The Rays became the third MLB team in the post-1969 "Divisional Era" to make the World Series in their first trip to the playoffs, joining the 1969 New York Mets and the 1997 Florida Marlins. In the American League Championship Series, Tampa Bay defeated the Boston Red Sox in 4–3, to advance to their first World Series in franchise history. The second-seeded Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 3–1 in the American League Division Series. As the Devil Rays, they had never finished with a winning record, nor finished higher than fourth in their division. The team concluded the season, albeit with a 13–14 record in September, by winning the American League East title for the first time in franchise history.
In August, the Rays lost seven games to finish out the month with an overall record of 84–51. The team went 16–10 in June, but lost seven consecutive games leading up to the All-Star break.
The Rays became the first team since 1903 to have the league's best record on Memorial Day (the last Monday in May) after finishing in last place the previous season. The Tampa Bay Rays also began the season (their first after dropping the "Devil" from their name) with a winning record in the opening month of April. Games 1 and 2 at Tropicana Field remain the only World Series games played on artificial turf since the 1993 World Series matched two teams, the Toronto Blue Jays and Phillies, which played their home games on artificial turf. The Tampa Bay Rays advanced to the World Series after defeating the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox, the 2007 World Series champion, in the AL's Division Series and 2008 American League Championship Series. This was the Phillies' first World Series appearance in fifteen years. The team won its position in the playoffs after its second consecutive NL East division title. The Phillies advanced to the World Series after defeating the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL's Divisional Series and Championship Series, respectively. Additionally, both the Phillies' World Series wins have come against a team making their World Series debut (in 1980, they beat the Kansas City Royals). This was the first postseason series lost by an MLB team based in the state of Florida previously, the Rays and Florida Marlins were 8–0 in post-season series. The Phillies won their second championship in their 126-year history to bring the city of Philadelphia its first championship in 25 years (since the 1983 NBA Finals). The AL's 4–3 win in the 2008 All-Star Game gave the Rays home field advantage for the series, meaning no more than three games would be played at Citizens Bank Park (the Phillies' home ballpark). The Series began on Wednesday, October 22, and (after weather delays had postponed the end of Game 5) concluded the following Wednesday, October 29. The 2008 World Series is notable because it is the only World Series to involve a mid-game postponement and resumption (two days later). The 104th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays the Phillies won the series, four games to one. The 2008 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2008 season. Philadelphia Phillies over Los Angeles Dodgers (4–1) Harry Kalas, Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen and Chris Wheeler (WPHT)ĭanny Martinez, Bill Kulik and Juan Ramos (WDAS)ĭave Wills, Andy Freed, Dewayne Staats and Joe Magrane (WHNZ) Ángel Torres, Miguel Morales and Cos Villa (Fox Deportes)ĭave O'Brien and Rick Sutcliffe (MLB International) Joe Buck, Tim McCarver, Chris Myers and Ken Rosenthal (Fox) Tim Welke (crew chief), Kerwin Danley, Fieldin Culbreth, Tom Hallion, Jeff Kellogg, Tim Tschida In these cases above they are true doubleheaders with only one attendance number.104th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series *In recent years most cases of doubleheaders are split/day-night doubleheaders which means they have two gates/separate attendance figures.
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