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Yankees, Mets Quiet in October

By Adam ⋅ October 6, 2008 ⋅ One comment

This year has provided a rare occurrence for New York: both baseball teams did not make the playoffs. Now, despite the recent increased competitiveness of the Mets, their fans are more used to failure than Yankees fans are. So for their fans, switching focus to something else in October or watching the Yankees would not [...]

What Yankee Stadium Means to Me

By Adam ⋅ September 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The House That Ruth Built. The Cathedral in the Bronx. A place that in a few weeks will start being disassembled and taken down. It was sold to people for the city’s profit. It’s been renovated and had seating capacity expanded (and what stadium hasn’t?). It’s seen night games and day games, double headers, playoff [...]

Beckett Injured, to Face Angels in Game 3

By Mike ⋅ September 29, 2008 ⋅ One comment

The Red Sox lost their first chance to clinch on Monday, but punched their ticket for the playoffs on Tuesday. After losing the series to the Rays the previous week, the division looked out of reach and the Yankees took the series opener to lock the Sox into a series with the Angels. The Red Sox [...]

Mike Lowell Hurt Yet Again

By KC ⋅ September 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Mike Lowell, back for the first time since Sept. 16, re-aggravated his hip injury in Friday night’s ugly, rain-delayed 19-8 loss to the Yankees. Lowell will probably not play Saturday, and his availability for the ALDS against the Angels is now in question (Game 1 is on Wednesday).
Lowell checked his swing in his first at [...]

With Playoffs Virtually Assured, Red Sox Aim for Division Title

By Mike ⋅ September 22, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Red Sox split this week with the Rays and Blue Jays, but that was good enough to get them into the playoffs (they have clinched at least a tie with the Yankees) and still within 1.5 games of the Rays for the AL East title. The Red Sox will wrap up the 2008 regular season [...]

Red Sox Just One Game From the Playoffs

By Geoff ⋅ September 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

September is continuing to wind down and the Red Sox find themselves getting closer and closer to a spot in October’s glory. The chance to defend their World Series win from last season is quickly approaching. Now, the Red Sox are still in second place in the AL East to the Rays by two and [...]

Race to the Playoffs Close as October Approaches

By Geoff ⋅ September 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Well. September is just about two weeks old now and the division race in the AL East is in full throttle. The division is currently featuring the Tampa Bay Rays still hanging onto first place with the Red Sox behind by just two games. The lower teams in the division also switched, with the Yankees [...]

Red Sox Look for September Surge

By Geoff ⋅ September 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

September is finally upon us and the division race has never been closer. The Red Sox were finally able to gain some ground on those pesky Tampa Bay Rays and continue to further themselves from the New York Yankees. The Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles were both targets of the Red Sox advance [...]

Will the Yankees Make the Playoffs?

By Adam ⋅ September 1, 2008 ⋅ One comment

What are you talking about? You must be kidding me. We know the team is going to go 24-2 in the last month of the season. Cano’s going to hit .700, Pavano’s going to start 20 games during the month and win 19 of them (and then explode in the 20th, we all know he’s [...]

Despite Wins, Red Sox Lose Ground on Rays

By Mike ⋅ September 1, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

The Red Sox continue to play good baseball, winning both series this week over the Yankees and White Sox, to extend their series win streak to four. However, the Rays continue to find ways to win, gutting out victory after victory (in front of an embarrassing 10,000 fans) and extended their division lead to 5.5 over the [...]

Josh Beckett Scratched from Start Friday

By KC ⋅ August 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Righty to Visit with Andrews; Sox fail to slam door on Yanks
As if the Red Sox losing 3-2 to the Yankees Thursday afternoon wasn’t bad enough, there’s new information about the right elbow of Josh Beckett…and if it involves Dr. James Andrews, we know it’s not good.
Beckett will miss his next scheduled start (Friday), which [...]

Pedroia Slams Yankees to the Brink

By KC ⋅ August 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

You can just tell the Yankees are done now.
The Red Sox faced a similar situation in 2006, when the Yankees rolled into Fenway and won five straight to effectively knock the Sox out of the playoffs. Now, in 2008, the Red Sox have the chance to do the same thing after obliterating the Yankees in the [...]

Red Sox-Yankees Showdown Looms after Successful Week

By Mike ⋅ August 25, 2008 ⋅ One comment

For the first time since the All-Star Break, the Red Sox showed conisistency in winning two series within one calendar week (Yes, they beat the A’s and Royals back-to-back in the beginning of August, but that spanned two weeks). The Red Sox took care of business against the bottom two teams in the AL East (Baltimore and Toronto) with a tough [...]

Beckett to Miss Start with Injury

By KC ⋅ August 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Righty Out with Elbow Inflammation
Red Sox ace Josh Beckett will miss his next scheduled start against the New York Yankees on Tuesday, giving him more time to rest after Terry Francona dubbed Beckett’s injury “inflammation in his right elbow.” According to The Globe’s Nick Cafardo, it was the first time that the word “inflammation” had [...]

Race to the MLB Playoffs: Week 2

By KC ⋅ August 22, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s quickly becoming a two-horse race for the AL East crown, with the Rays holding a 4.5 game lead over the Red Sox. The Yankees fell further back and are now 10.5 games back at 67-60. They are also 6 games behind the Sox and Twins for the Wild Card lead.
A new playoff odds system [...]

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