If your cell phone doesn't work well around Raymond James Stadium lately, it must be turned off. ...more

January 26, 2009

Somebody has to clean up the mess. In baseball, those duties fall to the ultimate worker bees, the clubhouse attendants. As of mid-afternoon Tuesday, a series of fans were blowing the carpet dry in the clubhouse at U.S. Cellular Field – and that was after an initial cleanup process that kept the clubbies there until about 1:30 a.m., some six hours after the final out. ...more

October 7, 2008

Tampa Bay's magical 2008 season motored ahead Monday as the Rays topped the White Sox 6-2 to win their best-of-five Division Series 3-1. ...more

October 7, 2008

Andy Sonnanstine was mildly irritated about losing his cell phone earlier in the day. Nothing else bothered him Monday night at hostile U.S. Cellular Field. ...more

October 7, 2008

The first two games in Rays postseason history weren't exactly easy. Both were hard-fought affairs that were still very much in play in the final innings. ...more

October 6, 2008

Everyone said playoff baseball was different. The Rays listened, sure, but how different was it going to be? After all, they mowed down the Chicago White Sox with customary flair in the first two games of the American League Division Series. ...more

October 5, 2008

Before Matt Garza could begin to realize his potential as a dominant pitcher, he had to conquer his demons. ...more

October 5, 2008

After a frustrating couple of days on the sidelines allowing the vision in his left eye to return to normal, Carlos Pena on Saturday pronounced himself ready to play in Game 3. ...more

October 5, 2008

It hurt just to watch Dioner Navarro try to play as the regular season wound down for the Rays. He could barely make it down the line on ground balls, and we can only guess at the protest his various body parts raised when he went into another crouch behind home plate. ...more

October 5, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays are heading to Chicago on a high note after Friday night's 6-2 victory against the White Sox at Tropicana Field. Akinori Iwamura's two-run homer provided the lead, Scott Kazmir got the victory, the bullpen closed it out and the Rays took a two-game lead in the best-of-five American League Division Series. Game 3, the potential Rays' clincher, is Sunday afternoon at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field. ...more

October 4, 2008