It's not so much that the Rays have squandered two chances to win the American League pennant. No, it's really worse than that. The team that didn't beat itself during the regular season has picked a fine time to become a throwback to the Rays of yore. ...more

October 19, 2008

"Big Game" James Shields wasn't big enough Saturday night against a Boston Red Sox team that looked nothing like it did earlier in the American League Championship Series. ...more

October 19, 2008

In previous postseasons with the Florida Marlins and Boston Red Sox, he pitched to a 1.73 ERA and held opponents to a .159 batting average and .209 on-base percentage - all three the best all-time among pitchers with at least 40 postseason innings. ...more

October 18, 2008

Fennelly: As incredible as the season has been, this was more incredible. ...more

October 17, 2008

RHP Josh Beckett did not tear his oblique muscle in his final regular-season start as Tom Verducci reported on SI.com on Thursday, Red Sox manager Terry Francona said before Game 5. ...more

October 17, 2008

A 5-for-5 night at the plate is a pretty good indication that a batter's swing is in good shape. ...more

October 17, 2008

There have been few chances to second-guess Rays manager Joe Maddon this season, because usually the guess has hardly been out of our mouths when Maddon's hunches have worked, often perfectly, sometimes eerily, in this wondrous season. ...more

October 16, 2008

History shows that pushing the Red Sox onto the elimination cliff isn't so difficult. ...more

October 16, 2008

The last thing the Rays need now is a day off, but that's what the schedule gives them today as they circle for the kill in the American League Championship Series. TV, as we know, runs the show in baseball's postseason, so the lads will sit around in Boston for the day. ...more

October 15, 2008

The Rays demonstrated over the long haul of the regular season that they were the best team in the American League East. ...more

October 15, 2008