juicedsportsblog.com - 10/7/2008
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LA-Philly should be a fun series, but the proof is in the pudding that Red Sox-Rays should be an instant classic
SCOTT JACOBS
The ALCS is set! Boston-Tampa Bay. It should be one heck of a brawl. The two AL East rivals, who finished one and 32 last year respectively, are playing for ...
And so it was: Red Sox versus Rays for the AL championship
sports.yahoo.com 10/7/2008 — As much as I want to fact-check the following sentence again and again, it continues to stand up as an absolute truth: The ALCS matchup that most everyone realized by August that they wanted to see has now become a reality with Boston's 3-2 win over ...
Late Afternoon Red Sox ALCS Delight - 10/8
soxanddawgs.com 10/9/2008 — 3 down, 8 to go. The Boston Red Sox finished up a workout this afternoon and headed to St. Petersburg to prepare for their matchup in the American League Championship Series against their AL East rivals the Tampa Bay Rays. It should be a heck of a matchup at Tropicana Field starting Friday ...
Baseball Today: Friday, October 10
beloblog.com 10/10/2008 — CLOSE ENCOUNTER : That's what our headline in this morning's newspaper called the ALCS matchup between the Red Sox and Rays, which starts tonight.
And Joe McDonald breaks it down and tells us why , giving the Rays the edge in such areas as starting ...
ALCS Preview: Tonight’s Pitching Matchup — Matsuzaka v Shields —
Daisuke Matsuzaka had an excellent season for the Red Sox, albeit an imperfect one. His start in the ALDS was more of the same: five innings pitched, lots of base runners, a high-wire act, and ultimately — with help from the bullpen — a win.
Overall, Dice-K was 18-3, 2.90, in ...
Hey Guys, Don't Forget About Your Old Pal, Schill! —
Walkoff Walk
With the Red Sox and Rays getting ready to commence an ALCS that is, in my estimate, almost about as anticipated as any Sox/Yanks series, the spotlight is fully on both teams. Rotation announcements were being treated as big news, each regular season matchup is being reanalyzed and rehashed. ...
VIDEO: Tony Mazz breaks down the ALCS matchup —
The Bottom Line
Get more video from the Globe reporters here.
Bottom Line: Tony's right, much like the Angels, the Rays have a veruy solid bullpen. If we're trailing or close come the 6th or 7th, it's going to be a battle to put any late game runs on the board. This will be particularly important in Game 1 ...
Around Baseball: ALCS Matchup Is Set — Boston v Tampa Bay —
With the Rays and Red Sox wins of yesterday, the American League Championship Series is now set… and the matchup that remains gives us the promise of an astounding series.
The two AL East opponents apparently don’t like each other. This is baseball’s new “heated ...
BP: Breaking down Rays-Red Sox —
SI.com - MLB
It had to come to this, the league's two best teams from the league's strongest division. The Rays as a representation of all that can be right about an organization on the way up, the Red Sox as a representation of all that can be right about an ...
Why the Sox should start Tom Brady —
Bleacher Report - MLB
Here are five good reasons that the Boston Red Sox should have Tom Brady as their starting pitcher in the ALCS:
1. Tom Brady is so distractingly (and infuriatingly) good looking that opposing batters will be "blinded by the light" and swing at all ...
