Rays pitcher Scott Kazmir's American League Championship Series press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Kazmir will start Game 5 on Thursday night: ...more

October 15, 2008

Fans chosen in the Tampa Bay Rays' lottery to buy tickets for a possible Game 6 in the American League Championship Series are on the clock. The winners, notified by e-mail, may begin buying tickets online at 5 p.m. today and continue until they are sold out. ...more

October 15, 2008

Rays manager Joe Maddon's American League Championship Series press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 15: ...more

October 15, 2008

The last thing the Rays need now is a day off, but that's what the schedule gives them today as they circle for the kill in the American League Championship Series. TV, as we know, runs the show in baseball's postseason, so the lads will sit around in Boston for the day. ...more

October 15, 2008

The people have spoken, and the Rays have conceded. Should the American League Championship Series return to Tropicana Field for Games 6 and 7, the team will remove the tarps that have blocked off upper-level seats all year to allow thousands more fans in the building. ...more

October 15, 2008

Star Of The Game: Carl Crawford When the postseason began, Crawford almost had to talk his way back into the lineup after missing nearly two months to injury. He insisted he was ready. He insisted he was all the way back. Believe it. Crawford was 5-for-5 - a triple, two doubles and two singles - on Tuesday night in the Rays' 13-4 victory against the Boston Red Sox in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. He also had two stolen bases, scored three runs and had two RBIs. ...more

October 15, 2008

The Rays are planning ro remove the tarps in the upper level of Tropicana Field for all remaining 2008 postseason games, adding 5,762 seats to the capacity, according to team president Matt Silverman. ...more

October 14, 2008

Tampa Bay Rays fans know that slugger Carlos Pena is hot on the field. Now Bay area baseball lovers can show their support for No. 23 by sporting shirts with "Holla Pena" or "Jala Pena" on the front and a cheer for him to "Do That Dance" on the back. ...more

October 14, 2008

Star Of The Game: Matt Garza The Rays got 13 hits - and four home runs - in Monday's 9-1 victory against Boston in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. "You can talk about the hitting all you want," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "Matt Garza is the reason we won the game. He did not permit them to come back." Garza, who pitched to two batters in the seventh inning before his exit, allowed six hits, walked three and struck out five on 116 pitches. In the first two innings, Garza stranded three runners in scoring position. Garza got the leadoff batter out six times. The Red Sox's 3-4-5 batters (David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis, J.D. Drew) were 0-for-9 against him. ...more

October 14, 2008

Uh, Big Papi? About that fear thing … ...more

October 13, 2008