Boston Red Sox ALCS News & Notes - 10/14

beisbolct posted 10/14/2008 from soxanddawgs.com [flag]

If you were writing the script for yesterday’s Game 3 of the ALCS between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox, I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t have written exactly what transpired unless you were a Rays fans. A perfect script would have Jon Lester throwing 7-8 scoreless innings while his teammate [link]

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Rays Dig The Long Ball To Take Game 3 Of The ALCS

beisbolct posted 10/14/2008 from soxanddawgs.com

The Tampa Bay Rays got 4 home runs off the combination of Jon Lester and Paul Byrd to beat the Boston Red Sox 9-1 in front of 38,031 stunned fans at Fenway Park. The win gives the Rays a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 ALCS.

You don’t mess with Florida

Cuzoogle found this 10/14/2008 on juicedsportsblog.com

With Tampa Bay obliterating the Red Sox 9-1 at Fenway Park in game 3 of an exciting ALCS, Florida’s unexplainable post-season dominance continues SCOTT JACOBS You can’t help but wonder what is in the water in Florida. Or what ...

Red Sox vs. Rays, ALCS Game 3

Intentional Foul found this 10/14/2008 on www.boston.com

RAYS MANUFACTURE RUN, LEAD (5:07, MID 2, 1-0 RAYS) The Rays forced Lester to work, and he helped give them a run. Dioner Navarro scored Evan Longoria with a groundball, a hit set up by a passed ball by Jason Varitek, and Lester fired 21 pitches that ...

Rays win Game 3; up 2-1 @ Fenway.

Deadspin found this 10/14/2008 on www.overthemonster.com

via d.yimg.com All credit to the Rays. That being said, we sucked eggs today. Lester wasn't Lester and I'm actually going to give him a pass on this, personally. No, NG, he wasn't sucking momentum. Do you guys remember the last ...

Fenway Park Soda Vendors are Jerks

Richie Rich posted 10/14/2008 from homerderby.com

Fenway Park Soda Vendors don't mind getting all up in your lap to sell Coke to Red Sox fans.

ALCS | Rays rout Red Sox 9-1 to take 2-1 series lead
B.J. Upton and Evan Longoria homered off a suddenly shaky Jon Lester, and the power-packed Rays cleared the Green Monster four times to beat the Boston Red Sox 9-1 Monday for a 2-1 lead in the AL championship series.

MLB Championship Series Day Six: Tampa Bay Busting Through at Fenway
The greatest part of the postseason is what you witnessed in yesterday's Day Five primer. I picked both the Dodgers and Red Sox, based largely upon Derek Lowe and Jon Lester. Expect the unexpected when it comes to the postseason. Jon Lester gets ...

Blowout in Boston: Rays Clobber Sox and Turn Tables on Playoff Vets
Fans and gurus alike threw out a wide range of predictions for Game Three in Boston. Nobody saw this one coming. Who would have thought that Jon Lester, who's gone 24-1/3 scoreless innings in post season play, would give up five ...

Red Sox, Rays to play game 4 in ALCS tonight
The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays play game 4 in their American League Championship Series tonight in Boston. Andy Sonnanstine wil pitch for the Rays against Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. The Rays lead the series 2 games to 1.

Rays-Red Sox: ALCS Game Three Fan Reaction and Game Four Preview
Who would have thought it could happen? Clearly not anyone in Boston, and most certainly only a select few from the Tampa Bay area. Boston Red Sox starter Jon Lester was nearly untouchable in his previous 12 starts at Fenway Park before imploding ...