Boston Red Sox ALCS News & Notes - 10/14
soxanddawgs.com 10/14/2008 — 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

Boston Red Sox ALCS News & Notes - 10/20
soxanddawgs.com 10/20/2008 — Once again, I’d like to offer up my congratulations to the Tampa Bay Rays for making it to their first World Series. So does this loss sting for the Boston Red Sox. Of course it does. They set a goal of getting back to the World Series and didn’t quite get there. Over time, the Red Sox had ...

Boston Red Sox ALCS News & Notes - 10/13
soxanddawgs.com 10/13/2008 — Still 4 down, 7 to go. After a battle that went late into the night Saturday, the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays both made an early morning arrival into Boston on Sunday morning. The Red Sox held an optional workout while the Rays fulfilled their media obligations but declined to ..

Boston Red Sox ALCS News & Notes - 10/15
soxanddawgs.com 10/15/2008 — You’ll have to excuse me if there’s a lack of posting from me today as I am feeling a little bit under the weather. I’m just sick to my stomach after watching the performance of the Boston Red Sox last night in Game 4 of the ALCS against the Tampa Bay Rays. Being a Red ...

Boston Red Sox ALCS News & Notes - 10/11
soxanddawgs.com 10/11/2008 — 4 down, 7 to go. The Boston Red Sox came into last night’s game hoping to steal a victory in Game 1 behind the pitching of Daisuke Matsuzaka. After watching Dice-K’s 1st inning, there was no way to predict that he would actually last more than 5 innings given the fact that he .

Boston Red Sox ALCS News & Notes - 10/18
soxanddawgs.com 10/18/2008 — “ “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.” Jim Valvano When Jim Valvano said those words, it was an emotional night for him as he knew he was dying of cancer and announced during the 1993 ESPY’s that he was starting the V Foundation for cancer research. The motto of the ..

Red Sox vs Rays ALCS Game 7 Notes and Lineups
soxanddawgs.com 10/20/2008 — It comes to a point where there really isn’t much left to say but again the Boston Red Sox will try to get the World Series for the second straight season. The eerie thing about it is that last year in the 2007 ALCS, they were down 3 games to 1 to the Cleveland Indians and this year ...

Boston Red Sox Tickets: ALCS Game 5 Raffle
soxanddawgs.com 10/14/2008 — Join the Red Sox at Fenway Park for Game 5 of the American League Championship Series NetRaffle.org offers fans the chance to win Red Sox Playoff Tickets (Andover, MA) – October 14, 2008 –Celebrities for Charities offers you the chance to be there for pivotal game 5 of the ALCS. Two tickets ...

Boston Red Sox ALCS News & Notes - 10/17
soxanddawgs.com 10/17/2008 — what a comeback!!!

Red Sox vs. Rays - Preview - October 19, 2008
sports.espn.go.com 10/19/2008 — Garza opposes Lester as Rays try to avoid collapse The Tampa Bay Rays ' success this season was vastly unexpected. Forcing another Game 7 in the AL Championship Series, meanwhile, shouldn't come as a complete surprise to the Boston Red Sox . After ...

Kazmir, not Shields, to start Game 5 for Rays — FOXSports.com News for MLB 10/15/2008
Scott Kazmir will pitch for the Tampa Bay Rays instead of James Shields in Game 5 of the AL championship series against the Boston Red Sox. Rays manager Joe Maddon made the switch Wednesday morning. Kazmir will try to beat Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka ...

Maddon Sticks to ‘Plan’ And Gives Ball to Kazmir — NYT > Baseball 10/16/2008
Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon threw the Boston Red Sox a curveball on Wednesday by announcing that he was changing his Game 5 starter to Scott Kazmir. >

Tampa Bay Turns To Kazmir Tonight — Wash Post MLB 10/16/2008
The Rays are in full command of the ALCS, up three games to one on Boston, but they're still flip-flopping their top two starting pitchers for a variety of issues.

Rays' Scott Kazmir says he isn't under extra pressure — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com 10/16/2008
BOSTON - One win away from a berth in the World Series, Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon isn't playing it safe. Maddon said during a news conference on Wednesday...

Crasnick: Red Sox need Dice-K to deliver — ESPN.com - MLB 10/16/2008
For the third time in the last five years, the Red Sox are faced with a do-or-die situation in the ALCS. Up on the hill for the Sox in Thursday's Game 5 against the Rays, will be Daisuke Matsuzaka.