For a guy who was billed as a potential defensive savior for the Rays heading into his first season with the team, Jason Bartlett had experienced plenty of headaches in the field during his career. ...more

March 12, 2009

BRADENTON After hitting the first pitch he saw in anger this spring off the top of the left-field wall and collecting a bloop two-run double the following inning, Carlos Pena was feeling pretty good about his 2009 debut. ...more

March 6, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG Don Zimmer acknowledged Friday that a stroke he suffered last month has slowed him down a bit, but he doesn't plan to let it keep him off the baseball field. ...more

January 17, 2009

Each night, he stands next to Rays manager Joe Maddon, usually in the same place. He's the trusted confidante, offering suggestions, contributing to strategy, helping with the lineups, pointing out the subtleties. ...more

October 28, 2008

Don Zimmer wasn't sure what to think when Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg called him around 2 p.m. Sunday. ...more

October 20, 2008

Rays pinch-runner Fernando Perez was tagging up at third base, waiting for the shallow fly ball to be caught. ...more

October 12, 2008

The Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the first time since 1982. ...more

September 16, 2008

Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano has right rotator cuff tendinitis and inflammation, an MRI confirmed Thursday, a potential obstacle to Chicago's chances of winning the World Series for the first time in a century. ...more

September 5, 2008

This is supposed to be the series in which the Rays pound the nails into the Yankees' coffin – at least as far as the American League East title goes. ...more

September 3, 2008

As Conor Jackson's two-run single bounced through Milwaukee's drawn-in infield, the Arizona Diamondbacks poured out of their dugout as if they had won a title. ...more

July 4, 2008