So this is what it feels like to start a baseball season after finishing the previous year with a winning record. Nearly six months after the Rays' first World Series appearance, TVs at Bay-area sports bars, homes and businesses were tuned Tuesday to the team's season-opening game against division rival Boston Red Sox. The Rays lost the game 5-3 but have a chance today to even the series. The first time fans can clang their cowbells at Tropicana Field will be Monday, when the Rays play their home opener against the Yankees. In preparation for that, the team held "Rays University" classes for all employees at Tropicana Field on Tuesday. The theme: excellent customer service. ...more

April 8, 2009

The addition of free agent designated hitter Pat Burrell has Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon contemplating a lineup that would drop second baseman Akinori Iwamura out of the lead-off spot. ...more

February 26, 2009

The Tampa Bay Rays will launch a marketing campaign for ticket sales next week in hopes of building on their 2008 performance that finished with a World Series appearance. ...more

January 30, 2009

The Tampa Bay Rays will launch a marketing campaign for ticket sales next week in hopes of building on their 2008 performance that finished with a World Series appearance. ...more

January 29, 2009

For the 48th time, the Sports Club of Tampa Bay will honor the area's best and brightest sports achievers at its annual awards banquet. ...more

January 18, 2009

LHP Jamie Moyer's strong outing in the Phillies' 5-4 Game 3 victory looks even more impressive when considering that the 45-year-old pitcher was battling a severe stomach bug. ...more

October 27, 2008

Ask Pinellas County Commissioner Bob Stewart for a World Series scouting report and you likely will get more than you bargained for. ...more

October 22, 2008

Ask Pinellas County Commissioner Bob Stewart for a World Series scouting report and you likely will get more than you bargained for. ...more

October 21, 2008

and its infamous catwalks. ...more

October 13, 2008

DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE SENIOR BOYS BASEBALL One goal remains for District 6 and State Champion Spring Hill Senior Boys – Dixie World Series Champions - beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday against Tennessee. SPRING HILL ENTERS SERIES HITTING .378 ...more

August 2, 2008