With ALDS set, Rays ready for White Sox
mlb.mlb.com 10/1/2008 — The Rays will face the White Sox in the ALDS, after Chicago won a tiebreaker for the AL Central crown on Tuesday. Game 1 is set for 2:30 p.m. ET on Thursday at Tropicana Field.

Crawford likely in, Jackson out for Rays playoff - St. Petersburg Times
tampabay.com 10/1/2008 — The ALDS logo is put on behind home plate at Tropicana Field in preparation for Thursday’s playoff opener. James Shields will start for the Rays.

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mlb.mlb.com 10/2/2008 — Rays probable pitcher James Shields Rays: Shields pitched one inning Sunday against the Tigers in a final tune-up before the playoffs and retired the side in order. The 26-year-old right-hander's best pitch has always been his changeup, but he also ...

Just call it familiar territory
suntimes.com 10/4/2008 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Considering how the White Sox have gone about their business all season long, it would have been too easy to win one at Tropicana Field and bring the series back to the South Side with a chance of ending it there.

Attention Florida Sox Fans
letsgosox.blogspot.com 10/4/2008 — Should we make the ALCS, and should it be against Tampa, I assume you'll all be there, easily outnumbering the Devils fans. But if you want to get a head start on tickets and you lost their ALCS lottery: "If inventory remains for any of the Championship Series games that may be played at ...

Rays owner thrilled by meteoric rise — Major League Baseball News 10/2/2008
Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg stood on the turf of Tropicana Field on Thursday afternoon with an ear-to-ear grin. In just the third year of his regime, Tampa Bay was less than two hours from hosting the franchise's first American League Division ...

Rested Rays ready for playoff test — The Seattle Times: Sports 10/2/2008
Fresh legs and arms on one side, experience and momentum on the other. The Tampa Bay Rays rested while the Chicago White Sox worked overtime to secure a playoff berth. No one can be sure what that will mean when their AL division series begins ...

Kazmir can seize moment in Game 2 — Major League Baseball News 10/2/2008
Manager Joe Maddon has faith that Scott Kazmir is on the verge of finding the consistency he's lacked all season. There's no better time for the young lefty to live up to Maddon's expectations than on Friday, when Kazmir takes the mound for the Rays ...

First foray into playoffs a win for Rays — Major League Baseball News 10/2/2008
Evan Longoria led a 6-4 Rays win over the White Sox Thursday afternoon in Game 1 of the American League Division Series. A raucous sellout crowd of 35,041 at Tropicana Field watched as the rookie hit home runs in his first two at-bats.

Rays loving their home dome — Major League Baseball News 10/3/2008
Baseball's new superpower, the Rays, showed their strength in Thursday night's 6-4 victory over the White Sox. And Chicago became a little bit more familiar with the increasingly important kryptonite for teams opposing the Rays: Tropicana Field.