The Tampa Bay Rays' AL East title celebration was delayed by the Detroit Tigers. 

Stuart Sternberg lives a short drive from Yankee Stadium and remembers how his Tampa Bay players used to be treated in the Bronx. 

With the playoffs almost here, Randy Hill has decided it's time to break out a wish list of matchups he wants to see. 

MEDICAL WATCH: RHP Troy Percival (sore back) didn't pitch Sept. 

--The Rays drew three more walks with the bases loaded, giving them a major league high 24 for the season, nine by 1B Carlos Pena. 

With his place in the postseason rotation not secured, Edwin Jackson had to show the Rays something in his final regular-season start. 

It is a moment 11 years in the making, but it was still completely unexpected for the Tampa Bay Rays heading into the season. 

The Tampa Bay Rays spent the night running around the bases and keeping their eyes fixed on the scoreboard. 

The Tampa Bay Rays will have to wait at least another day to celebrate their first AL East title and pop open the 200 bottles of champagne waiting for them in the clubhouse Wednesday night. 

Cliff Lee's triumph and Tom Glavine's demise land the hurlers on opposite sides of Tracy Ringolsby's Good, Bad and Ugly for 2008. 

MEDICAL WATCH: RHP Troy Percival (sore back) didn't pitch Sept. 

As wet and wild as the Rays celebrated the first-ever playoff berth on Saturday, they have set their sights on the American League East title, and the rewards that come with it, primarily home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs. 

--RHP James Shields tied Rolando Arrojo's 1998 team record with his 14th win of the season. 

The White Sox are limping to the finish line, but Dayn Perry says they have the pitching to survive as baseball's races wind down. 

The first doubleheader sweep in the history of the Tampa Bay franchise moved the Rays two steps closer to a far more important milestone: their first AL East crown.