Today's Games Florida vs. Baltimore at Fort Lauderdale,1:05 p.m. ...more

February 28, 2009

Rocco Baldelli led the major leagues in love Friday. The Rays were reunited at last with those pesky Red Sox, and Baldelli made the trip up from Fort Myers to be DH - designated hugger. He saw old friends everywhere, faces from the Rays' from-nowhere run to the World Series, which carried past Boston in the American League Championship Series. More incredible, Baldelli was part of it. ...more

February 28, 2009

Thursday, Feb. 26 St. Louis vs. Baltimore at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 1:05 p.m. ...more

February 26, 2009

Two 19-year-old Port Charlotte men have been charged with tampering with evidence after trying unsuccessfully to gobble down a bag of marijuana before police could find it. ...more

February 25, 2009

We're out of the woods. Tiger is back. Forget the world's troubles. Forget what that president guy talked about Tuesday night. This is the real stimulus package. Tiger Woods and his reconstructed knee return to the links today. ...more

February 25, 2009

He doesn't want to waste a second. He beats most everyone to the park. Joe Nelson learned at his first training camp, in 1996. The then-Atlanta Braves prospect overslept twice. ...more

February 22, 2009

PORT CHARLOTTE - The Rays have signed former Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen to a minor-league contract. He is expected in camp Saturday morning. ...more

February 20, 2009

PORT CHARLOTTE—Scott Kazmir will not be allowed to pitch for the United States in the upcoming World Baseball Classic. ...more

February 17, 2009

As far back as last fall, with the Tampa Bay Rays still fighting to stay alive in their unlikely playoff run, Joe Maddon was occasionally caught musing about how much he was looking forward to spring training. ...more

February 15, 2009

For the first time, every player in the Tampa Bay Rays organization will gather under one roof this spring. ...more

February 13, 2009