... by the fans. I wish I could be there but I hope everybody understands." American League manager Joe Maddon of the Tampa Bay Rays said Toronto's Aaron Hill will start at second in place of Pedroia, last year's league MVP. "I hope that everything ...

... knuckleballer Tim Wakefield make his first All-Star team? "The players are the show," AL manager Joe Maddon of the Tampa Bay Rays said. "My basic job is to pretty much get out of the way." Rosters were expanded from 32 to 33 players this year ...

... s just a big, old dance. You get some things done but not a lot," said manager Joe Maddon of the AL champion Tampa Bay Rays. "It's kind of an interesting event." After the Yankees and Sabathia agreed Wednesday to the framework of a ...

... retire. San Francisco added Randy Johnson, who at 45 is five victories shy of 300. The usually thrifty AL champion Tampa Bay Rays gave Burrell a $16 million, two-year deal in an effort to repeat in the East, and in the Central the White Sox ...

... baseball, hit the fly ball that moved Robinson to third base, setting up the famous steal. Now an executive with the Tampa Bay Rays, Zimmer doesn't think stealing home will become a fad. "Not unless pitchers start winding up. There's not enough ...

... Sonnanstine carried a shutout into the eighth inning and added two singles to a 12-hit outburst in the streaking Tampa Bay Rays' 3-1 victory over the sagging St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Akinori Iwamura had three hits and an RBI for ...

... on his game-winning drive off Dan Wheeler in the 10th inning of the St. Louis Cardinals' 9-8 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. "I'm sitting on slider, he threw it and I hit it kind of straight up in the air," Ludwick said ...

... sounds corny, but we talked about it," manager Tony La Russa said after a 5-4 come-from-behind victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. "We wanted to play a game that Stan would enjoy." Skip Schumaker's RBI double with one out in the ...

... Pinch-hitter Gabe Gross doubled with the bases loaded, driving in two runs in the bottom of ninth inning to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. With a 3-2 lead in the ninth, Houston manager Cecil ...

... Rays 3, Royals 0. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Andy Sonnanstine pitched five-hit ball over seven innings and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 3-0 Saturday night for their sixth straight win. The Rays increased their AL East lead ...