Player payroll: It's a topic baseball fans love to debate and front offices invariably hate. ...more

January 27, 2009

Brian Cashman thinks the Yankees should rally around Alex Rodriguez following a book in which former manager Joe Torre portrayed A-Rod as a divisive figure in the New York clubhouse. ...more

January 27, 2009

The Rays outfielder is optimistic he will return for the home opener on April 13. ...more

January 15, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG – Rocco Baldelli is headed home to New England to continue his comeback. ...more

January 8, 2009

In signing Pat Burrell, the Rays have acquired just about the best available right-handed bat, which is what we all said they needed. ...more

January 5, 2009

There have been few chances to second-guess Rays manager Joe Maddon this season, because usually the guess has hardly been out of our mouths when Maddon's hunches have worked, often perfectly, sometimes eerily, in this wondrous season. ...more

October 16, 2008

Wary of acknowledging the gravity of the situation, the Rays are getting creative to keep themselves from dwelling on the fact that they're one win away from the World Series. ...more

October 16, 2008

The so-called "miracle" season is nothing new in baseball but never has there been something quite like what the Rays have pulled off. ...more

September 27, 2008

AL EAST: THROUGH THE YEARS 2008 (current standings) ...more

September 27, 2008

April 6-8 at Boston 10-12 at Baltimore 13-15 N.Y. Yankees ...more

September 18, 2008