The Rays and the Red Sox play Game 3 of the A.L.C.S. at Fenway Park on Monday around 8:30 p.m. Eastern.
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This October, managers have been particularly aggressive against the Red Sox, raising the question of whether teams feel the need to be more assertive against the big kids on the block.
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Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer, the second oldest pitcher to start a postseason game, was hit hard by the Dodgers on Sunday, allowing six runs and recording just four outs.
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Five first-inning runs re-established the Dodgers as contenders and one well-placed pitch by Hiroki Kuroda precipitated a benches-clearing incident that restored sizzle to this N.L.C.S.
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Jonathan Papelbon has not allowed a run in his first 22 career playoff innings, a record that he can embellish when Boston hosts Tampa Bay in Game 3 on Monday.
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The most fascinating twist of this season is the uniting of Manny Ramírez and Joe Torre in Los Angeles.
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Manny Ramirez is a free agent to be, and he is doing everything possible to present himself as a great teammate and clubhouse presence -- including charging into the middle of a fracas.
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The crucial hit in Game 3 of the N.L.C.S. came from Blake DeWitt.
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After attending his mother’s funeral, Charlie Manuel said he planned to fly to Roanoke on Wednesday, after a potential Game 5.
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In the bottom of the third inning tonight, Hideki Kuroda threw a fastball over Shane Victorino's head. It was a pitch that, in the Dodgers' eyes, came about 48 hours late, and it precipitated the long-awaited first benches-clearing incident of the postseason.
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Josh Beckett continues to say he is fine, even though he is not. Beckett was torched for eight earned runs as the Red Sox lost to the Rays, 9-8, in 11 innings in Game 2 of the A.L.C.S.
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As he prepares to retire after the Phillies’ postseason run, Pat Gillick, 71, will leave a legacy of small ego and big success.
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When B. J. Upton’s sacrifice fly delivered pinch-runner Fernando Perez from third base, the Rays prevailed in 11 innings in Game 2 of the A.L.C.S.
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In a letter, Bob Natiello pleaded guilty to his life of crime as a turnstile boy at Ebbets Field in 1944, when a seventh-place Dodgers team played there.
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How Stuart Sternberg, the former Goldman Sachs partner and Tampa Bay Rays’ principal owner, has helped turn his team around.
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