ST. PETERSBURG James Shields doesn't care when the second game of the Rays' series with the AL West-leading Los Angeles Angels is played. ...more

August 18, 2008

Remember that scene in "Hoosiers," where Gene Hackman hears the catcalls at a Hickory pep rally? ...more

August 2, 2008

Whether motivated by genuine emotion or basic psychology, Joe Maddon put his Good Cop hat back on Monday. ...more

July 29, 2008

It was Cliff Floyd who first sounded the alarm during the week before the All-Star break. ...more

July 27, 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

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

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

Dioner Navarro has been pretty busy since the Rays lost their seventh straight game Sunday in Cleveland, so perhaps it was a bit easier for him to brush aside the way the first half ended. ...more

July 18, 2008

For week upon week through the first three months of the season, the Rays were able to keep churning. They managed to maintain a high energy level while playing mostly clean, crisp baseball that usually resulted in victories. ...more

July 12, 2008

Even before the Rays suffered another loss Thursday night, James Shields was eager to step back into the stopper's role he has filled in the past. ...more

July 11, 2008