Carlos Pena

For a team that has existed for less than fifteen years, the Tampa Bay Rays have hit a lot of memorable home runs.Of course, some of these home runs—generally ones that were hit since 2008, the year the Rays turned from consistently awful to pere...Read Full Story

Well, Joe Maddon has struck again.Maddon is definitely known for some, well, different lineup decisions—catcher John Jaso leading off in previous seasons is a good example.Tuesday night's contest featured an even more absurd move, as Maddon ...Read Full Story

Big Time Rush‘s Carlos Pena spent a sunny afternoon with his girlfriend Samantha Droke on the beach in Maui, Hawaii on March 22, 2012. The pair are on vacation with Disney star Ashley Tisdale. While Ashley was nowhere to be seen the pair frolicked in the sand and ocean. Pena was sporting a black Speedo [...]Read Full Story

It takes a real man to wear a speedo! Big Time Rush star Carlos Pena was seen frolicking on the beach in Hawaii on Thursday, and left very little to the imagination as he was sporting a black speedo. While he was joined by his girlfriend Samantha Droke and her bestie Ashley Tisdale on the...Read more»Read Full Story

Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Carlos Pena and his wife Pamela Pena showed off their goods on the runway, but for a good cause.The two participated in Rays on the Runway, which benefits the Children's Dream Fund.From an article at tambabay.com: With an afternoon win against the Washington Nationals, Tampa Bay Rays players were cheerful in the evening, beaming on the runway as they posed for a charity fashion show to benefit the Children's Dream Fund and the Rays Baseball Foundation.Rays on...Read Full Story

Tim Beckham of the Tampa Bay Rays has been suspended 50 games for his second violation for a drug of abuse under the Minor League drug program (via MLB.com).The former No. 1 pick in the 2008 draft, Beckham was hitting just .204 in 13 games for Durham, ...Read Full Story

Scott Kazmir took a shutout into the eighth inning, and Ben Zobrist and Carlos Pena homered on consecutive pitches as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Friday night.Kazmir (8-7) didn't allow a run until Taylor Teagarden opened the eighth with a homer. The left-hander, who has won four straight starts at home, wound up allowing three runs and five hits over 7 1-3 innings.Zobrist hit a two-run shot and Pena followed with his 32nd homer of the season to put Tampa Bay ahead 5-0 in...Read Full Story

The Tampa Bay Rays lost Carlos Pena for the rest of the baseball season when a CC Sabathia pitch hit the slugger on the hand and left him with two broken fingers on Monday.Pena was hurt on an 0-1 pitch in the first inning, when the ball bounced off his left hand before hitting his bat.Officials ruled he had swung at the pitch, and after Pena was examined by trainer Ron Porterfield and manager Joe Maddon for several minutes, he continued his at-bat and swung at a third strike."It's very...Read Full Story

Tampa Bay Rays minor-league outfielder Tim Beckham has been suspended by Major League Baseball for 50 games for drug issues, according to Mark Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times and also confirmed by a tweet from MLB.The 50-game suspension comes as a r...Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Vladimir Guerrero used his milestone 400th career home run to lift the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday, the seventh-inning blast completing the scoring in a 20-hit slugfest.The AL West-leading Angels' powerful right-hander drilled a pitch from reliever Russ Springer off the right-field foul pole for the decisive blow to give the team an opening victory in a three-game series."It came at a time when the team really needed it...Read Full Story