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Sox Set to Battle Rays for First Place, and Other Things You Never Thought You'd Be Hearing in September
Published 9/8/2008 by Red (noreply@blogger.com) at Surviving Grady
... For one thing, the Sox just came off a series win in Texas, which is good, because if you harbor any sort of playoff aspirations, you simply can't lose a series to any team with a guy named Taylor Teagarden. And we have Jon Lester -- the veritable rock of our rotation -- on the hill tonight. ...

Long Time for Mr. Big
Published 9/8/2008 by ssilva at Boston Dirt Dogs
... Ortiz Goes Deep in the Heart of Texas Byrd, Sox Takin' Care of Business Sunday Afternoon Box: Boston 7, Texas 2 Globe: Sox Rock Rangers, Keep on a Roll Coco Keeps on Comin' Through Another MVP Measure: Dustin's Defense Byrd is the Word "They're as good as anybody out there. One thing they've got is they've been there. ... Tampa Bay's never been in that situation. The Angels are the Angels. If you're asking me to make a pick, it's Boston." -- 9.7.08, ," Rangers manager Ron Washington on the ...

Red Sox Have A Chance To Catch Rays For Division Lead
Published 9/8/2008 by Jeff Barrows at New England Sports Blog
... The Rays come to Boston today, clinging to a 1 1/2 game lead over the Red Sox, to play "hopefully some of the most exciting baseball of the year," Sox manager Terry Francona said yesterday. The Red Sox, 10-3 in their last 13 games, are playing perhaps their best all season. The Rays, just swept in Toronto, have given their detractors reason to puff their chest for the first time all year. Both teams are six-for-six at home against the other, and if the Red Sox continue that trend, they'll be in first place by the time they go to bed Tuesday night. ...