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Balfour Happy With Outing
Throughout the division series against Chicago, Grant Balfour symbolized the Rays' swagger. Punctuating high-octane strikeouts with primal screams, the reliever seemed untouchable. ...more
October 24, 2008
Shields Gets Rays Back In It
One night after being humbled by a very impressive Cole Hamels, the Rays introduced the Phillies to their No. 1 pitcher Thursday night in Game 2 of the World Series. ...more
October 24, 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 | |||||
October 21, 2008
Bullpen Suddenly Vulnerable In Unusual Loss
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
Papa Papelbon Proud To Watch Son
He works at Tropicana Field and has loved watching the Rays grow into a postseason team. ...more
October 12, 2008
Weeks Helps Brewers Take Wild-Card Lead
The Brewers control their own destiny again. Rickie Weeks hit a three-run homer in the seventh, Seth McClung pitched four scoreless innings in relief and the Brewers rallied to beat the Cubs 5-1 on Friday night for their fifth straight win and the lead in the NL wild-card race. ...more
September 27, 2008
Kazmir Needs To Find His K's And His Confidence
It was Scott Kazmir's last start of the regular season, and after five innings we'd seen enough because we've seen it before, the dark side of his season to a tee - a batting tee. ...more
September 26, 2008
Another Garza Gem Wasted
Starting RHP Matt Garza against the Blue Jays was about as close to a lock as the Rays could ask for this season, but he came up short Sunday. ...more
September 8, 2008
Red Sox Continue To Close On Rays
David Ortiz hit his first home run in 20 games, Paul Byrd pitched 62/3 scoreless innings to win his fourth straight decision and the Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 7-2 Sunday to move within 1 1/2 games of the AL East lead. ...more
September 8, 2008
Wakefield Wins In Return
Alex Rodriguez flopped all night when the Yankees needed a big hit. Tim Wakefield won in his return from the disabled list and the Red Sox moved a step closer to squashing New York's playoff hopes, beating Andy Pettitte and the Yankees 7-3 Tuesday night. ...more
August 27, 2008
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