With one XXL-sized move, the Milwaukee Brewers hope to transform themselves from scrappy underdogs to a big, bad pitching powerhouse intent on chasing down the Chicago Cubs and making the playoffs for the first time since 1982. ...more

July 8, 2008

The Rays might look back on these three days in June and remember them fondly as the moment a franchise collectively became one of fortune's favorites. Only with the perspective that comes at the end of a 162-game season will they know for sure. ...more

June 20, 2008

As the ivy began to grow on all those stunned Cubs fans, Carl Crawford circled the bases under the soon-to-be-orange dome, with three runners touching home plate ahead of him. It was grand, it was a slam, and there was no stopping his team. ...more

June 20, 2008

"Where's the rays tank at?" So asked Louis Victor Piniella shortly after emerging from the tunnel into the visitors dugout at the new Tropicana Field. He brought a winner with him - the Chicago Cubs, of all teams - for his first time back in three years, to play another winner - the Rays, of all teams, and Lou's old team. ...more

June 18, 2008

Some things make a lasting impression. For B.J. Upton, it came the night he ignored Lou Piniella's game plan because he thought he knew best. ...more

June 17, 2008

When the Rays' 2008 schedule was released last fall, the series that begins tonight was the one that jumped off the page for just about everyone. ...more

June 17, 2008

It was a trip down memory sewer in the middle of what has been an atypical Rays baseball season, the first of its kind, in fact, the kind where, suddenly, taking two of three from the downstate Marlins simply won't do. ...more

June 16, 2008

Call TBS' sitcom "My Boys" what you will to explain it to neophytes — "Sex and the Cubbies"; a kinder, gentler "Seinfeld" — but the result is the same: It's a light, sprightly comedy about bonded friends that boasts equal appeal for both male and female viewers. ...more

June 11, 2008

It's safe to say things didn't go as Anthony Ferrara expected in the 2008 Major League Baseball amateur draft. Then again, Ferrara wasn't too disappointed in the final outcome. ...more

June 7, 2008

DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE T-BALL Ridge Manor Head Coach Walter Kieffer believes this year's team will put the East Hernando County program on the map. ...more

May 31, 2008