ESPN always sends play-by-play idiot emeritus Chris Berman to the MLB All-Star Game, which is a bit strange since they don't send him to any other baseball events ... or events outside of football. That being said, you'd...

For every victorious world championship squad, there's a team on the losing bench/dugout/sideline who have to come to grips with an oh-so-close season that could have been the magical one. Welcome to the world of the 2008...

Ho-hum. Another huge series, another MVP for young Phillies ace Cole Hamels. The California lefty was devastatingly efficient in Philadelphia's 4-1 series win, taking a victory in one game and putting up a performance...

It took parts of three days to complete, but the Phillies finally wrapped up their first world title in 25 years, a thrilling win complete with two comebacks and an epic 1-2-3 ninth inning that sent an entire city into utter...

You're watching the World Series title-clinching strikeout from Brad Lidge, who got pinch hitter Eric Hinske waving at an 0-2 fastball. He final strike hit catcher Carlos Ruiz's mitt at precisely 9:58 on Wednesday night,...

No, it's not, because of a ridiculous decision to try and play Game 5 despite horrendous weather and, shortly thereafter, an equally deplorable decision to keep playing while conditions deteriorated, eventually waving the...

Philadelphia fans have suffered through a combined 100 years of misery since one of their professional sports teams last won a world title. Well, that looks like it's about to change. With a dominant 10-2 win in which Ryan...

The Rays got to the World Series thanks largely to the long ball, but they tied their series against the Phillies with good, fundamental baseball. Combining an excellent start by "Big Game" James Shields and singles in key...

Maybe we're too critical here -- this clip is meticulously edited and spliced, after all -- but it strikes us that the teaser intro to the World Series on Wednesday night was a bit over the top. Sure, the war in Iraq and the...

Dick Vitale lives in South Florida, and he's a big baseball fan. So it fits that he'd root for the Devil Rays, since they're his home team, right? In fact, Dickie V has season tickets (though he misses a heavy dose of games)....

A seven game series went the distance, with tension filling an ALCS Game 7. In the end the young Tampa Bay Devil Rays shook off the worst single-game collapse in playoff history and went on to reach the World Series behind an...

The Red Sox were struggling, the Rays were surging and even one of their beloved landmarks, the Citgo sign beyond left field, went up in flames on Wednesday. Then, down seven runs in the bottom of the seventh, the Boston bats...

Tampa Bay: a land of football, cheerleaders, spring training baseball and, suddenly, the World Series? After years as a laughingstock and perennial doormat, the Rays lead the Red Sox 3-1 in the ALCS, and are one win away from...

What else can you say? The team that has been a perennial doormat since it's inception is suddenly four wins from the World Series, with only their hated AL East rivals, the Red Sox, in their way. They did it with a lot of...

Craig Sager leads a tempting dual life as a TBS sideline reporter and vigilante for all those dedicated to poor fashion. At the intersection of those two worlds he collided with a jubilant Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon on...