Go Ahead, Throw Your Outs Away

Ghostrunner posted 10/7/2008 from ghostrunners.blogspot.com [flag]

I'm not a bitter man (this is completely untrue, I'm more bitter than a pint of Guinness cut with Iodine), but the more I convince myself about the bad luck and/or general cosmic misalignment that caused the Jays to underperform their various expected records, the more I resent the Angels [link]

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Sox Clinch ALDS In Dramatic Fashion

RightFielders Women in Sports found this 10/7/2008 on awfulannouncing.blogspot.com

There was a point last night where I was actually pissed because I couldn't keep up with the recording between both the ALDS Game Four between the Angels and Red Sox, and the MNF game. I think in the end, I only missed the Varitek play on the ...

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antone posted 10/7/2008 from allhiphopsports.blogspot.com

Congratulations to the Tampa Bay Rays who have now won their first ever playoff series and are headed to the ALCS. Here is a recap of all the action from tonight:

Don't blame Mike Scioscia for calling bunt that squeezes Angels out of playoffs

WasWatching.com found this 10/7/2008 on www.nydailynews.com

You have to think it's a decision that will haunt Mike Scioscia all winter, and maybe longer. A manager can't be more wrong than when a call for a suicide squeeze likely costs him a game, and in this case, a playoff series.

Emergence of unlikely heroes bodes well for Red Sox | Boston Red Sox | projo.com | The Providence Journal

Projo Sox Blog found this 10/7/2008 on www.projo.com

05:25 AM EDT on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 By BILL REYNOLDS Journal Sports Writer BOSTON - The Red Sox are doing what great teams do, in that they are getting timely performances from a variety of people, not simply relying on the same ones to carry ...

Boston Red Sox - Red Sox dispatch the Angels - The Boston Globe

Boston Dirt Dogs found this 10/7/2008 on www.boston.com

For a hockey guy, a guy from Canada, there was no way a bloodied finger was going to stop Jason Bay. Nor were the holes on his left forearm, perhaps cleat marks, stinging from champagne and serving as a memory of his sweep past Mike Napoli at home ...

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The Angels season ended in a very familiar way last night. The Angels, shocked and awed, standing quietly, watching the Red Sox celebrate another series victory in October. Third baseman Chone Figgins stood near third base, hands on his hips, ...