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

The Los Angeles Angels might have thought they caught a break when they didn't have to face Red Sox ace Josh Beckett in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. ...more

October 5, 2008

The "last" button on the TV remote is going to get a workout Sunday. In a scheduling situation that will have sports fans scrambling, the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Denver Broncos will kick off at 4:05 p.m. Sunday on WTVT, Channel 13. Two minutes later, they'll throw the first pitch in Game 3 of the American League Division Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago White Sox on TBS. ...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

Less than two hours before Game 2, Carlos Pena said he was "optimistic" he would be able to start as scheduled. ...more

October 4, 2008

Does he hear the noise? Does he feel the pressure? Does he even have a pulse? ...more

October 2, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG The upstart Rays handled their first taste of October just as they have every other challenge that has come their way this season. ...more

October 2, 2008

The Rays won the AL East with a payroll of about one-fifth that of the New York Yankees and one-third that of the Boston Red Sox. ...more

October 2, 2008