projo.com - 9/14/2008
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01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, September 14, 2008 BOSTON –– A swinging bunt trickles down the first base line. A pitcher stumbles in pursuit. The winning run crosses the plate. And in a matter of seconds, the complexion of a playoff race changes. So it was at Fenway Park last night, where the Red Sox ...
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Kind of a Drag
Boston Dirt Dogs —
... "We lose and were four (games) back. Instead, we win and were just two out. Thats a big swing right there, especially with the way (the Rays) are playing. -- 9.13.08, Sox slugger Kevin Cash ...
Baseball Today: Monday, September 15
Projo Sox Blog —
... Star-Tribune)
The upshot: Jonathan Papelbon (top) -- and the rest of the Sox -- are happy again. The wild-card lead is once again a robust 6 games with only 13 to play. (I also think we can all agree the Blue Jays are, in the words of Colonel Potter, finito.) And the A.L. East deficit is down to a single game, two in the loss column, as the Sox head to St. Petersburg for a series that may decide the division title.
As Sean McAdam wrote Saturday night, "in a matter of seconds, the complexion of a playoff race [changed]."
Indeed. ...
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