The Rays lagged well behind their peers in establishing a serious presence in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, but they hope to serve as trendsetters when it comes to developing baseball talent in Brazil. ...more

December 5, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG – One half of the television announcing duo that has been with the Rays since the beginning is moving on. ...more

November 18, 2008

A 16-year-old schoolgirl is making a unique pitch to become the first woman to play professional baseball in Japan. ...more

November 17, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays are the bounce-back kids of the postseason. And no player on the team exemplifies that more than outfielder B.J. Upton. ...more

October 24, 2008

Between David Price's start Monday night, Mitch Talbot getting the call for the nightcap of today's doubleheader and an expected relief appearance by Jeff Niemann sometime today, Rays fans should get a look at three-quarters of Durham's playoff rotation in the heat of a pennant race. ...more

September 23, 2008

Pitching was about all the Rays had to hang their hat on Monday, as their offense was hardly clicking on all cylinders against a series of mediocre Orioles pitchers. ...more

September 23, 2008

TAMPA - One of The Florida Aquarium's original residents gave birth this morning to a quintuplet of flapping, splashing stingrays. ...more

September 9, 2008

Lacoochee's Stanley Park is now home to the Police Athletic League's Dade City Pirates football program. The park, which underwent some improvements this summer, hosts the undefeated junior flyweight team (3-0), which will travel to face the undefeated West Hernando Cougars (3-0) today. ...more

September 7, 2008

John Beamer, a Boston-based management consultant, writes about the economics of baseball for The Hardball Times, an online baseball magazine (hardballtimes .com). Beamer recently answered a Tribune reporter's questions about the value of the Tampa Bay Rays, now that they have achieved a winning season, and how major league teams are valued overall. ...more

September 6, 2008

Angels rookie infielder Sean Rodriguez has 37 strikeouts and nine walks in his brief major-league career. But if he'd been paying attention, he'd have one more free pass. ...more

September 6, 2008