2008 tampa bay rays roster world series

The exciting release includes indepth interviews with the players, exclusive offthefield access to the teams, and full coverage of those adrenalinepumping, gamedeciding final outs. A magical year is capped off by a world series appearance. Count is ontextual to the purpose of the grid salary salary for the selected. This includes the major league parent team and the minor league a. Well, the rays have achieved that goal, and have extended it two steps further to a berth in the world series. Boston red sox 1 at tampa bay rays 3, f akinori iwamura stabbed jed lowries badhop grounder, had a moment of indecision about whether to flip the ball to shortstop jason bartlett, then he.

Things got better and better, and all of a sudden were in game 1 of the world series. Wins, losses, earned runs, innings pitched, saves and more pitching data is included for every pitcher on the 2008 tampa bay rays. The series started on wednesday, october 22, and concluded a week later on. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. The player that has played in the most major league games is cliff floyd with 1,531 career games. Everything changed quickly as the game went to extras. Mlb confidential mlb players weigh in on baseballs best player, peds and what they really think. Since then, the rays have played in the postseason in 2010, 2011, 20, and 2019.

Evan longoria signed tampa bay rays 2008 world series mlb engraved baseball. If not linked, then no profile on the site pos defensive position age players age for the selected season or as of a current date if in yy. It is hard to forget the amazing run the 2008 tampa bay rays went on en route to their first and only world series. Please note that this is a still image and your item may vary slightly. Tampa bay rays 2008 world series 7 78 new era caphat on. The following year, mlb amended its broadcasting contracts to allow world series teams flagship radio stations to air the games with local. He was the longest tenured bench coach in rays history. The rays won the season series against the red sox 108. Started his collegiate career at navarro jc in texas. The bestofseven series was played between the philadelphia phillies of the national league and the tampa bay rays of the american league. Baseball almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive team schedule for the 2008 tampa bay rays with dates for every game played, opponents faced, a final score, and a cumulative record for the 2008 season. The locations on the map are for where each tampa bay rays player and their manager went to high school. Worsttofirst 2008 rays set the standard for teams that followed. The tampa bay rays advanced to the world series after defeating the chicago white.

Baltimore orioles baltimore boston red sox boston new york yankees ny yankees tampa bay rays tampa bay toronto blue jays toronto. Learn about the rays alltime rosters, awards, records and more. The 2008 american league championship series alcs, the second round of the 2008 american league playoffs, was a bestofseven series matching the two winners of the american league division series. But tampa bay needed every drop of its trademark lateseason magic as the club staved off elimination in the final game of the regular season, a game 163 tiebreaker against texas and the al wild card game against cleveland. In an effort to court the orlando, florida, market, the devil rays played a series at the ballpark now called champion stadium at disneys wide world of sports complex in the 2007 tampa bay devil rays season. Mlb playoffs 2008 al championship series tampa bay. The rays celebrate at tropicana field after defeating the red sox to win the pennant in 2008.

Tampa bay put up a good fight against philly but couldnt capture their first world series. The 104th edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff between the national league nl champion philadelphia phillies and the american league al champion tampa bay rays. This item will ship to united states, but the seller has not specified shipping options. Relive the thrills and heartbreaks of the epic 2008 showdown between the philadelphia phillies and the tampa bay rays in this world series compilation. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. Back to game 7 of the 2008 alcs, and the rays are hosting who else. Today we take a look at the projected 40man roster and payroll. Lost world series 41 to philadelphia phillies won al championship series 43. The worsttofirst story of the 2008 tampa bay rays now reaches its final stage, as they look to become the first team to win a world series the year after finishing with the worst record in baseball. The 2008 season saw the tampa bay rays post their first winning season, their first al east championship, and their first pennant defeating the rival boston red sox in the alcs, though they lost to the philadelphia phillies in that years world series. World serieschampion boston red sox in the al championship series. The locations on the map are for where each tampa bay rays player.

The 2008 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2008 season. Brought in to pinch hit, six pitches later tampa bay had a new favorite player. On the 40man roster, the rays have 1 player born in the 60s. The 2008 tampa bay rays team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 2008 season. Graduated from college park hs in the woodlands, texas. Philadelphia phillies over tampa bay rays 41 are you a stathead. Tampa bay rays 2008 world series 7 78 new era caphat. Tampa bay rays 2008 world series antigua button down ss shirt sz lxl no tag. The 2008 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2008. Ap soaring after 10 straight losing seasons, the rays made a oneyear, 31game improvement from 2007 to 97 victories this season. We are now less than a month away from spring training and after the recent flurry of contracts signings with the rays arbitrationeligible players, we now have a much better idea of what the 2008 tampa bay rays roster will look like and what the opening day payroll will be.

The rays season ended in the al division series, where they lost in four games to the eventual world series champion red sox. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. The 2008 world series was the 104th major league baseball championship series. Price returned to close out the game in the 9th inning, and after two strikeouts and a walk, jed lowrie hit a ground ball to rays second baseman akinori iwamura, who stepped on second base to make the final out and send the tampa bay rays to their first world series in franchise history, defeating the boston red sox four games to three. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits.

The series selected was the may 1517 series versus the texas rangers. Martinez joined the rays in 2008 after serving as a spring training instructor for the rays in 2006 and 2007. The 2008 tampa bay rays pitching stats seen on this page include pitching stats for every player who appeared in a game during the 2008 season. Tampa bay rays 1 worst to first easily describes the tampa bay rays who finished in last place during the 2007 regular season, but made it to the fall classic in an exciting cinderella style throughout the 2008. Lost world series 41 to philadelphia phillies won al championship series 43 over boston red sox won al division series 31 over chicago white sox. Rare 2008 tampa bay rays al champs team signed world.

The al east division champion tampa bay rays, who had defeated the chicago white sox in the alds, were paired with the wildcard and defending world champion boston. The 2008 rays remain a moon shoot, out of nowhere, even more. The 45yearold lefty finally got to pitch in the world series and threw a game that. Complete coverage of the 2008 world series between the tampa bay rays and philadelphia phillies. The 2009 tampa bay rays team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 2009 season. Unif uniform number, if available player name name of the player. Bj upton signed tampa bay devil rays 2008 world series mlb engraved baseball. The org roster is a list of all players who played at least one game for the tampa bay rays organization in 2008. Complete coverage of the 2008 al championship series between the tampa bay rays and boston red sox. These world series films definitely recreate the drama included in the world series. Tampa bay vs philly, you dont think, would be a good series at all but it certainly was better than expected. Sales are final and no refunds, returns or exchanges.