overthemonster.com - 9/24/2008
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The Red Sox are in!
With a big 5-4 win over the Indians, the Sox are penciled in for October. Time to defend that World Series trophy. Every team will have to try and rip it out of the Sox's hands.
Go Sox!
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Good and Bad: Yankees out, Red Sox in
Camden Chat —
Sean Casey, key member of the 2008 Boston Red Sox, celebrates heartily (pictured).
To be fair, Casey is super clutch (.432 career postseason hitter)!
With the playoff clinching of the Red Sox, though, comes the joyful and official elimination of the New York Yankees (note: nothin' doin' at Pinstripe Alley as of this writing).
You take the good, you take the bad, you take 'em both and there you have the facts of life.
It will be somewhat refreshing to see the first postseason since 1993 that does ...
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Red Sox Monster —
... : I had a dream last night that I was hugging Dustin Pedroia. Tonight, the Sox clinched a spot in the postseason. The Yankees are eliminated. No. 6 is being retired. And all is as it should be. From Over the Monster : Time to defend that World Series trophy. Every team will have to try and rip it out of the Sox's hands. ...
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NY Post: Sports 9/24/2008
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