Get your bug mask
cleveland.com 10/15/2007 — The Plain Dealer in Cleveland came up with a way to bug the Red Sox. Bug masks.

Plain Dealer columnist Terry Pluto analyzes the Cleveland Indians in the ALCS
cleveland.com 10/15/2007 — Boston -- It was about 2 a.m. Sunday when I real ized the Indians can actually win this American League Championship Series with Boston. I walked out of Fenway Park, the stands were nearly empty and what remained of the crowd was utterly silent. The ...

Big Offy vs. Midge
bosoxbuzz.blogspot.com 10/15/2007 — I was glancing over my favorite sports pages online today and came across this clip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer... Readers, here’s your chance to give the Boston Red Sox a taste of the Jake’s midge medicine. CUT OUT this mask, ATTACH IT to a stick or run a RUBBER BAND through the holes — and help scare the buzz out of Boston tonight!

The subtleties are not Joe Buck's strong suit
taoofstieb.blogspot.com 10/15/2007 — On Saturday, Joe Buck was discussing Okajima's career with the Nippon Ham Fighters. This is all good, we suppose, but Buck kept referring to the team as the "Ham Fighters" ... which is not their nickname.

Gagne's Open Letter To Red Sox Nation
bostonsportz.squarespace.com 10/15/2007 — I know I've hurt you. I see it in your eyes. I see it in the tears of the children whose hearts I've broken. The disappointed looks I get from my teammates as I head back to the dugout. I read it in the newspaper and on the internet and in the graffiti all over my car and house.

Torre Won't Return As Yanks' Manager — Wash Post MLB 10/19/2007
CLEVELAND, Oct. 18 -- The Joe Torre Era in New York, 12 years and 12 postseason appearances in length, came to an end Thursday when the embattled manager of the Yankees rejected a one-year contract offer from the team, 10 days after the Yankees were ...

Ramirez: It's Not The End Of World — Wash Post MLB 10/18/2007
Manny Ramirez unexpectedly speaks to the media and does not seem to be too concerned about the Red Sox' 3-1 deficit in the ALCS.

Cleveland Bursts to the Brink — Wash Post MLB 10/17/2007
The Indians use a seven-run rampage in the fifth inning to beat the Red Sox, 7-3, for a 3-1 lead in the American League Championship Series.