The Rays won’t have many more days like this at George M. Steinbrenner Field. When the team bus rolled in from Charlotte Sports Park on Friday morning, players and staff piled out and took a quick left turn into the visitor’s clubhouse.

The Steinbrenner family, the owners of the New York Yankees, are donating $5 million to St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa. Members of the family and hospital officials will be at George M. Steinbrenner Field today for a ceremony to mark the donation before the Yankees' spring training game against Toronto.

The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner.

New York Yankees Paul Goldschmidt during spring training, photo day at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida. February 18, 2025. New York Yankees Carlos Rodon during spring training, photo day at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida. February 18, 2025.

The start time for Monday's spring training game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox has been moved because of expected heavy rainfall, foreshadowing what the Tampa Bay Rays might have to deal with this year as they play a season outdoors.

Decades before George Steinbrenner purchased the Yankees, the future Boss spent his high school years at Indiana boarding school from 1944-47. Later, after earning a B.A. at Williams College in 1952,

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Current owner Hal Steinbrenner, son of George, announced the change Friday before the team’s spring training opener.

They feel it defines their character.” George Steinbrenner announced the facial policy during spring training in 1976, mandating no long hair or beards — mustaches were allowed. Players ...