White Sox Bats Wake Up, Top Rays In Game 3 - Chicago Tribune thanks to john danks and the white sox, chicago still has one team standing. danks pitched another big game to save the season and well-traveled dewayne wise delivered a two-run double as the white sox beat tampa bay 5-3 sunday, trimming the rays ... www.chicagotribune.com
Bosox Are Baseball's Consummate Winners the red sox found a way to win again, this time eliminating the angels. they remind ken rosenthal of baseball's last dynasty. msn.foxsports.com
Gillick Found An Everyday Player In Werth - Philadelphia Inquirer phillies outfielder jayson werth isn't one who likes labels. for all he has accomplished during a breakthrough season, which has included career highs in 10 categories, werth's greatest accomplishment may have been shedding an unwanted label. it's ... www.philly.com
Keys To Winning The 2008 Nlcs - Miami Herald an old rivalry will be renewed when the philadelphia phillies and los angeles dodgers square off on thursday in game 1 of the national league championship series at citizens bank park. these teams have met in this round on three other occasions, but ... www.miamiherald.com
The Curious Season Of Edwin Encarnacion 26 home runs with just 68 rbis in 506 at-bats? and it doesn't end there. if you take a closer look at encarnacion's statistical profile from this season, you find quite a few oddities. edwin is that perennial 3rd baseman you end up draf www.usatoday.com
Angels In A Must-win, Must-hit Situation - Los Angeles Times the angels' mike napoli strikes out during a 4-1 loss to boston in the opening game of the american league division series wednesday night at angel stadium. the angels had nine hits in the game, but all were singles. after eighth consecutive ... www.latimes.com
Bosox Are Baseball's Consummate Winners - Foxsports.com a relentless band of brothers, greater than the sum of their considerable parts, impossible to hate. the closest thing we have seen to the late-1990s yankees. manny is gone, josh beckett is down, mike lowell is out. and the sox keep going. "men and ... msn.foxsports.com
Rays Defeat White Sox 6-2 To Reach Al Pennant Series (update1) oct. 6 (bloomberg) -- b.j. upton hit home runs in his first two at-bats as the tampa bay rays beat the chicago white sox 6-2 to advance to baseball's american league championship series. www.bloomberg.com
Finally, Bottom's Up For Bottom Of The Order - Boston Globe one part of the angels' lineup that cried out for emergence was the bottom third of the order. through the first two games of this alds, the nos. 7-9 hitters combined to go 2 for 24 with 11 strikeouts. "they've struggled," scioscia said. "they've ... www.boston.com
Major League Baseball - Usa Today it's been a breakthrough year for the tampa bay rays, who posted their first winning season and advanced to the playoffs for the first time with their first division title. after winning the first two postseason games in franchise history, the club ... www.usatoday.com
Baseball Ends For Chicago this postseason has been cruel to the city of chicago. fans came into the playoffs dreaming of an all-chicago world series and instead they watched the cubs get swept in three games and the sox fall in four. the early exits left fans from both sides in a state of shock. www.westerncourier.com
Al Rookie Of The Year Candidates - New York Daily News one thing i don’t love about baseball is that the major season-ending awards are announced in november, after everything in the playoffs is wrapped up. i understand the rationale, which is to give the sport a few headlines when there are no games ... www.nydailynews.com
Rays Defeat White Sox 6-4 As Longoria Hits Two Homers (update1) - Bloomberg oct. 2 (bloomberg) -- rookie evan longoria hit home runs in his first two postseason at-bats as the tampa bay rays beat the chicago white sox 6-4 in their american league playoff opener. longoria gave the al east-champion rays a 1-0 lead with a solo ... www.bloomberg.com
Gillick Found An Everyday Player In Werth phillies outfielder jayson werth isn't one who likes labels. for all he has accomplished during a breakthrough season, which has included career highs in 10 categories, werth's greatest accomplishment may have been shedding an unwanted label. www.philly.com
Local News In Brief city of santa fe firefighters are tough enough to wear pink. for the second year, on-duty firefighters will don t-shirts with the pink breast cancer ribbon on the back to support cancer research. the effort, from friday to oct. 31, will raise awareness and money. www.santafenewmexican.com
Going Longoria: Rays Blast White Sox - Nbc Sports st. petersburg, fla. - evan longoria and the tampa bay rays looked perfectly at home in the playoffs. the rookie homered in his first two at-bats and the surprising al east champions were a big hit in their postseason debut, beating the chicago white ... nbcsports.msnbc.com