Much has been made of Matt Garza's improved resistance to pressure and adversity since a June confrontation on the mound with catcher Dioner Navarro. ...more

October 19, 2008

Friday morning, Rays fans awoke to a new reality. "We ... lost?" said Mike Zalewski of Seminole. "Are you kidding? I couldn't stay up because I had to get up early for work. ...more

October 18, 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 - 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

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

Talk about having something to prove. Scott Kazmir couldn't have asked for a higher level of motivation as he took the mound Thursday. ...more

October 17, 2008

FOOTBALL As Tampa Bay Rays nearly clinch a pennant, Springstead posts its first-ever shutout over archrival Hernando, 21-0. EAGLES COLLECT SIXTH STRAIGHT SERIES WIN ...more

October 17, 2008

Hope for the Red Sox tonight in Game 5 comes in the form of a Japanese pitcher who appeared almost smug in his confidence Wednesday during a media session. ...more

October 16, 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