The Rays will play at least two AL Championship Series games at Tropicana Field, and both have sold out. ...more

October 7, 2008

Star Of The Game: B.J. Upton Upton, who labored with a shoulder injury and had only nine home runs in the regular season, saved the brightest moments of his career for Monday. The Rays defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-2 in the clinching Game 4 of the American League Division Series. Upton's solo home runs in the first and third innings provided a 2-0 lead and the Rays never looked back. "He White Sox starter Gavin Floyd left two fastballs over the plate," Upton said. "I got them up in the air and, well, this is the Windy City for a reason." Upton was 5-for-17 in the ALDS, but he heated up at the end. There was a triple to the center-field wall in Game 2. Then came Upton's four at-bat flurry, bridging the final two games - homer, single, homer, homer. ...more

October 7, 2008

Justin Masterson could be a valuable member of Boston's starting rotation in the future. He could be a strong option in the Red Sox bullpen. ...more

October 7, 2008

The Rays are four victories away from the World Series. ...more

October 6, 2008

No one was particularly surprised that the White Sox played well Sunday in beating the Rays. Joe Maddon said he expected it and swept aside any notion that Chicago's 5-3 win in Game 3 of the division series was anything to be concerned about. ...more

October 6, 2008

Everyone said playoff baseball was different. The Rays listened, sure, but how different was it going to be? After all, they mowed down the Chicago White Sox with customary flair in the first two games of the American League Division Series. ...more

October 5, 2008

So far, the American League Division Series between the Rays and Chicago White Sox has been strictly men and boys. And now the White Sox are the ones asking, "Hey, can we go outside and play now?" ...more

October 5, 2008

Born in Chicago on Dec. 5, 1972, Cliff Floyd personifies the City of the Big Shoulders. The Rays' mountain of a designated hitter is back in his hometown this weekend, hoping to help Tampa Bay end the season of the team he rooted for as a kid. ...more

October 5, 2008

The Chicago White Sox had an early opportunity to blow things open Friday night. Instead, they find themselves in a deep hole. ...more

October 4, 2008

This is for Little Big Man. Across the Pacific, in Uwajima, Ehime prefecture, on the Japanese island of Shikoku, where Akinori Iwamura was born 29 years ago, they would have partied until dawn after his big Friday night if it wasn't already 9 in the morning Saturday. Japan is 13 hours ahead of Tropicana Field. The Rays are two games ahead of the White Sox in the AL Division Series. ...more

October 4, 2008