Carl Crawford News

Drilled in the back of the right shoulder during Friday night's ALCS Game 1 by a Grant Balfour fastball that briefly looked like it had hit him in the face, Drew was given a clean bill of health by manager ...

B.J. Upton 's 11th-inning sacrifice fly drove in the winning run Saturday night and Tampa beat Boston 9-8 to tie the American League Championship Series 1-1. Evan Longoria had three hits, including a two-run ...

Tampa Bay Rays' Evan Longoria, right, watches with Jonny Gomes, left, and Steve Henderson during the ninth inning.

Rays spark plug Carl Crawford is slated to bat in the No. 5 hole for Friday's Game 1 of the American League Championship series, a lineup that manager Joe Maddon carried over from the AL Division Series.

Carl Crawford got a little scare during batting practice prior to Game 4 of the American League Division Series when he got nicked on the left side of his face by Dioner Navarro's bat.

Daisuke Matsuzaka has tended to walk people and build up high pitch counts. Yet he remains hard to hit, and he earned 18 wins during the regular season.

PHILADELPHIA : Chase Utley grew up a Dodgers fan, so it wasn't easy to turn them down after he was selected by Los Angeles in the second round of the 1997 amateur draft.

Somebody would get hit, the benches would empty, threats would be uttered . . . and the Red Sox would roll to an 11-3 victory.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Scott Kazmir was born in Houston, Tex., the Lone Star State.

Man the Rays are a GOOD ballclub. They sure nuff put it all together this year. Ex-Stros GM Gerry Hunsicker and Houstonian Andrew Friedman made a few really sharp trades - goodbye Elijah Dukes, Joey GathrightA ...

Tampa Bay Rays' Carl Crawford steals second base as the throw eludes Chicago White Sox shortstop Orlando Cabrera in the sixth inning of Game 4 of the American League division baseball series Monday, Oct.

Carl Crawford 's night couldn't have ended any better, the longest-serving Ray drenched in beer and champagne talking in borderline disbelief about playing for the AL championship.

Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Carl Crawford checks out a pair of sunglasses during baseball practice,... Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Carl Crawford checks out a pair of sunglasses during baseball practice, ...

Did you really expect the Tampa Bay Rays to run the table in this postseason? In case you're wondering, only four teams swept their first-ever postseason series.

Photo Credit: AP Photo Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Carl Crawford checks out a pair of sunglasses during baseball practice, Saturday, Oct.

Before Evan Longoria, there was Carl Crawford. You already knew that, but it seemed a good time to bring it up.

Tampa Bay's Carlos Pena was scratched from the lineup for Game 2 of the Rays' first-round playoff series against the Chicago White Sox because of slightly blurred vision in his left eye Friday.

Akinori Iwamura, right, is congratulated by Rays teammate Carl Crawford after hitting a two-run home run in the fifth inning.

Evan Longoria finished 3-for-3 with two home runs and three RBI as Tampa Bay made its postseason debut a winning one, with a 6-4 triumph over Chicago in Game 1 of the American League Division Series from ...

Carl Crawford can swing the bat again, so he'll make his playoff debut - along with the rest of the Rays.