Watching baseball is easy. Playing and understanding the rules behind it is a whole different ballgame. ...more

February 21, 2009

Baseball fans can hit the spring training circuit and get tested for skin cancer at the same time. ...more

February 21, 2009

As a breeze blows across the Peace River giving downtown Punta Gorda an early sense of spring, a buzz about baseball generates a surge of excitement. ...more

February 21, 2009

Evan Longoria was back in the Tampa Bay Rays' clubhouse this morning and feeling better than Wednesday, when he went home early because of lingering pain from his wisdom tooth extraction last week. ...more

February 19, 2009

The Tampa Bay Rays took the field at 10 a.m. today for their first full-squad workout of the spring, with all major players on hand for the occasion. ...more

February 18, 2009

The Rays made their latest low-risk, potentially high impact acquisition tonight, agreeing to terms with veteran second baseman Adam Kennedy to a minor-league contract. ...more

February 18, 2009

The Tampa Bay Rays will use three different television analysts to replace the departed Joe Magrane, the team announced today. Former major league manager Kevin Kennedy will lead the team of announcers set to work alongside longtime play-by-play man Dewayne Staats. ...more

February 16, 2009

Joining any other team after spending his entire professional career in the Philadelphia Phillies organization would have been a bit strange for Pat Burrell. But the fact that the locker room he now calls home is filled mostly with players he helped beat in the World Series last fall adds a bit of a twist to the whole situation. ...more

February 16, 2009

The last time the economy was worse than today was during the Great Depression, when a reporter asked New York Yankees star Babe Ruth why he got paid more than President Herbert Hoover. ...more

February 15, 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