RAYS ADDRESS: Charlotte Sports Park, 2300 El Jobean Road, Port Charlotte ...more

March 28, 2009

RAYS ADDRESS: Charlotte Sports Park, 2300 El Jobean Road, Port Charlotte ...more

March 26, 2009

One week from today the Rays will play their final game in Florida before heading north to finalize their preparations for Opening Day. ...more

March 25, 2009

SPRING TRAINING INFO RAYS ADDRESS: Charlotte Sports Park, 2300 El Jobean Road, Port Charlotte ...more

March 24, 2009

Joe Maddon this morning all but ruled out the possibility center fielder B.J. Upton will be ready for the season opener April 6 at Boston. ...more

March 22, 2009

It wasn't necessarily by design, but the Rays got their first look this spring at Jeff Niemann in the kind of situation he might face if he opens the season in the bullpen. They could have been forgiven for wanting to look away. ...more

March 21, 2009

A couple of hundred yards from where the Tampa Bay Rays were playing St. Louis in an exhibition game, B.J. Upton took his first swings in a game this spring. ...more

March 19, 2009

The first day of spring may be not be until Friday, but you couldn't tell that to the thousands of fans gathered at Charlotte Sports Park on Wednesday to watch the Tampa Bay Rays play the Cincinnati Reds in a spring training game. Sunshine and temperatures in the 70s made for perfect baseball-watching conditions as the Rays won 7-3. ...more

March 19, 2009

James Shields made his third start of the spring and made the batters he faced look like minor leaguers. ...more

March 18, 2009

SPRING TRAINING INFO RAYS ADDRESS: Charlotte Sports Park, 2300 El Jobean Road, Port Charlotte ...more

March 16, 2009