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Rays Deal Jackson To Tigers For OF Joyce

The Rays remain in the market for an established slugger, but they made a preliminary move to shore up their offense Wednesday night. ...more

December 11, 2008

Nationals Obtain Olsen, Willingham From Marlins

Starting pitcher Scott Olsen and outfielder Josh Willingham were traded by the Florida Marlins to the Nationals on Tuesday in a five-player deal that signals the start of Washington's efforts to revamp its roster after a major league-worst 59-102 season. ...more

November 11, 2008

Rays In 3-1 Hole After Allowing 4 Home Runs

Resilience has been a buzzword for the Rays all season, but that trait has never been tested like this. The Rays need a three-game winning streak to win the World Series. ...more

October 27, 2008

Hitters Impressed With Price

Despite hitting a solo home run off him in the eighth inning of Game 2 on Thursday night, reserve IF Eric Bruntlett couldn't be more impressed with Rays rookie LHP David Price. ...more

October 25, 2008

Phillies World Series Roster

PHILLIES WORLD SERIES ROSTER

No. Name	Pos.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	Age
56 Joe Blanton	SP	R-R	6-3	255	27
Reliever came over from A's in July and has a 6.05 career ERA against Rays
4 Eric Bruntlett	IF-OF	R-R	6-0	190	30
Reserve started 28 games at shortstop early in the year for injured Rollins
5 Pat Burrell	OF	R-R	6-4	235	32
"Pat the Bat" has averaged 31 homers and 99 walks over past four years
55 Clay Condrey	RP	R-R	6-3	215	32
One of several situational relievers in a bullpen that led the NL in relief ERA
27 Chris Coste	C	R-R	6-4	240	28
The backup catcher for this series, he appeared in 98 games and hit .263
19 Greg Dobbs	IF	L-R	6-1	205	30
Set a Phillies single-season record and led majors with 22 pinch hits
37 Chad Durbin	RP	R-R	6-2	200	30
Led NL relievers with 82.2 innings; 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA this postseason
47 Scott Eyre	RP	L-L	6-1	220	36
Acquired in August from Cubs; pitched 1.1 scoreless innings in NLCS
7 Pedro Feliz	3B	R-R	6-1	210	33
Starts against lefties; hit .249 with 14 homers in first season with Phils
35 Cole Hamels	SP	L-L	6-3	190	24
Ace lefty was NLCS MVP and could start three times if series goes seven
43 J.A. Happ	RP	L-L	6-6	200	26
Spent most of year in at Triple-A and was Phils' top minor-league pitcher
6 Ryan Howard	1B	L-L	6-4	255	28
In 2007, he became the fastest player to reach 100 homers (325 games)
10 Geoff Jenkins	OF	L-R	6-1	215	34
Made 74 regular-season starts in right but has played little this postseason
54 Brad Lidge	RP	R-R	6-5	210	31
Phillies were 59-15 in regular-season games in which their closer appeared
63 Ryan Madson	RP	L-R	6-6	200	28
Set-up man has pitched well in playoffs, allowing one run in nine innings
50 Jamie Moyer	SP	L-L	6-0	185	45
Former longtime Seattle Mariner is 8-4 with a 2.85 ERA against Rays
39 Brett Myers	SP	R-R	6-4	240	28
Had a losing record in regular season (10-13), but is 2-0 this postseason
11 Jimmy Rollins	SS	S-R	5-8	175	29
Switch-hitter hasn't been able to match numbers from 2007 MVP season
16 J.C. Romero	RP	S-L	5-11	205	32
Ex-Twins, Red Sox pitcher has not given up a run in spot work in playoffs
51 Carlos Ruiz	C	R-R	5-10	200	29
Hit only .219 in regular season, but batted .313 (5-for-16) in the NLCS
12 Matt Stairs	OF	L-R	5-9	210	40
Longtime AL player hit a huge pinch-hit HR in Game 4 of the NLCS
99 So Taguchi	OF	R-R	5-10	170	39
Reserve is only player on either team with a hit in any World Series
26 Chase Utley	2B	L-R	6-1	200	29
Three-time All-Star has rare power for a 2B and hit 33 HRs this year
8 Shane Victorino	OF	S-R	5-9	180	27
"Flyin' Hawaiian" starts in CF and has a fan in Rays' manager Joe Maddon
28 Jayson Werth	OF	R-R	6-5	225	29
He won right-fielder's job batting .273 with 24 HRs in the regular season

PHILLIES WORLD SERIES ROSTER ...more

October 21, 2008

Game 7 Pressure Not New

Elimination game? That was nothing new - or intimidating - for the Boston Red Sox. ...more

October 20, 2008

Rollins, Hamels Lead Phils Into World Series

Jimmy Rollins got the Phillies rollin' with a leadoff homer and they kept right on going. Next stop, the World Series. ...more

October 16, 2008

Henderson: Upton Emerges As Motor Driving Rays

It's no coincidence that the Rays' offensive renaissance in post-season has coincided with B.J. Upton's surge. ...more

October 14, 2008

King Of The Hill

Star Of The Game: Matt Garza The Rays got 13 hits - and four home runs - in Monday's 9-1 victory against Boston in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. "You can talk about the hitting all you want," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "Matt Garza is the reason we won the game. He did not permit them to come back." Garza, who pitched to two batters in the seventh inning before his exit, allowed six hits, walked three and struck out five on 116 pitches. In the first two innings, Garza stranded three runners in scoring position. Garza got the leadoff batter out six times. The Red Sox's 3-4-5 batters (David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis, J.D. Drew) were 0-for-9 against him. ...more

October 14, 2008