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Yanks Win But Their Playoff Clock Strikes Midnight
Green Pinstripes — ... The Red Sox came back to defeat the Indians 5-4 in Boston Tuesday night to clinch a playoff spot and eliminate the Yankees from the postseason for the first time since 1993.  Cue the Overkill: ...

Big Papi says...
BOSTON IRISH — ... Got goggles? Champion Red Sox grasp playoff berth, earn chance to defend title . ...

The Morning Skate for Wednesday, September 24th
Four Habs Fans — Bullet points for what you missed while dreaming of seeing a Yankee-free Playoffs for a change, or nightmares of seeing the fucking Red Sox again.. Big Tits in Roberval! Habs get their first exhibition win, 3-2 over the Sabres in Hockeyville. Pleks gets two and Big Tits gets 1G, 1A as the Habs show all is right in the world. For one day; The Stamkos era begins in Tampa as he pots his first NHL goal in leading the Lightning to a 3-2 win over the Rangers.TMS MINI-RANT FOLLOW-UP You may recall us ...

Morning Rounds, September 24th
The Sports Complex — ... figured out how many games we were going to win.”  - Charlie Manuel, on being down 3.5 games to the Mets two weeks ago Three lines on their world: The Yankees are officially an also-ran The Mets locked up Omar Minaya for four more years, and unless they take him money away and make him run that team like the old Expos, that doesn’t bother me one bit. The Boston Red Sox won the right to defend their crown Three ...

CELEBRATIONS ARE GAY
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — ... AL — The Red Sox clinched a playoff berth by beating Cliff Lee and the Indians 5-4.  Jonathan Papelbon notched his 41st save, then soaked David Ortiz with a big blast.  Of champagne, that is.  Then they had lots of gay sex… Javier Vazquez, chastised by manager Ozzie Guillen for not being a big-game pitcher, went out and delivered four innings of five-run ball as the Twins ...

AJ’s Power Rankings - September 24
SportsHubLA — ... since the last rankings: 1. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (97-60) (no change): Despite dealing with injuries this season, Mike Napoli has still managed to smack 19 home runs. 2. Chicago Cubs (95-61) (+2): They’ve got the pitching and offense to finally break that century old curse. 3. Tampa Bay Rays (95-62) (no change): Give them credit for not folding when the Red Sox made their inevitable September push.   Instead, they pushed back. 4. Boston Red Sox (92-65) (-2): C linched a playoff berth Tuesday and are ready to defend their title. 5. Philadelphia Phillies (89-69) ...

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The World Series champion Boston Red Sox are back in the playoffs, thanks to a 5-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night that clinched at least a wild-card berth.
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