Never mind the end result, the Rays had a strong showing in a 6-3 Grapefruit League loss to Toronto at chilly Charlotte Sports Park on Sunday. ...more

March 1, 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

NEWS AND NOTES Plant's Givens Is Headed To Oklahoma State Plant High baseball standout Mychal Givens has made his college decision. Givens is headed to Oklahoma State, joining a pretty impressive list of Panthers to sign with the Cowboys in recent years. ...more

December 2, 2008

Plant High baseball standout Mychal Givens has made his college decision. Givens is headed to Oklahoma State, joining a pretty impressive list of Panthers to sign with the Cowboys in recent years. ...more

December 1, 2008

South Florida Community College baseball players Chaz Abeln, Jerry Neufang, Cameron Nelson and Leo Chang signed letters of intent on Wednesday to take their games to four-year, Division-I programs. ...more

November 21, 2008

NEWS AND NOTES Durant's Sullivan Picks West Fla. Durant senior baseball player Ty Sullivan has verbally committed to the University of West Florida, a Division II program. ...more

November 11, 2008

Two-Seam Fastball Hold the index and middle fingers with the seams. How it works: The pitch is thrown with an arm side run, which allows the ball to dip away to left-handed hitters (or right-handed if the pitcher is a lefty) and into a right-handed batter (or into a lefty for a left-handed pitcher). ...more

October 22, 2008

RHP Josh Beckett did not tear his oblique muscle in his final regular-season start as Tom Verducci reported on SI.com on Thursday, Red Sox manager Terry Francona said before Game 5. ...more

October 17, 2008

The Rays managed only four hits in Game 1 against Daisuke Matsuzaka and his late-inning help. How much tougher can Boston's pitching get? ...more

October 13, 2008

On any given night, Rays scouting director R.J. Harrison can go online, check the box score for the Princeton or Hudson Valley game, and feel pretty good about the work he and his staff did this year. ...more

August 14, 2008