So this is what it feels like to start a baseball season after finishing the previous year with a winning record. Nearly six months after the Rays' first World Series appearance, TVs at Bay-area sports bars, homes and businesses were tuned Tuesday to the team's season-opening game against division rival Boston Red Sox. The Rays lost the game 5-3 but have a chance today to even the series. The first time fans can clang their cowbells at Tropicana Field will be Monday, when the Rays play their home opener against the Yankees. In preparation for that, the team held "Rays University" classes for all employees at Tropicana Field on Tuesday. The theme: excellent customer service. ...more

April 8, 2009

Since the 1950s, Topps has sold baseball trading cards filled with photos and stats, bringing the game to life. Now the company is bringing its cards to life. ...more

March 10, 2009

When does an extra-inning loss where a team had plenty of chances to win become a reason for optimism? ...more

March 4, 2009

The 2009 baseball season has been one of change for Berkeley Prep junior Garrett Ransom. But the changes Bucs coach Mike Friedlein has asked Ransom to make have paid large dividends early in the season. ...more

March 2, 2009

With the 2009 baseball season just getting under way, Brandon baseball coach Matt Stallbaumer only has one goal in mind. ...more

February 17, 2009

As the first pitch of the new baseball season draws closer, there are plenty of questions running through the mind of Avon Park head coach Mort Jackson. ...more

February 12, 2009

The attorney for Washington Nationals outfielder Elijah Dukes said the ex-Tampa Bay Rays player expects to meet next week's deadline to pay more than $40,000 in court-ordered child support and alimony to his estranged wife. ...more

January 16, 2009

TAMPA (AP) — The lawyer for Washington Nationals outfielder Elijah Dukes said the ballplayer expects to meet next week's deadline to pay more than $40,000 in court-ordered child support and alimony to his estranged wife. ...more

January 15, 2009

A group of Pinellas County business leaders today picked apart a study that indicates the Tampa Bay Rays were responsible for drawing 5 percent of the county's expected 5 million-plus overnight visitors in 2008. ...more

December 11, 2008

It seems it was about 11 minutes ago that we were wrapping up a Rays baseball season that constantly seemed to be about destiny. ...more

November 30, 2008