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Dewayne anchors the Emmy Award-winning telecast in this, his 32nd season broadcasting Major League baseball and his 11th with the Rays. In 2003, he celebrated 4,000 Major League broadcasts. Before joining the Rays, he spent three years calling play-by-play for ESPN in a variety of sports, including the MLB and NCAA baseball, basketball and football. He began his Major League play-by-play career as the radio and TV voice of the Houston Astros from 1977-84, then called radio and TV action for the Chicago Cubs from 1985-89. He was the lead play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees carried by the MSG-TV network from 1990-94, and spent the 1994 and 1995 seasons calling the action for The Baseball Network (ABC/NBC). Staats began his career as a sports reporter for WSIE Radio while a student at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and began his baseball career as the radio voice of the Oklahoma City 89ers (1973-74). In 1975 and '76 he was sports director at KPLR-TV in St. Louis and received an Emmy nomination. A 1975 graduate of SIU-Edwardsville, Dewayne earned Distinguished Alumnus-of-the-Year honors in 1987 and was recently listed among baseball's top 101 all-time announcers by author Curt Smith. Dewayne and his wife Carla actively support the Veteran Employment Transition Foundation and Quantum Leap Farm. He has two daughters, Stephanie Wheeler (31) and Alexandra (25), and grandsons Gabriel (4) and Zachary (1).

Kevin joins the Rays in 2009 as the television color analyst after serving 10 years as a TV analyst for FOX Sports, the last eight on the Emmy-nominated pregame show alongside Jeanne Zelasko. He also served as a pregame and postgame host for the Dodgers and Angels from 2004-08. Kevin's broadcasting career has included stints with FOX Sports Radio, Best Damn Sports Show Period (2003) and ESPN (1997-98). Kennedy, 54, managed four seasons in the Major Leagues with the Texas Rangers (1993-94) and Boston Red Sox (1995-96), compiling a 309-273 (.531) record. During those four years, he steered his clubs to two first-place finishes (1994, 1995) and three winning seasons (1993, 1995, 1996). The 1995 Red Sox went 86-58 (.597), finishing seven games ahead in the American League East to reach the postseason. Kevin was drafted as a catcher by the Baltimore Orioles in 1976 and went on to play eight seasons in the minors with the Orioles, Cardinals and Dodgers organizations. Once his playing days ended, he spent eight years (1984-91) managing in the Dodgers farm system and amassed a record of 553-373 (.588). His first Major League position came with the Montreal Expos in 1992, when he served as Felipe Alou's dugout coach. A native of Los Angeles, Kennedy played ball at San Diego State and earned a B.S. in accounting from California State at Northridge. He and his wife, Cathy, reside in Tarzana, Calif.

Todd begins his 12th season with the Rays and 17th in the Major Leagues. Kalas will work all 150 telecasts on Fox Sports Florida in his primary role as pregame and postgame host and in-game reporter, as well as serving as color analyst for selected games. He has also filled in with play-by-play and color on both the Rays television and radio networks. Prior to joining the Rays, Kalas worked on the radio broadcast team of the New York Mets (1992-1993) and the television broadcast team of the Philadelphia Phillies (1994-1996). After graduating with a degree in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University in 1988, he moved to the Tampa Bay area as sports director at Vision Cable in Clearwater before beginning his baseball career with the Louisville Redbirds in 1991. In the offseason, Kalas has worked the last six years with Cox Sports Television in Louisiana handling play-by-play of college basketball, football and baseball. In addition, he is part of the University of South Florida basketball radio broadcast team and also fills in as pregame host for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Todd is the son of longtime Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, a 2002 Hall of Fame inductee. Kalas is single and resides in Tampa.

During the 2009 season, Watson will host all nine editions of Inside the Rays and serve as host of Rays Live and in-game reporter for select game telecasts. During the Rays postseason run in 2008, Watson hosted FOX Sports Florida's live pregame and postgame shows and served as pregame host and in-game reporter for multiple regular season games. Watson is the primary studio host for Sun Sports and FOX Sports Florida and anchors many of the networks' most popular series. Watson also has extensive experience as a play-by-play announcer, calling the action on numerous games/events on Sun Sports and FOX Sports Florida, including college basketball, college baseball, the FHSAA High School Basketball and Football Finals. In addition, he has served as a sideline reporter and pregame host for select Orlando Magic and Miami Heat games on Sun Sports. Watson contributes his own entertaining and informative blog on the Sun Sports and FOX Sports Florida website commenting on the latest sports news in Florida. Watson joined Sun Sports after nearly seven years as an anchor at ESPN. A native of Winter Park, Fla., he currently resides in his hometown with his wife Tracey and their two children.

