You guys know each other, right? They do now. The Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox play today, provided traffic lets up and the Boston team bus gets through. What's that? Oh, sorry, our fault: The American League champion Rays play the Red Sox today. ...more

February 27, 2009

Tampa Bay Rays LAST SEASON: 97-65, first place, lost to Phillies in World Series ...more

February 8, 2009

Star Of The Game: Matt Garza The Rays needed an inspired performance in Sunday night's Game 7 of the American League Championship Series at Tropicana Field. That's exactly what they received from right-hander Matt Garza, who pitched the game of his life in a 3-1 victory against the Boston Red Sox, sending Tampa Bay to its first World Series. Garza, the ALCS Most Valuable Player, allowed just two hits in seven innings on 118 pitches - he started the eighth, but was immediately removed when shortstop Jason Bartlett booted Alex Cora's routine grounder. He struck out nine and walked three, finishing 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA in the ALCS. ...more

October 20, 2008

Around Tampa Bay, Red Sox CF Coco Crisp will forever be known as the fire starter, the man whose actions ignited a bench-clearing brawl with the Rays on June 5. ...more

October 19, 2008

When Mama's happy, everybody's happy, the old saying goes. And so it is with the Red Sox that when David "Big Papi" Ortiz is hitting and driving in runs, good things are happening for Boston. ...more

October 18, 2008

BOSTON - How to explain the Rays' bullpen - rock solid throughout the postseason - blowing a seven-run lead in Game 5 of the ALCS Thursday night at Fenway Park? ...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

Star Of The Game: J.D. Drew Drew led the Red Sox's dramatic 8-7 comeback victory against the Rays on Thursday night in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. Drew's two-run homer in the eighth inning pulled Boston within 7-6. In the ninth with two outs, Drew's RBI single drove in the winning run. Drew's heroics overshadowed Rays center fielder B.J. Upton, who smashed his sixth home run of the playoffs. Only Barry Bonds (eight in 2002), Carlos Beltran (eight in 2004) and Troy Glaus (seven in 2002) have more in a single postseason. Overall, Upton went 3-for-4 with four RBIs. ...more

October 17, 2008

Red Sox manager Terry Francona downplayed benching slumping leadoff man and CF Jacoby Ellsbury for Game 4 on Tuesday night. ...more

October 15, 2008

Inning-by-inning, a look at the Rays 9-8 win over the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of the ALCS: ...more

October 12, 2008