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

The Tampa Bay Rays have signed right-handed relief pitcher Joe Nelson to a one-year contract. ...more

December 30, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG – The Rays will finish their preparations for the 2009 season on the same field that saw their historic 2008 campaign come to a disappointing end last month. ...more

November 14, 2008

Everybody loves a parade, especially the people of Philadelphia who haven't had anything to cheer about in, oh, about a quarter century or so. ...more

November 3, 2008

The Boston Red Sox will keep their spring training home in the Fort Myers area for 30 more years after signing an agreement Saturday with Lee County. ...more

November 2, 2008

Whenever you doubt the capacity of baseball to embarrass itself at the worst possible time, remember nights like Monday. Only baseball could take its showcase event, the World Series, and turn it into a farce. ...more

October 28, 2008

As B.J. Upton came tiptoeing around third base and slid home to score the tying run in the sixth inning Monday night, no one was exactly sure what it meant. ...more

October 28, 2008

If there's one thing the first four games of the World Series established, it's that the Phillies did an exceptional job compiling scouting reports on the Rays. ...more

October 28, 2008

The situation isn't too complicated, really, and the Rays know that. To keep the World Series going and get it back to Tropicana Field, they have to win tonight, and they have to beat Philadelphia's best starter, Cole Hamels. ...more

October 27, 2008

A lot of things have gone wrong for the Rays in the World Series and not all of it is their fault. But if they lose this tournament to Philadelphia - which looks increasingly likely after Sunday's 10-2 splat that put the Phillies one win from spraying bubbly - it won't take investigators long to explain what really happened. ...more

October 27, 2008