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

As a breeze blows across the Peace River giving downtown Punta Gorda an early sense of spring, a buzz about baseball generates a surge of excitement. ...more

February 21, 2009

Baseball fans can hit the spring training circuit and get tested for skin cancer at the same time. ...more

February 21, 2009

Evan Longoria was back in the clubhouse Thursday morning and was feeling better than Wednesday, when he went home early because of lingering pain from his wisdom tooth extraction last week. ...more

February 20, 2009

The Tampa Bay Rays took the field at 10 a.m. today for their first full-squad workout of the spring, with all major players on hand for the occasion. ...more

February 18, 2009

As far back as last fall, with the Tampa Bay Rays still fighting to stay alive in their unlikely playoff run, Joe Maddon was occasionally caught musing about how much he was looking forward to spring training. ...more

February 15, 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

For the first time, every player in the Tampa Bay Rays organization will gather under one roof this spring. ...more

February 13, 2009

As a newly minted postseason sensation who already has proved his worth at the highest level, you might think David Price would be a bit miffed that he has to win a big-league job this spring. ...more

February 12, 2009