The Tampa Bay area remains the spring training baseball capital of Florida, with the Yankees, Phillies and Blue Jays playing spring home games at Tampa, Clearwater and Dunedin, respectively. ...more

March 4, 2009

Derek Jeter finally got to experience playing against the New York Yankees. ...more

March 4, 2009

RAYS Address: Charlotte County Stadium, 2300 El Jobean Road, Port Charlotte ...more

March 3, 2009

Jonathan Papelbon wasn't about to waste his intimidating glare — or his overpowering pitches — on his first outing of spring training. ...more

March 1, 2009

Ever since Alex Rodriguez acknowledged taking "boli," a curious thing has happened in this country: It's become harder to find the drug. ...more

March 1, 2009

Every morning, James Shields reports to the ballpark along with the rest of his Rays teammates. He goes through his prescribed workouts in the morning, whether throwing a bullpen session or doing a bit of conditioning work. ...more

February 28, 2009

Jeremy Bonderman was unhappy when Tigers manager Jim Leyland scratched the right-hander from his first spring start. ...more

February 28, 2009

Johan Santana was scratched from his second straight start by the New York Mets because of a sore left elbow. ...more

February 28, 2009

Rocco Baldelli led the major leagues in love Friday. The Rays were reunited at last with those pesky Red Sox, and Baldelli made the trip up from Fort Myers to be DH - designated hugger. He saw old friends everywhere, faces from the Rays' from-nowhere run to the World Series, which carried past Boston in the American League Championship Series. More incredible, Baldelli was part of it. ...more

February 28, 2009

Rays left fielder Carl Crawford knew from the start last season that things weren't right. He had never felt pain like that. It affected his speed and robbed his power. ...more

February 27, 2009