The National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies topped the American League Champion Tampa Bay Rays 4 games to 1 to capture their first World Series Championship since 1980 and the second title in franchise history.

World Series MVP: Pitcher Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies.

This is the Rawlings Official 2008 World Series Baseball identical to the ball used in the Fall Classic between the 2008 American League Champion Tampa Bay Rays and the 2008 National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies.

Series Baseball is finely crafted to meet the rigid specifications established by Major League Baseball.

The ball features red stitching with gold lettering and an official 2008 World Series logo also in gold.

Each baseball is indvidually tissue wrapped and boxed.