ALCS Game 1: Dice-K loves Domes...
thebottomlinenation.blogspot.com 10/10/2008 — Matsuzaka grew up pitching in domes filled with crazy Japanese baseball fans... you think a few cowbells and low-hanging catwalks are gonna scare him?

Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays Betting Odds and Stats
bsn-blog.blogspot.com 10/10/2008 — Two teams that know each other very well meet in the American League Championship Series. Boston and Tampa Bay met 18 times this season and the Rays won 10 while the Red Sox won 8. Game 1 of the ALCS is on Friday and matches Boston’s Daisuke Matsuzaka against Tampa Bay’s James Shields.

The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten cocky
homerderby.com 10/10/2008 — The Tampa Bay Rays have a new T-Shirt out ... proclaiming the fall of the Red Sox. Don't count your pennants before they fly.

Key factors of the Sox/Rays ALCS
mvn.com 10/10/2008 — Tomorrow, the series to decide the 2008 A.L. Champion will commence. In one corner will be the former whipping boys of fate, now the most successful baseball franchise of the last five years. In the other corner will be a team experiencing the ...

If nothing else, the Rays have some balls...
thebottomlinenation.blogspot.com 10/10/2008 — A little presumptuous, don’t you think? And yes, these are available now on mlb.com... unreal.

5 keys to Friday's LCS games — FOXSports.com News for MLB
If the Rays are to begin the ALCS in style, starter James Shields can't let his emotions get the best of him, Aram Tolegian says.

Rays set roster, go with 11 pitchers — Major League Baseball News
With an eye on protecting their staff over the course of a seven-game series, the Rays have right-hander Edwin Jackson on their ALCS roster.

Fireside Chats No.25: Where we preview the ALCS with Tommy Rancel of OPS — Bleacher Report - MLB
Boston Red Sox podcast for MVN Radio Episode 25 where we preview the ALCS vs. the Tampa Bay Rays with Tommy Rancel of MVN’s Outs Per Swing . Episode No.25 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: Tommy Rancel, MVN’s Rays coverage  ...

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 ...

Rays, Red Sox scoreless after 3 innings (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
James Shields and Daisuke Matsuzaka escaped first-inning jams and the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays were scoreless Friday night through three innings in the opener of the AL championship series. Shields, who also started Game 1 for Tampa Bay in ...