It began, as it almost always has his rookie season, with a blinding burst of talent, two Evan Longoria home runs in his very first postseason at-bats. ...more

October 25, 2008

In previous postseasons with the Florida Marlins and Boston Red Sox, he pitched to a 1.73 ERA and held opponents to a .159 batting average and .209 on-base percentage - all three the best all-time among pitchers with at least 40 postseason innings. ...more

October 18, 2008

With the division title in hand, Saturday was mostly about Matt Garza getting tuned up for the postseason. ...more

September 28, 2008

Carlos Pena was an engineering major in college and has said he probably would have pursued a career in computer engineering if baseball hadn't come calling. His conversational patterns tend toward run-on sentences that weave this way and that before reaching a well-thought-out conclusion. On the field and off, his brain inevitably churns through this possibility and that, particularly when he's struggling at the plate. ...more

August 10, 2008

CLEVELAND Wake the Rays when the All-Star break is over. ...more

July 14, 2008