What recession? Not if the indicator is the asking price for tickets to Wednesday's World Series opener at Tropicana Field between the Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies . ...more

October 21, 2008

Goodbye, obnoxious Red Sox fans. Hello, obnoxious Phillies fans. Twin brats of different dysfunctional mothers, the fanatics of Boston and Philadelphia come to the same place of extreme obnoxiousity from opposite roads. ...more

October 21, 2008

Amy Bordeaux has been a Tampa Bay Rays fan since their inaugural season 10 years ago. She went to that first game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, and this morning, she found herself in a Sports Authority, shuffling through shirts that proclaimed the home team: "American League Champions." ...more

October 20, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG – One more out, and the Rays would earn a trip to the World Series. ...more

October 20, 2008

They came to Tropicana Field on Sunday, the new Rays and all their new fans, not knowing whether it was the end or another beginning. ...more

October 20, 2008

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

October 20, 2008

The Rays' dream season will end on baseball's grandest stage. Facing elimination for the first time in their first trip to the playoffs, the maturing-by-the-day Rays came through like grizzled veterans Sunday night. ...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

"Big Game" James Shields wasn't big enough Saturday night against a Boston Red Sox team that looked nothing like it did earlier in the American League Championship Series. ...more

October 19, 2008

His now-famous sports bar won't open for another four hours, but Mark Ferguson is operating at full speed. ...more

October 18, 2008