The 2008 Major League Baseball season is not even over yet, but the St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they are raising 2009 ticket prices for their season ticket holders. The Cardinals decided not to raise prices on 70% of New Busch Stadium citing the recent economic news. On average, 2009 Cardinals season ticket prices will rise 1.6%. The Cardinals will play host to the MLB All-Star Game in July 2009.
St. Louis Cardinals Raise Ticket Prices for 2009
October 22nd, 2008Tampa Bay Rays vs Philadelphia Phillies in World Series 2008
October 20th, 2008The Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies will play each other in the World Series which begins Wednesday at Tropicana Field. Even with a historic comeback in Game 5 and a Game 6 win, the ghosts were not with the Boston Red Sox tonight. Tampa Bay outdueled the Red Sox 3-1 to win Game 7 and the 2008 ALCS and become American League Champions. This will be Tampa Bay’s first trip to the World Series and has been Tampa’s first trip to the postseason after ten years of futility. The Rays may believe they can do anything now that they have disposed of the defending world champions in a grueling seven game series. There are a lot of great young players on both the Phillies and the Devil Rays and it should be a great and evenly matched World Series.
Boston Red Sox Force ALCS Game 7 vs Tampa Bay Rays
October 19th, 2008The Boston Red Sox forced Game 7 of the ALCS by defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 and trying up the ALCS 3-3. Josh Beckett pitched a solid five innings for the Red Sox. Kevin Youkilis and Jason Varitek hit key home runs for the Sox. Just a few short days ago, the Rays were seven outs away from the World Series with a 7-0 lead over the Red Sox. Now, game 7 will be held Sunday and the winner will go to the World Series. The Red Sox are 9-0 under Francona with elimination on the line in the Championship Series.
Philadelphia Phillies vs Tampa Bay Rays in 2008 World Series?
October 15th, 2008Unless something drastic occurs, the 2008 World Series match-up will feature the Philadelphia Phillies versus the Tampa Bay Rays. The Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays each have a three game to one lead in their respective League Championship Series. With a win tonight over the LA Dodgers, the Phillies will advance to their first World Series since 1993. The Phillies have only won one previous World Series in 1980. Win a win over the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 Thursday, the Tampa Bay Rays can advance to their first World Series ever. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays finished the 2007 season with the worst record in the American League.
Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays in 2008 ALCS
October 7th, 2008The defending World Champion Boston Red Sox will play the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 American League Championship Series which gets underway Friday, October 10th in Tampa Bay, Florida. The Red Sox beat the Angels 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth to win the ALDS 3 games to 1. The Rays beat the Chicago White Sox in the Division Series round 3 games to 1. The Red Sox and Rays are both from the AL East and faced each other eighteen times in 2008. The Red Sox won 8 games and lost 10 to the Rays. The Red Sox defeated the Rays 7-1 on June 5th a game in which Coco Crisp was hit by a pitch by the Rays’ James Shields igniting a bench clearing brawl.