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The Red Sox are headed to the ALCS thanks to a dramatic, walkoff win in Game 4 of the ALDS against the Angels. Jed Lowrie drove in Jason Bay with the winning run. The Red Sox will face the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALCS beginning Friday.
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Ace of Clubbed
It's Napoli time for Josh Beckett, and nap time for Red Sox Nation....
An ace that I could keep
We come in praise of Jon Lester . . . and, uh, Manny too.
Needs and wants
Would the Red Sox like to wrap things up tonight and avoid a cross-country trip for Game 5? Obviously. That doesn’t make it a “must-win.”
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Behind enemy lines: The view from California
- Angels, as usual, eliminated in Boston
- Despite loss, Angels say they're the better team
- Only fools believed in the Angels
- Best record is meaningless
- Another cruel postseason for the Angels
- Angels face important off-season decisions
Keeping an eye on Manny in the playoffs
- LA Times Dodgers fans stand by their Manny
- Dan Shaughnessy Ramirez's remarks are sad
- Bill Simmons Manny being manipulated
- ESPN Manny being the man: Ramirez carries Dodgers
- LA Times It was Loney's slam but Ramirez's inning
- LA Times T.J. Simers has more on Manny and Boston
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So what's the rotation for the Tampa series?
This all gets a little confusing, so let’s take this in order (and read slowly) while stressing that the Sox will need a fourth starter in this series.
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Video: Reaction roundup
The Globe's starting lineup of baseball writers recap the Red Sox' 3-2 triumph over the Los Angeles Angels in Game 4 of the ALDS Monday...
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Chewing on some leftovers
Note (10/2): There will be no mailbag this week, but please submit your playoff questions below. The 'bag will return next Friday.
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Before she gets into postseason questions, Red Sox beat writer Amalie Benjamin answers quite a few leftover questions from the regular season.
Jason being Jason
After his inaugural 49 games as a Boston Red Sox, this much we are certain of regarding Jason Bay: He is a very easy ballplayer...
Dan Shaughnessy
Red Sox roar into ALCS
Bring on the Rays. There is plenty of champagne left in New England and Mayor Menino has sent the duck boats to have their tires rotated. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- video Massarotti | Shaughnessy | Ryan | Benjamin
- video Lester | Ortiz | Lowrie | Masterson
- Dan Shaughnessy The old days weren't this good
- List Sox walk-off wins in the postseason
Bob Ryan
Squeezing out all the drama
It was an evening of superb baseball, ending with two innings of the kind of drama that only baseball among all our sports can provide. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Lester rises to the challenge
Jon Lester's feats so far this postseason challenge belief, defy expectation. He has twice faced the lineup that won more games than any other major league team and for 14 innings has not allowed an earned run.
(Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Looking for curve shaped Lowrie at-bat
Jed Lowrie wasn't thinking about being a hero when he strode to the plate in the ninth inning of a tie game last night, the potential winning run staring at him from second base in the form of Jason Bay. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Red Sox notebook
Injured Lowell left off ALCS roster
The pain was too much for Mike Lowell . Having him attempt to play was too painful - and too damaging - for the Red Sox. So after a consultation with doctors, the third baseman was removed from the American League Division Series roster, making him ineligible for the ALCS. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- bob ryan Hip check: Lowell is bounced
Angels notebook
Angels' momentum had short shelf life
Baseball managers are creatures of habit, so if it worked in Game 3 of the American League Division Series, why would Mike Scioscia deviate now? (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Angels went down when bunt didn't
Down, two games to one, in the best-of-five American League Division Series, the Angels were playing for the moment. Inning by inning. Pitch by pitch. Heartbeat by heartbeat. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Rays 6, White Sox 2 > Rays win ALDS
Staying on straight line
