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• Powerful Statement for Baldelli and Rays

  Rocco Baldelli slapped a belt-high fastball though the left side of the infield to score the go-ahead run as the Rays finally outlasted the Red Sox, 3-1. Posted Monday, October 20, 2008 1:53 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, Baldelli, Rocco

• After So Many Comebacks, Boston Is at a Loss

  It was the Red Sox who lost, 3-1, and watched the other team — the one that a year ago was still the A.L.’s resident doormat — advance to the World Series. Posted Monday, October 20, 2008 1:42 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, World Series

• Rays 3, Red Sox 1: Rays Head to First World Series

  From arduous games to demanding tests, the Rays were expected to fade away. But instead they are going to the World Series. Posted Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:57 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, World Series

• Sports Of the Times: Keeping Calm Under Game 7 Pressure

  The Red Sox and the Rays understand failure. But they anticipate success, seventh game or otherwise. Posted Sunday, October 19, 2008 10:31 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Francona, Terry, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games

• Red Sox’ Leadership Has Endured

  As the Red Sox prepared for Game 7 of the A.L.C.S., David Ortiz and Jason Varitek were Boston’s only position players who also appeared in the 2004 World Series. Posted Sunday, October 19, 2008 10:14 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Ortiz, David, Varitek, Jason, Playoff Games

• Red Sox Take Momentum and Lester Into Game 7

  To avoid a collapse, the Tampa Bay Rays need to beat a Boston Red Sox team that looks as if they’re swatting a mosquito off their forearms on their stroll to the World Series. Posted Sunday, October 19, 2008 2:03 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games

• A Dome’s Quirkiness Has No Ceiling

  Of all the transformations that have taken place here in Tampa Bay, few are more striking than Tropicana Field going from a pit to the Pit. Posted Sunday, October 19, 2008 1:02 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Stadiums and Arenas, Tampa Bay Rays, American League, Playoff Games, St Petersburg (Fla), Tropicana Field

• Crisp Stays at Leadoff, Giving Balance to Order

  Manager Terry Francona said that the Red Sox had more balance in the lineup with the switch-hitting Coco Crisp batting first. Posted Saturday, October 18, 2008 8:39 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Francona, Terry, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, Crisp, Coco

• Sports of The Times: Decisions Laden With Portent, Pitchers Subject to Collapse

  Manager Joe Maddon’s strategem did not work, leading the Rays to try all over again to clinch the pennant Saturday night in Florida. Posted Saturday, October 18, 2008 2:29 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, Maddon, Joe

• Another Part-Time Outfielder Lifts Sox

  On Friday afternoon, the Red Sox were still marveling at Coco Crisp’s epic eighth-inning at-bat against Rays reliever Dan Wheeler. Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 10:20 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, Crisp, Coco

• Rays Lost a Game, but Not Their Confidence

  The ever-positive Joe Maddon watched his Tampa Bay Rays blow their Game 5 lead, yes — but he did not hear them blow their cool. Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 10:16 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, Maddon, Joe

• Baldelli Lifts Rays and the Spirits of Young Followers

  The Tampa Bay Rays’ Rocco Baldelli, who was diagnosed recently with the relatively obscure mitochondrial disease, is an inspiration for children with the incurable disorder. Posted Thursday, October 16, 2008 1:32 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Athletics and Sports, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, American League, Playoff Games, Baldelli, Rocco, Schwarz, Alan

• Maddon Sticks to ‘Plan,’ Giving Ball to Kazmir

  Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon threw the Boston Red Sox a curveball on Wednesday by announcing that he was changing his Game 5 starter to Scott Kazmir. Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:08 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Kazmir, Scott, Playoff Games, Maddon, Joe

• Rays 13, Red Sox 4: Magic Continues at Fenway Park, Just Not for Boston

  With Carlos Peña, Evan Longoria and Willy Aybar blasting homers, the Rays buried the Red Sox, in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games

• Sports of The Times: Display of Power Knocks the Air Out of Fenway

  In the quiet of a stunned Fenway Park, you could almost hear the Rays re-introducing themselves to New England as the champions of the American League East. Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 10:05 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, American League, Playoff Games