Manager Joe Maddon went creative at the end of Sunday's workout. With the team's annual charity golf event on Monday, he turned the usual session about the next day's fundamental into a closest to the pin golf competition.
And reliever Chad Orvella won, despite teammates jeering and cheering as each contestant swung, putting the ball 4 feet 11 inches from the flag, which was about 110 yards away.
"I hope this isn't the only time I get interviewed,'' he quipped afterward.
Otherwise it looked to be an uneventful day as the Rays took live batting practice and worked on other drills. James Shields did break one of Eric Hinske's bats, and Akinori Iwamura had one of his special blue-striped bats go down.