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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: ALCS

ALCS stories: 7 news summaries
ALCS OPENER

 Yankees Top 
 Sloppy Angels 4-1 


Oct 17, 09 2:00 AM CDT
(AP) - On a blustery night more suited to bobsleds than baseballs, CC Sabathia pitched eight superb innings of four-hit ball to win his second straight postseason start, and the New York Yankees took advantage of a rare sloppy game by the Angels to win the AL championship series opener 4-1. More »

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OPINION

 Tip Your Hats to Tampa 

Rays' talent rises to occasion, avoids epic collapse in beating Boston to seal Series trip

Oct 20, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The improbable has happened. The Tampa Bay Rays have ousted the defending champion Red Sox. Sportswriters, start your fawning:
  • The Rays won this thing with “talent, talent, talent,” which trumps experience every time, writes Bob Ryan in the Boston Globe. “The best team in the
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Boston Red Sox • World Series • baseball playoffs • ALCS • baseball • Tampa Bay Rays

playoffs

 Rays KO Sox, Head to Series 


Oct 19, 08 11:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The worst-to-first Tampa Bay Rays completed a stunning run to their first World Series, holding off the defending champion Boston Red Sox, 3-1, last night behind Matt Garza's masterful pitching in Game 7 of the ALCS. "It's unbelievable," center fielder BJ Upton said. "We battled a lot... More »

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(Newser) - Red Sox nation is secretly grieving. Sure, the Sox pulled off one of the most incredible comebacks ever on Thursday, but precious few were actually watching. Many among the Fenway Faithful didn’t exactly live up to their name, the Boston Globe reports. “It was 7-0,” laments... More »

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playoffs

 Dice-K Muzzles Rays 
 in ALCS Opener 


Oct 10, 08 11:29 PM CDT
(AP) - Unhittable most of the game, Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Boston Red Sox taught Tampa Bay all about dominant postseason pitching, the AP reports. Matsuzaka took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and the defending World Series champions played a little better in every way, beating the Rays 2-0 tonight... More »

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Boston Red Sox • baseball playoffs • ALCS • Tampa Bay Rays

Pedroia Powers Sox Into Series

Rookie second baseman hits big blows in win over Tribe

Oct 22, 07 3:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The smallest guy on the field struck the biggest blows last night as the Red Sox turned a tense ALCS Game 7 into a late-inning laugher. With the Sox leading the Indians 3-2, rookie second baseman Dustin Pedroia hit a 2-run HR in the 7th inning, then a bases-loaded double... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Cleveland Indians • World Series • ALCS • AL playoffs • pennant

Red Sox Cruise Behind Beckett

Smash Cleveland 10-3 to take 1-0 ALCS lead

Oct 13, 07 12:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Game 1 of the ALCS did not prove to be the pitching duel between Cy Young candidates that many had expected, as the Red Sox battered Cleveland starter C.C. Sabathia en-route to a 10-3 victory, the Providence Journal reports. Sabathia was rocked for eight runs in four and a... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Cleveland Indians • American League • ALCS • AL playoffs

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