The newest star in the Rays' playoff drive fit right in - and not just because of the massive home run he hit Tuesday night. ...more

September 11, 2008

BOSTON Red Sox ace Josh Beckett is set to rejoin Boston's rotation on Friday night in Texas. ...more

September 3, 2008

Ryan Raburn may be playing an unfamiliar role, but it's something he gladly will take right now. ...more

August 4, 2008

Brett Myers, leading the major leagues with 24 home runs allowed and coming off the shortest start of his career with the Phillies, is headed to the minor leagues. ...more

July 2, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Ozzie Guillen was laughing, which he likes to do a lot, and pointing toward center field at the Trop. Someone had asked him whether the Rays would retire the No. 13 he wore here during a 41-game "career" in 2000 for a team that eventually lost 92 games. ...more

May 30, 2008

As Monday night's game wound deeper into extra innings, the Rays were looking for a big hit from anyone in their lineup who could provide it. ...more

May 21, 2008

You pitch your whole life hoping to get a shot at the major leagues, shutting down opponents from Little League through high school and into the minor leagues. ...more

February 17, 2008

At some point, a season is lost and it's time to look ahead. Practices, morning skates and even the games themselves become more about evaluation for next season and developing young players than about hanging on by a thread to a no-longer-realistic chance to participate in the postseason. ...more

February 5, 2008

The two news items came across the wire during a three-day span last spring, their significance amounting to perhaps a sentence each among all but the most ardent baseball fans. ...more

February 3, 2008

How Tampa Bay Ended Up Last In The East At The Break 1. The plight of Dan Boyle this season just about sums up how things have gone for Tampa Bay in the first half. From the moment an errant skate fell off its hook above Boyle's locker in September and severed three tendons in his wrist, the team must have felt like it has had a black cloud following it around. Boyle's absence was absorbed for the first quarter of the season, but as the season wore on, Tampa Bay's young core of defensemen wore down. ...more

January 26, 2008