ST. PETERSBURG -- Teraj Alexander was standing near the Rays dugout on Saturday afternoon with a signed baseball bat in his hands and a smile stuck on his face. Then Rays rookie Junior Caminero called Alexander over. They looked over Caminero’s bat together, pointing out the details on the barrel...
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