Baseball Playoffs

  • Delayed GratiPhication

    The Phillies had to wait around for two days, but they finally get their championship in a one-of-a-kind game.
  • World Series pronounced dead!

    Blame it on the rain. Or the mud or the suspended game. Or the late starts. Or cranky writers and an unscheduled off day.
  • The fair share chart

    How many pennants and World Series titles would each team have won if success were distributed evenly?
  • Winning their fair share

    It feels like Phillies fans have had to wait forever for another title, but if life were fair, a Phils championship would be ahead of schedule.
  • Let it snow

    Rain suspends Game 5, which the Rays and Phillies will try to finish Tuesday. That's one off day down, 156 to go before Opening Day.
  • The better team?

    Hold off on that conclusion that the Phillies are better than the Rays just because they're winning the World Series.
  • Not the Rays' night

    From a blown call in the first inning to pitcher Joe Blanton's home run in the fifth, everything went Philly's way in Game 4.
  • Seen one country, seen 'em all

    World Series notes: Fox can't tell Venezuela from Panama, Day 2. Plus: Philly's right-handed problem.
  • Rays tie up the World Series

    Phenom David Price survives a home run by Phillie Eric! Bruntlett! to get the last seven outs and preserve the win.
  • Tim McCarver's flying start

    In Game 1, the Fox analyst reassigns a catcher's nationality and ducks a good question. Plus: Arguments, logos.
  • World Series preview

    This column's column simulator has written this column 2,000 times and predicts the Rays in 7. Or something about Jeannie Zelasko.
  • Is fan loyalty bunk?

    The readers write -- some more! -- about bandwagoning and whether fandom is really just a consumer choice.
  • Go ahead, jump on the bandwagon

    Being a fan of a losing team isn't a sign of character. It's a consumer choice. So is newfound passion for the Phillies or Rays.
  • Rays vs. Phillies? Who cares?

    You should, imaginary person who asked that question. The World Series is exciting and new and different this year.
  • ALCS delays, umps and Manny

    How can MLB not have a backup ump ready? Would the Red Sox have made the playoffs with that lineup all year? The readers write.
  • Rays make World Series pitch

    The Red Sox had all the momentum, but in a Game 7, it's even better to have a lights-out hurler. Tampa Bay had two.
  • Red Sox comeback: Greatest ever?

    Their rally from 7-0 down in the seventh was for the ages -- it just wasn't for the fools who left Fenway early.
  • "Keep your head up, buddy"

    Fox's microphones capture Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino playing hard and acting like a regular guy.
  • Phillies win, exit Manny

    L.A.'s giddy affair with Ramirez set to end as Philadelphia dispatches the Dodgers in five games.
  • A Red Sox beat-down

    Forget about curses, luck and momentum. The Rays are just pounding Boston into submission.
  • BP nailed the '08 Rays -- in '05

    Baseball Prospectus sized up Tampa Bay three years ago and figured the team was three years away.
  • The man behind the Rays' success

    According to Caray and Martinez of TBS, it's Chuck LaMar, whose 10 years of incompetence as G.M. evidently laid some kind of foundation.
  • Get the hook!

    Playoff managers are letting their starting pitchers stay in and get thrashed while huge, rested, effective bullpens watch.
  • ALCS: Why not the Rays?

    The Red Sox have their hands full with Tampa Bay, whose 31-win improvement was no fluke.
  • Early MVP favorite: Luck

    Some key plays in the Phillies' Game 1 win over the Dodgers showed what a huge role chance plays in a short series.
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