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The World Series is the end of the season for the two best teams in America and Canada. Today with players from around the globe joining American and National League teams, the series can be as spellbinding in the Dominican Republic and Japan as it is in New York or LA.

The winners of each league’s best-of-seven series go on to take it to the 2008 MLB World Series.

This year, after beating the LA Dodgers in 5 games for the National League Championship, the Phillies faced the Tampa Bay Rays. THE BIG DRAMA : would the "cinderella" Rays triumph as the underdogs or would the veteran Phillies go on to win their first series in 25 years?

Beginning with an initial, promising victory by the Rays ...and onto torrential rains that turned Phillie into Mudville (responsible for the first game suspensions in World Series history) final victory belonged to the Phillies who beat the Rays in five games.

Meanwhile, the U.S. presidential election played a part in this year's championship, delaying World Series Game 5 in order to air a half-hour commercial by Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

The Phillies Win The World Series!

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2008 World Series Schedule

The televised games were broadcast on FOX in the United States and worldwide on RSN (Canada), NASN (Europe), Five (UK), and ESPN Latin America, (Dominican Republic).

Game 1 Wed. Oct. 22 Philadelphia Phillies @ Tampa Bay Rays 8 PM ET FOX
Final Score: Phillies 3, Rays 2
Game 2 Thurs. Oct. 23 Philadelphia Phillies @ Tampa Bay Rays 8 PM ET FOX
Final Score: Phillies 2, Rays 4
Game 3 Sat. Oct. 25 Tampa Bay Rays @ Philadelphia Phillies 8 PM ET FOX
Final Score: Rays 4, Phillies 5
Game 4 Sun. Oct. 26 Tampa Bay Rays @ Philadelphia Phillies 8 PM FOX
Final Score: Rays 2, Phillies 10

World Series on the Web:

Follow your favorite teams to see who's in and who's out in the division series on the road to the World Series, along with detailed results & scores, great coverage of the history of the World Series, its teams and players, stats and record-breaking performances ...:

FOX Sports - Major League Baseball - The official TV broadcast station of the major league World Series games with stats, schedules, scores & results along with the latest headline news & rumors including video highlights, photos, fantasy baseball.

Major League Baseball - Get right to the nitty gritty of who's in competition for the pennant and the championship with this site's chart showing the current standings of each team in the majors -- updated daily during the season.

Baseball Prospectus - Opinions on which teams are cracking the stats it takes to win the playoffs and get to the championship games. Analysis of players, positions and historical comparisons make for interesting and informative reading. This site has a section for fantasy managers who want to keep up with their players info and tradeability.

History of the World Series - If you're a real baseball fan and you're looking for baseball heaven, The Sporting News is the place to be. A year by year, play by play of every world series game from 1903 on. And we quote, "Don't call it World Serious. It's much more important than that..."

World Series History - From famous ejections to the MVPs from seasons past, check out major league history, trivia and World Series fun facts at Baseball Almanac.com.

Baseball News - Top news headlines from a selection of international sources updated every 15 minutes and showcasing the latest headlines, scores & results.

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