Rocco Baldelli was soaking wet, dripping champagne from head to toe, when he left his teammates for a moment and headed out the clubhouse door to find his dad. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Rays-White Sox notes Griffey could stay in Chicago
Beckett wasn't close to pitcher perfect
Josh Beckett climbed the mound Sunday night and, damaged as he was, issued a performance that seemed not quite right. The October chill set in, the fans dressed in parkas and mittens. And Beckett, the final piece to the familiar fall scene, foundered. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
There's a lot of pressure on Jon Lester
Jon Lester has a very important job at Fenway tonight, the ramifications of which range beyond simply ensuring the Red Sox do not board a plane bound for Anaheim and Game 5 of the ALDS. (Globe, 10/6/08)
Game 3 > Angels 5, Red Sox 4
(Globe Staff / Stan Grossfeld)Heaven can wait
The Angels, who scored four runs off Red Sox starter Josh Beckett, lived to play another day after pulling out a 5-4 victory in 12 innings last night at Fenway. Dustin Pedroia (left) was 0 for 5 and is 0 for 13 in the series. The Red Sox still lead the ALDS, two games to one. (Boston Globe, 10/6/08)
- galleries The scene at Fenway | Game 3 photos
- Report card: Submit your Sox grades for Game 4
- Video Benjamin | Shaughnessy | Massarotti | Ryan
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Dan Shaughnessy
12-inning loss spoils the party
A shocker. The Red Sox did not uncork more bubbly last night. They did not smoke cigars and spray suds over one another. Jonathan Papelbon did not dance on the Fenway lawn for the 11 o'clock news. (Boston Globe, 10/6/08)
Bob Ryan
Twelfth of never: Game a real drag
It took them five hours and 19 minutes and 16 more stranded baserunners, but the Orange County American League Baseball Representative Angels finally found a way to beat the Red Sox last night. (Boston Globe, 10/6/08)
Red Sox notebook
Pedroia quick to take hit for his poor stats
While virtually no one in the Red Sox clubhouse expressed frustration at not closing out the Angels last night in their American League Division Series, there was plenty of frustration on a personal level in front of one locker. (Boston Globe, 10/6/08)
Wobbly Beckett grits it out
Josh Beckett insisted his pitches simply missed, just barely, nothing more. Beckett had transformed from baseball's reigning king of the postseason to just another pitcher not, he said, because of any injury. (Boston Globe, 10/6/08)
New lineup of Sox songs
Local songwriter Desmond Reed wrote 10 pretty catchy songs about the 2008 Red Sox.
Playoff clinching scenes
Jonathan Papelbon's on-field celebration after the Red Sox clinched a playoff berth included giving away the bases to fans who stuck around for the party.
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- Lester rises to the challenge (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Red Sox 3, Angels 2 Red Sox dispatch the Angels (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Dan Shaughnessy Red Sox not the fall guys they once were (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Angels went down when bunt didn't (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Walking away to victory (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Red Sox fans all smiles after down-to-wire win (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Rays-White Sox notebook Griffey is willing to play ball with White Sox (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- His looking for a curve shaped Lowrie's crucial at-bat (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Dan Shaughnessy The old days weren't this good (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Rays 6, White Sox 2 Staying on straight line (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Beckett wasn't quite pitcher perfect for Red Sox in Game 3 (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Angels notebook Angels' momentum, playoff run had short shelf life (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Red Sox notebook Velazquez replaces Lowell on Red Sox roster (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Cubs' futility: 100 years old (Boston Globe, 10/6/08)
- Rays-White Sox notebook For Pena, Jenks fastball a blur (Boston Globe, 10/6/08)
Latest baseball news from the wires
- Rays beat White Sox 6-2 to advance to ALCS (AP, 6:18 a.m.)
- Red Sox beat Angels 3-2, move on to ALCS and Rays (AP, 3:53 a.m.)
- Red Sox squeeze past Angels, advance to ALCS (Reuters, 3:50 a.m.)
- Red Sox beat Angels 3-2, move on to ALCS (AP, 6:18 a.m.)
- Red Sox beat Angels 3-2, move on to ALCS and Rays (AP, 3 a.m.)