus and they'd be right back to the kind of baseball that got them here. ...more

July 19, 2008