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The Dugout: Tampa Bay Rays Spring Training 2011

If any installment in The Dugout Spring Training 2011 deserves the grown-up graphic, this is the one. Manny Ramirez, Johnny Damon and Kyle Farnsworth now play for the same team. The upside of this is that three of the most fun characters to write in the history of the strip are always going to be side-by-side,...

Playoff Pulse: Twins, Rays Fight to Extend Series

Both ALDS series continue on Saturday, and desperation is the word that comes to mind. In the current format, only four teams have ever come back from losing the first two games of the series to win, the last being the 2003 Red Sox. FanHouse TV's Steve Phillips reports on what the Twins and Rays need to do to avoid a...

Their Pitching a Puzzle, Yankees Might Just Need to Hit Way Through October

NEW YORK -- If they weren't the Yankees, you'd swear somebody was out to get them. Here was A.J. Burnett, who's supposed to be their second-best starting pitcher, trying to get through a late September tuneup start and show the team he's got a chance to be the October stud he was for them last year. And then, for the...

No-Armed Pitcher Gets a Hand From Pro Baseball Teams

(Aug. 25) -- Sportswriters have dubbed this season "the year of the pitcher" because of the many high-quality pitching performances, but the most extraordinary pitching performance may be from a 51-year-old guy who isn't on any team's roster -- and has no chance of making it. He's Tom Willis, and he's a San Diego-based...

Tampa Bay Rays' Matt Garza Pitches No-Hitter

(July 26) -- Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Matt Garza threw the fifth no-hitter of the 2010 season against the Detroit Tigers Monday night, facing the minimum 27 hitters in a brilliant 5-0 victory.

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The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays are a member of the Eastern Division of MLB's American League.

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