The Tampa Bay Rays, based in St. Petersburg, Fla., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League East Division. The Rays were founded as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998.
BALTIMORE — Rays manager Joe Maddon likes to point out the positives. He sat on the desk in his office following Sunday's game with the Orioles, smiling and listing the good things that caught his attention. The Rays banged out four homers, including one from Rocco Baldelli on his first at-bat this season. They also [...]
Rays focused on Yanks, not Red Sox Maddon gives Pena a break on Sunday Hellickson felt comfortable in relief appearance BALTIMORE — Sunday was the 15th anniversary of when Cal Ripken Jr. tied Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played (2,130). The former Oriole threw out the first pitch in Sunday's game, and talking about [...]
Rays focused on Yanks, not Red Sox Maddon gives Pena a break on Sunday Maddon was on hand for Ripken's milestone BALTIMORE — Jeremy Hellickson made his first Major League appearance in relief in Saturday's 8-4 loss to the Orioles, giving up two runs and six hits in 1 2/3 innings, but he said he [...]
BALTIMORE — Matt Garza backed up his words, though it turns out his provocative warnings to the Baltimore Orioles may have been more gamesmanship than inflammatory speech. After disposing of the Orioles in a 4-1 Rays victory at Camden Yards on Friday night, however, Garza had a discussion with Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon, who [...]
Maddon receives honorary doctorate degree Maddon looking to get Baldelli in the lineup BALTIMORE — Rookie right-hander Jeremy Hellickson fumbled for the right words on Friday when asked how he's adapting to his new role in the the Rays' bullpen. After all, he's yet to make a relief appearance since being recalled from Triple-A Durham [...]
If Rafael Soriano continues to dominate the Major League Baseball Delivery Man Award this way, some might have to consider renaming it after him. That might be a stretch, but Soriano earned the honors again on Thursday for August and for a third time this season. The Dominican hurler is one of only three pitchers [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — A month remains on the Rays' 2010 schedule and, for once, their slate seems favorable as they head for the home stretch. Entering Thursday, Tampa Bay trailed the Yankees by one game in the American League East. "This is a race, New York, Boston," Sean Rodriguez said. "This next month, there's a [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — The crowd did not show like the Rays had hoped Monday night, but the Rays did, playing hard while taking a 6-2 win over the Blue Jays at Tropicana Field with 11,968 watching. By winning, the Rays (81-50) remained tied with the Yankees, who defeated Oakland, 11-5, on Monday night. Meanwhile, the [...]
Crawford youngest to unique milestone Hawpe impresses during batting practice Maddon makes amends with the Trop ST. PETERSBURG — Rays manager Joe Maddon said the team is still mulling over which players will be a part of the first wave of September callups. Among the things he wants to accomplish by bringing players in is [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — A letdown didn't happen. Instead, the night after Dan Johnson hit an emotional walk-off homer against the Red Sox, he got the winning hit Sunday in a 5-3 win over the Red Sox at Tropicana Field with 23,328 watching. "We've won one-run ball games, two-run ball games this whole season," said James [...]