AL playoffs shaping up
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The New York Yankees are back in the playoffs, locking up their spot with four games left in the season. Boston, Cleveland and Los Angeles have had their tickets punched for a while.
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Getting to the playoffs has become pretty much of a given for the Atlanta Braves. So had postseason wins over the Houston Astros &#151; until now.
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Red Sox. Boston is on the verge of being swept in four games by the New York. on Aaron Boone&#39;s home run in bottom of the 11th inning of Game 7. It&#39;s been a. pennant in the last seven years.
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OAKLAND, California  - The Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 8-3 on Friday to sweep their three-game division series and book a place in the American League Championship Series.
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Tuesday night's Game 1 of the American League Championship Series did a 37.0 rating and 54 share in Boston, a 45 percent increase from the average 25.5 rating for the three-game American League Division Series between the Red Sox and Angels. That series, however, wasn't in prime time, with two 4 p.m. starting times and one at 10 p.m. The ...
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While other races around the majors seem to tighten every day, the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels have opened up some breathing room as they close in on playoff berths.
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The Red Sox, losing to the Devil Rays yesterday, had their division lead sliced to 1&#189; games by the Yankees. With a week left in the regular season, the AL East race is far from over.
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This weekend in baseball, two teams from Northern California face two teams from Southern California and all four are in contention for a playoff spot.
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Kevin Brown had a chance to claim a place in Yankees postseason history with his start in Game 7 of the AL championship series.
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One more win over the Seattle Mariners and the Los Angeles Angels are AL West champions again.
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Though manager Terry Francona wasn't willing to discuss his playoff rotation in the wake of last night's 7-3 win over Oakland, he did allow that there is some wiggle room in the way things are currently set up, with Daisuke Matsuzaka and Curt Schilling following Josh Beckett .
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The Boston Red Sox want to start the playoffs right now.
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NEW YORK - A day after giving Boston ace Curt Schilling a pounding, the New York Yankees look to take a 2-0 lead over Pedro Martinez and the Red Sox in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, the National League Championship Series gets underway when the Houston Astros take on the St...
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Bronson Arroyo heads to the mound for his first career postseason start, as the Boston Red Sox try to complete a three-game sweep of the Angels and head back to the American League Championship Series for a second straight year.
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While the Oakland Athletics keep fighting for a playoff spot, the Toronto Blue Jays are still tangling with each other.
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Pedro Martinez can go a long way toward putting a dismal September behind him and give the Boston Red Sox a commanding lead in the AL division series when he faces the Anaheim Angels in Game 2. After watching
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OAKLAND, Calif. Oakland has company atop the AL West standings after the Athletics were beaten by Seattle 7-to-2. The loss drops the A&#39;s into a tie with Anaheim for the division lead with five games remaining.