C Dioner Navarro reported to camp early Monday morning and said his latest family crisis - his mother remains hospitalized in Venezuela after a brain aneurysm - won't be a distraction.
"She's stable, she's fine, all we have to do is wait,'' said Navarro, who returned to Tampa from Venezuela around midnight Sunday. "With all due respect I don't really want to talk about it. I just want to concentrate; I'm here with the team and looking forward to the season.''

OF/INF Eric Hinske also reported, and said he was looking forward to show he could still play third base, which would make him more valuable, and a more viable candidate, for a reserve job, especially if top 3B prospect Evan Longoria is not on the opening day roster.

And Troy Percival continued to show his clubhouse leadership, and sense of humor, sporting a customized jersey. After kidding the pitchers over a Sunday Times article comparing Rays starters Scott Kazmir, James Shields and Matt Garza to some of baseball's best young rotations, Percival wore a jersey that looked like this:
KAZMIR
SHIELDS
GARZA
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GLAVINE
AVERY
SMOLTZ

"I might wear it all spring,'' Percival said.

(Pictured: Troy Percival, left, and Trever Miller. Times photo - James Borchuck. Click to enlarge.)