boston.com - 10/12/2008
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The way Kevin Cash sees it, the Red Sox would have needed perfection to prevent last night's extra-inning loss to the Rays. Because anything short of a perfect throw wasn't going to nail pinch runner Fernando Perez at the plate as he tagged up from third base on a shallow ...
bugsandcranks.com - 10/12/2008
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bugsandcranks.com —
Rays 9, Sox 8 (11) WP: Price (1-0)
LP: Timlin (0-1) SV: None HRs: BOS- Pedroia, 2...
(2), Youkilis (1), Bay (3); TB- Pena (1), Longoria (3), Upton (4) Summary: Josh Beckett blew three leads, the teams tied a postseason record for most homers in ...
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Rays even series in a wild game at the Trop
soxanddawgs.com - 10/12/2008
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soxanddawgs.com —
After 5 hours and 27 minutes and 11
innings of baseball, the Tampa Bay Rays emerged victorious...
to even up of their best-of-7 ALCS at 1-1 with the Boston Red Sox. It was a game that was not dominated by the starting pitchers for both teams but rather the bats, the Red Sox bullpen and Dan ...
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Boston Red Sox ALCS News & Notes - 10/12
soxanddawgs.com - 10/13/2008
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soxanddawgs.com —
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 ..
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Boston Red Sox ALCS News & Notes - 10/13
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Boston Red Sox ALCS News & Notes - 10/12
SOX & Dawgs —
... forget about Lester’s numbers at Fenway Park this season. He was 11-1 with a 2.49 ERA in 17 starts. He was also 3-0 against the Rays with 0.90 ERA at the Fens. I definitely like our chances of a win in Game 3 on Monday afternoon.
Terry Francona tweaked the lineup for Game 2 with Scott Kazmir on the mound.
The Red Sox veterans are showing the young players how to succeeed.
Rays fans witnessed something very special last night.
Kevin Cash said it would have taken a perfect throw to nail the speedy Fernando Perez at ...
J.D. Drew and the Subtle Difference Between an Explanation and an Excuse
umpbump.com —
... in Game 6.“I’m fine,” Beckett said at least four times during a two-minute interview. “It’s just frustrating when your team scores eight runs and you can’t win the [bleeping] game.” I dunno, JD. Beckett’s badassery sounds pretty, well, badass, compared to your “explanation.” And Dustin MVPedroia played last October with a cracked hamate and we didn’t even know about it until later. And yet you’re blaming your weak-ass two-hopper on an HBP? That’s a thing that makes me go “hmm.” But here, in the Boston Globe , is this conflicting report: “Drew didn’t make any excuses and ...
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