And it’s here….baseball season has arrived

— David Price (@DAVIDprice14) February 21, 2012

Evan Longoria says it in a bit longer form:

Really good to be back in PC for spring. Excited to meet new teammates and catch up w guys from last year

— Evan Longoria (@Evan3Longoria) February 22, 2012

Matt Joyce is ready for a new season:

So I’ve landed in port charollette, just saw a couple of the guys… So pumped for big year!

— Matthew Joyce (@sweetswingin20) February 20, 2012

Jose Lobaton also is pumped, but I can’t understand half of his tweet:

In port charlotte. Ready to start spring training tomorrow. Voy a mi! Porq DIOS esta de mi lado…

— Jose Lobaton (@JoseLobaton31) February 20, 2012

Now moving away from the Spring Training hype, Sam Fuld has a reaction to the new “Maddon Rule” I talked about this morning:

Sadly no more pitching auditions I suppose.RT@Pincus25: @SamFuld5 u made the rule book! #Rays sbn.to/xtrQP7

— Sam Fuld(@SamFuld5) February 22, 2012

Finally, I leave you with three tweets from Dirk Hayhurst. Hayhurst has high praise for Joe Maddon:

I’d like to be Maddon’s personal assistant, just so I could learn his gift for finding positive mental angles selling them on others.

— Dirk Hayhurst (@TheGarfoose) February 21, 2012

Watch the Maddon/Friedman blurb and listen to the control and poise. That’s a skipper, speaking real words that make sense. So rare! — Dirk Hayhurst (@TheGarfoose) February 21, 2012

Hayhurst’s take on DJ Kitty:

Rays new mascot…. Oh lawdy, JP Howel is going to love this! yfrog.com/oc82808724j

— Dirk Hayhurst (@TheGarfoose) February 21, 2012

That was this week in the Rays Twitterverse. Tune in next week for more tweets from your favorite Rays players.