The Rays solved Boston's ace, LHP Jon Lester, in the ALCS. Now can they get to the Philadelphia Phillies' hot lefty, Cole Hamels, in the World Series? ...more

October 21, 2008

Cuban pastries, citrus fruit and cheesecake are on the line this World Series for Florida's two U.S. senators who made a friendly wager with two of their Philadelphia colleagues. ...more

October 20, 2008

Las Vegas sports books favor the Tampa Bay Rays to win the World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies and would owe huge payouts if the American League champions prevail. ...more

October 20, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Perhaps making it interesting to the point that everyone dismissed their chances was the only way for the Rays to do it. ...more

October 20, 2008

9 = 2. The story is still being written, and already there's no way to truly tell it. ...more

October 20, 2008

It would have been easy to lose faith. The losses piled up year after year and baseball in Tampa Bay had become a metaphor for failure. ...more

October 19, 2008

They'll take batting practice, field grounders, shag flies and rest. Then, they'll do it again - and again. ...more

October 19, 2008

Owner Dan Farrell and his crew at Lenny's Restaurant are in a bit of a pickle. ...more

October 17, 2008

Major League Baseball has agreed to postpone the first pitch of Game 6 of the World Series by about 15 minutes in order to enable Fox to join CBS and NBC in running Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's 30-minute infomercial Oct. 29. ...more

October 16, 2008

At Lenny's Restaurant, the Philadelphia Phillies' watering hole in Clearwater, a crisis of loyalties looms. ...more

October 16, 2008