Andy returns to the booth for his fifth season with the Rays broadcast team. Freed joined the Rays after serving as the voice of the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox for four seasons (2001-2004). From 1996-2000, Freed served as the voice of the Double-A Trenton Thunder in the Red Sox organization and was part of Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award-winning telecasts on The Comcast Network. He began his baseball radio career as a broadcast assistant with the Orioles' flagship station WBAL conducting postgame interviews for all home games during the 1990-93 seasons. He began his play-by-play career with the St. Lucie Mets of the Class-A Florida State League in 1994-95, during which time he broadcast the New York Mets Spring Training games. His other play-by-play experience includes college basketball for ESPN Regional (2004-present), Providence College men's basketball (2003-05), Rider University basketball (1996-2001), The College of New Jersey football (1996-97) and the Baltimore Spirit pro soccer team (1992-93). He also served as a statistician and researcher with Fox Television's coverage of MLB in 1999 and 2000. Freed is a graduate of Towson State University (Md.) where he called action for basketball, football and lacrosse during his time at school. He and his wife, Amy, reside in Parrish, FL with their daughter Sarah (6). Andy and his wife serve as volunteers for Jackson's Hope, a fund sponsored by Operation Serving Children to raise money for the Batten Disease Support and Research Association and the Jackson Robert Smithers Memorial Scholarship Fund. He also enthusiastically volunteers his time for the ALS Association as well as assisting Joe Maddon with his Thanksmas dinners for the homeless.

Dave begins his fifth season in the Rays radio booth. He came to Tampa Bay having spent 11 seasons as part of the Chicago White Sox radio broadcast team hosting the pre- and postgame shows and filling in for John Rooney in the booth when necessary. His first play-by-play action came with the Class-A Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League from 1991-95 where he was the franchise's first radio voice. He was the radio voice of University of Illinois-Chicago men's basketball from 1997-2005 and served as a play-by-play announcer for various high school basketball and football games on Comcast Network-Chicago as well as the lead anchor for the network's highlight show, Sports Weekly from 2000-2005. He also appeared as the pre- and postgame show host for Notre Dame football and basketball as well as the co-host of the Kevin White Show while with ESPN Radio 1000 in Chicago for nine years before joining TB. Wills served as the pitching coach/recruiting coordinator with Elmhurst College (Ill.) in 1989 and as the interim head coach at the University of Chicago in 1990. He owns bachelor's degrees in Speech Communication and Urban Studies from Elmhurst where he played ball for three years. For the last two years, Dave has helped feed the homeless during Joe Maddon's Thanksmas. Dave and his wife, Elizabeth, have a son, Alex and a daughter, Michelle; they reside in Lutz, Fla.

Rich returns for his fifth season on the Rays Baseball Network as host of the pre- and postgame shows. Rich came to the Rays from Fox Sports, where he was a national talk show host for the Fox Sports Radio Network and later, a host and program director for Fox Sports Radio in Arizona. While in Arizona Rich called play-by-play for the Diamondbacks Triple A farm club the Tucson Sidewinders. Rich has also worked the Oakland A's as their postgame show host from 1998-2000 and spent two years (1996-97) hosting the postgame talk shows for the San Francisco Giants and the NBA's Golden State Warriors on KNBR in San Francisco. Rich has been a national syndicated sports talk show host on The SportsFan Radio Network based in New York, Prime Sports Radio based in Dallas, and Fox Sports Radio based in Los Angeles. Locally he has been has hosted talk shows in San Francisco on KNBR and in LA on KMAX. While in LA he was named one of the Top 10 Sports Talkers in Southern California by the LA Daily News. For the past seven years Rich has been a member of the Sports USA Radio broadcast crew working as a sideline reporter for their national radio broadcasts of NFL and NCAA football. Rich is active in many local charities including The Rays Tuesday's Champions Program, where the Rich hosts kids from the Children's Dream Fund and the Make A Wish Foundation at Tropicana Field where they get a chance to meet and get autographs from Rays Players as well and throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Herrera attended California State University Bakersfield where he studied Economics. He and his wife, Elizabeth, reside in St. Petersburg with their 9-year-old son, Rigney.

Enrique returns for his 12th season as color analyst on the Rays Spanish broadcast. This past Feb. 11, Enrique was inducted into the Florida College Sports Hall of Fame for his impact on the college and in life. During the 2007 season, Rose Mountain Productions, a Boston-based film company, shot footage of Enrique during broadcasts and also while traveling. Rose Mountain released the documentary in early 2009. Born in Nicaragua, Oliu came to the United States at age 10 and attended the St. Augustine School for the Blind. He called his first professional action in 1989 for the Jacksonville Expos and then served as color commentator for the St. Petersburg Pelicans of the Senior Professional Baseball League. Prior to that, he was the public address announcer for seven years for Florida College baseball in Tampa. He is currently a regular contributor on Solamente Pelota ("Only Baseball") on XM Satellite Radio, has hosted his own show on WQBN 1300-AM and has appeared as a guest on baseball broadcasts and talk shows in Managua, Nicaragua. He has also called action for the Tampa Bay Storm Arena Football League (2003-05) and served as the Spanish voice for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2002-03. Oliu owns a communications degree from the University of South Florida. He and his wife, Debbie, reside in St. Petersburg.

Ricardo begins his seventh season calling play-by-play on the Rays Spanish broadcast. The Dominican-born Taveras has 23 years of radio experience. He spent two years as a sports commentator in the Dominican Republic and was program director for HIVG 870-AM and HIVP 970-AM in the Dominican Republic from 1990-92. Following that, he served as assistant program director for WRIV in Providence, Rhode Island for three years. He and his wife, Jacqueline, reside in Tampa. His oldest son, Ricardo, Jr., 21, signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2007 and is currently playing for their Class-A club.