Good game last evening. Jon Lester pitched well enough to carry the Red Sox to yet another World Series berth, but the combination of Matt Garza, Dan Wheeler, JP Howell and David Price were better and the Rays are your American League champs. And now I turn to Rays Index : When David ...

The ratings darling Major League Baseball has been dying for came to fruition last night, as the Rays beat the Red Sox, 3-1 , to secure a trip to the World Series , where they’ll meet up with the Philadelphia Phillies. The Rays owe a great deal of thanks to the timely relief ...

  Say what?  Rany Jazayerli says the Tampa Bay Rays owe Brandon Inge a playoff share .  (It has to do with the Rays being able to draft David Price , who saved last night's ALCS clincher.)   At Fangraphs , Dave Cameron says Nate Robertson could be an excellent ...

(AP Photo/Darron Cummings) Major League Baseball hitters are in trouble for the next 10 years The Tampa Rays drop the Devil from their names and become the angels of the American league by defeating the defending champion Boston Red Sox, 3-1. You can’t script a movie better ...

Yeah I'm pissed. Yeah I wanted to win badly... and watching in a bar in Santa Monica with my friends Kenny Mack and Greg Lee and I pounded the wall a few times, not the least when J. D. Drew struck out to 8 year old David Price. But do you know what? The better team won. Everyone, including ...

Tampa Bay's win over Boston in Game 7 of the ALCS was highlighted by Tampa Bay using five pitchers to get three outs in the seventh inning: Matt Garza (one batter reaching on an error), Dan Wheeler (hit and an out), J.P. Howell (an out), Chad Bradford (a walk), and David Price (a strikeout).

David Price, a Tampa Bay Rays pitching prospect who we have followed extensively this season on KnuckleCurve, got the save as the Rays defeated 3-1 the Boston Red Sox to advance to the 2008 World Series. Price, who is regarded by some as the best pitching prospect in baseball , got the final ...

I know most of you were around for S2N's live-blog, but in case you missed it, here's how things went down last night. The Rays took charge in the middle innings, and after an amazing 8th from David Price, took the ALCS.... The World Series gets underway on Wednesday, and it should be a ...

They didn't make it easy, but they did it. After letting a seven-run lead slip away late in Game 5, and losing at home in Game 6, the Rays beat Boston's best pitcher to advance to the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. The star of the game was Matt Garza , who allowed just two ...

Is there one person anywhere who before this season predicted the Tampa Bay Rays would be in the World Series? Three things: * Gutsy move by Joe Maddon using David Price as his closer. He should stick with that for the Series, the kid is terrific. Obviously he will be a starter next season. ...

The Rays will play the Phillies. In the the World Series. The LAST game of the 2008 MLB Season... What a night. The Rays played their game. The Red Sox endured the brilliance of The Pit. 41,000 fans... These are just some of Pearls you'll find at Pearls of Wisdom. Visit the blog and check it ...

No Buckner moments. No excuses. No remorse. The better school (Vanderbilt) won tonight behind David Price and the Tampa Bay Rays. Enjoy the ride, ya humps.

Since the Yankees of 1978 pulled off the repeat, there have been just two teams to pull it off. The Blue Jays went back-to-back in 1992 and 1993, and the Yanks three-peated in 1998-99-2000. There will be a new champion in 2008. …and youth was served. David Price, the #1 draft pick ...

The Tampa Bay Rays finished what they should have finished in Game 5. Paced by a strong outing by starter Matt Garza, and rookie David Price escaping bases-loaded danger in the eighth and finishing the job in the ninth, the owners of the worst record in baseball last season booted the ...

The Price was right in Tampa Bay. Joe Maddon played every card and he found an ace (or closer) in David Price, who now has a playoff win and save before a regular-season one of either variety. The stud lefty from Vandy was dandy as he pitched the final inning and a third to get the Tampa Bay ...

The young Rays completed a stunning run to their first pennant,...behind Matt Garza's masterful pitching in Game 7 of the AL championship series. When rookie David Price struck out J.D. Drew with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning, Tampa Bay showed it had plenty of resolve.

Wednesday, October 22nd will mark the day where the Tampa Bay Rays will play in their first World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Rays seal up their ALCS going the full seven games against the defending champion Boston Red Sox, while the Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

(With apologies to Joel Sherman) Joe Maddon almost made the same mistake Buck Showalter made in 1995. Just in the nick of time, as though defusing a bomb right before the counter reached 00:01, Maddon remembered the lesson that he was supposed to have learned last week, and now the Tampa Bay ...

For as long as I can remember, I have been a Pittsburgh Pirate fan. I'll spare you the sob story, but being the fan of such a lousy baseball team has me seriously considering breaking the ninth baseball commandment: "Though shalt not covet your neighbor's baseball team." I am seriously jealous ...