The dish
Today's first workout for pitchers and catchers starts around 10 a.m. (subsequent days at 9:30) at the Charlotte Sports Park (2300 El Jobean Road) and will last 2½-3 hours. Admission and parking free. Driving time from the bay area is 1½-2 hours. Suggested route: I-75 south to Toledo Blade Road, go west 6½ miles to El Jobean Road (SR 776), go right 2 miles, stadium complex is on left. For more information: (941) 235-5025.
Rays tickets: $9/12-27, available via raysbaseball.com, at box office, through Ticketmaster.
Info: Toll-free 1-888-326-7297 (FAN-RAYS)
All games 1:05 unless noted.
Key dates
Saturday: Position players report
Sunday: First full squad workout
March 1: Intrasquad game.
March 3: Exhibition opener vs. Twins in Fort Myers
April 6: Season opener vs. Yankees at Tropicana Field
Exhibition schedule
March
3: at Twins
4: Twins
5: Orioles
6: Twins
7: at Yankees
8: Tigers (ss)
at Twins (ss)
9: Orioles
10: at Red Sox (7:05)
11: Pirates
12: Twins
13: at Orioles
14: Marlins
15: Phillies
16: at Jays
17: at Pirates
18: Red Sox
19: Off
20: at Marlins
21: Yankees
22: at Pirates
23: Jays (7:05)
24: at Twins (3:05)
25: Marlins
26: at Twins
27: at Red Sox (1:35)
28: Pirates (7:05)
29: at Phillies
30: at Pirates
31: Red Sox
April
1: at Orioles
2: Twins
3: at Twins
4: vs. Future Rays, 1:40, at Tropicana Field
Who is this answer: Jake McGee
Marc Topkin, Times staff writer
Quote of the day
"The banner's up there — that's cool."
Rays manager Joe Maddon, on winning the 2010 AL East title given the Yankees' claims of conceding.
Tan-line quote of the day
"I worked on it a little bit more, but it went away."
RHP Jeremy Hellickson, who spent the winter in his native Iowa, on his "tan" — or lack thereof
Author of the day
Super Sam Fuld runs, hits, throws, flies through the air to make catches — and writes. Fuld typed out a guest piece for Grantland.com on his memories of the Rays' epic regular-season finale. A highlight: How when Evan Longoria hit the walkoff homer, Fuld couldn't make it up the dugout steps. To read the piece, go to tinyurl.com/77zyn5von
Big-league moment
Matt Moore spent time in the home clubhouse at Charlotte Sports Park with the Class A Stone Crabs in 2010. Monday, despite three big-league regular-season outings and a start in the ALDS opener, he walked in for his first day of spring training. "That's kinda funny," he said. Another adjustment? "It was kinda cool going into Tijuana Flats (Saturday in Tampa) and that was the first time I saw somebody wearing my jersey," he said.
Who is this Ray?
He passed on a scholarship offer from UNLV to sign with the Rays. He was married Christmas Eve 2009. He is one of eight pitchers to not allow a hit in his first six outings.
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