While the Yankees would prefer that Alex Rodriguez plays with a hip injury, Manager Joe Girardi said surgery before Opening Day remains an option for New York's third baseman. ...more

March 7, 2009

Alex Rodriguez says he's happy to put behind him a meeting with baseball officials about his use of steroids more than five years ago. ...more

March 3, 2009

RAYS WORLD SERIES ROSTER ...more

October 21, 2008

He talks to himself, even shouts to himself as he races in from the bullpen to the rescue. He's from Down Under, but Over The Top works for the man from Sydney, Australia, who could moonlight as a Tasmanian Devil. ...more

October 9, 2008

Star Of The Game: B.J. Upton Upton, who labored with a shoulder injury and had only nine home runs in the regular season, saved the brightest moments of his career for Monday. The Rays defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-2 in the clinching Game 4 of the American League Division Series. Upton's solo home runs in the first and third innings provided a 2-0 lead and the Rays never looked back. "He White Sox starter Gavin Floyd left two fastballs over the plate," Upton said. "I got them up in the air and, well, this is the Windy City for a reason." Upton was 5-for-17 in the ALDS, but he heated up at the end. There was a triple to the center-field wall in Game 2. Then came Upton's four at-bat flurry, bridging the final two games - homer, single, homer, homer. ...more

October 7, 2008

The Rays are four victories away from the World Series. ...more

October 6, 2008

The way their bullpen has performed through the first two games in the playoffs, the Rays would have felt confident taking a one-run lead into the ninth inning Friday night. ...more

October 4, 2008

They pick up the starters, and then they pick up each other. "It's the same thing that's been going on all year long," pitching coach Jim Hickey said after the Rays' bullpen delivered a second consecutive dose of postseason excellence. ...more

October 4, 2008

Less than two hours before Game 2, Carlos Pena said he was "optimistic" he would be able to start as scheduled. ...more

October 4, 2008

The Chicago White Sox had an early opportunity to blow things open Friday night. Instead, they find themselves in a deep hole. ...more

October 4, 2008