ALCS Game Five Postgame Notes: Beckett ready to Cowboy Up!
beloblog.com 10/17/2008 — By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer BOSTON _ In true cowboy fashion, Josh Beckett prepared for his overnight flight to Tampa by wearing roper boots with his No. 19 and the Red Sox logo stitched into the leather. Boston's right-hander is ...

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 - 10/17
soxanddawgs.com 10/17/2008 — what a comeback!!!

Red Sox vs Rays ALCS Game 4 Notes & Lineups
soxanddawgs.com 10/14/2008 — The Boston Red Sox will look to end a 3-game home losing streak to the Tampa Bay Rays tonight in Game 4 of the ALCS. The Red Sox had won the first 7 games of 2008 against the Rays at the Fens before dropping the final 2 in the regular season series and Game 3 last night.

Red Sox vs Rays ALCS Game 2 Notes & Lineups
soxanddawgs.com 10/11/2008 — With the Boston Red Sox beating the Tampa Bay Rays last night in Game 1 of the ALCS, the pressure now shifts to the Rays to take Game 2. The Rays had taken 8-of-9 at the Trop during the regular season but this is the playoffs and you wipe out whatever happened in the regular season.

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 ..

Boston Red Sox ALCS News & Notes - 10/12
soxanddawgs.com 10/12/2008 — 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 ...

ALCS Game Six pregame notes: Who's the real big-game pitcher?
beloblog.com 10/18/2008 — By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Two pitchers striving to keep the nickname `Big Game' squared off in Game Six. While the Red Sox pitcher has already earned the 'Big Game Beckett' tag, the Rays' hurler is called ...

Beckett: "I was already on 3/4 of a tank."
thebottomlinenation.blogspot.com 10/23/2008 — Red Sox ace Josh Beckett admitted that his pre-season workout may have been the cause of his many injuries this season...

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 ...

Lefty Jon Lester is the new ace in Boston — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com 10/13/2008
BOSTON - Maybe this afternoon is when it stops being such a big deal that Josh Beckett is less than his usual dominant playoff self. Maybe this afternoon is the next progression...

Fraley: With Beckett hurting, Lester is Boston's new ace — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 10/13/2008
After a disappointing effort by Josh Beckett in Game 2 of the ALCS, Jon Lester must do what he has been called upon to do all season long: be Boston's ace.

Ortiz looks to get back on track — Major League Baseball News 10/13/2008
The big left-handed bat of David Ortiz has yet to be heard from in the 2008 postseason. Known for his October heroics in years past, Ortiz took a .143 average (4-for-23) with no homers and one RBI into Monday's Game 3 of the ALCS against the Rays.

Rays Left-Hander Kazmir Will Continue to Take the Mound Despite His Struggles — Wash Post MLB 10/13/2008
BOSTON, Oct. 12 -- The Boston Red Sox are not the only ALCS participant facing questions regarding a onetime staff ace who is lined up to start Game 6. Like Boston's Josh Beckett, Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Scott Kazmir struggled with inconsistency in ...

Red Sox-Rays: What I've Learned So Far — Bleacher Report - MLB 10/13/2008
As I watched the 11 inning, five hour and 27 minute, back-and-forth affair between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox in Game Two of the ALCS, I learned quite a bit about both squads. Here's what I've come to conclude.   Josh ...