For better or worse, Josh Beckett is the man for Boston. Saturday night, Beckett was slightly better and definitely not as worse as his past stints on the mound. ...more

October 19, 2008

Needing only one win in three games to advance to the World Series, the Rays decided to try to cover themselves through the weekend rather than go for broke with their best pitcher tonight. ...more

October 16, 2008

Josh Beckett is as solid as they come in the postseason. Well, until Saturday night. ...more

October 12, 2008

Rays LHP Scott Kazmir will face fellow Houston-area native RHP Josh Beckett for the first time this year in tonight's Game 2. ...more

October 11, 2008

He won 14 games for the Rays during the regular season, but he was squeezed off the roster for the first playoff round. But Edwin Jackson will be active as the Rays open ALCS play as Tampa Bay bumps up to 11 pitchers for the longer best-of-seven series. ...more

October 10, 2008

The Rays' coaches and baseball operations staff met after Wednesday's workout to discuss the composition of the ALCS roster. The first order of business was to determine whether they want to carry 10 pitchers again or bump up to 11 for the best-of-seven series at the expense of a position player. ...more

October 9, 2008

The Los Angeles Angels might have thought they caught a break when they didn't have to face Red Sox ace Josh Beckett in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. ...more

October 5, 2008

It hurt just to watch Dioner Navarro try to play as the regular season wound down for the Rays. He could barely make it down the line on ground balls, and we can only guess at the protest his various body parts raised when he went into another crouch behind home plate. ...more

October 5, 2008

Troy Percival made the best argument he could under the circumstances, but his two scoreless appearances in Detroit last weekend were too little, too late. ...more

October 2, 2008

The Rays' brain trust got one last look Sunday at some pitchers whose postseason roles are yet to be determined. ...more

September 29, 2008