Joey Johnston looks at how, and why, the Phillies managed a 5-4victory over the Rays to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series. ...more

October 26, 2008

Baseball, as George Carlin famously reminded us, is different than football. In football, you wear a helmet. ...more

October 26, 2008

Once again, the Rays responded. They didn't have to win Thursday to stay alive in the World Series, but heading to Philadelphia needing to win two out of three just to bring it back home would not have been an ideal formula for success. ...more

October 24, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays are the bounce-back kids of the postseason. And no player on the team exemplifies that more than outfielder B.J. Upton. ...more

October 24, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG – It didn't take the Phillies long to tire of the cowbells clanging all around Tropicana Field on Wednesday night. And it wasn't long before they shut them up, either. ...more

October 23, 2008

RAYS WORLD SERIES ROSTER ...more

October 21, 2008

In a state ravaged by plunging home values and foreclosures, where early voting started Monday, Barack Obama hit both subjects hard at a rally in Tampa. ...more

October 21, 2008

Before everyone conked out on a long, late flight home from Boston that kept many of the Rays from walking through their front doors until 7 a.m. on Friday, Joe Maddon saw what he wanted to see. ...more

October 18, 2008

BOSTON – It was all set up as an emphatic rubber stamp of everything the Rays had done before, a continuation of the otherworldly sway they have held over all comers this season. ...more

October 17, 2008

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

October 17, 2008