If Sox on verge, police poised to show force
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By Jack Encarnacao, Globe Correspondent | September 24, 2004. Over the course of the three-game series with the Yankees, which starts tonight, the Red Sox could clinch a wild-card playoff berth and climb closer
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The Red Sox aren't waiting until they get to Florida next week to start plugging the holes in their roster.
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Going into Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday, the Red Sox, fresh off a victory, are acting a lot looser.
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The Red Sox will either complete an amazing comeback as the first team to rebound from a 3-0 deficit in postseason history, or the Yankees will stop them.
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Keith Foulke knows how to protect a postseason lead.
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LOUDON, N.H. -- For what seemed like an eternity, the Red Sox vehicle was down on its left side, waiting to be hoisted back up while valuable seconds ticked away.
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Manny RamÃ­rezÂs future is a hot topic among managers, scouts, agents and reporters at baseballÂs winter meetings.
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If they are looking for a fight, the Red Sox [stats, schedule] have come to the right place. ``They&#39;re a very dangerous team,&#39;&#39; Red Sox catcher Doug Mirabelli
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David Mellor paces in the left-field grandstand at Fenway Park, anxiously watching the field and answering a flurry of phone calls as storm clouds gather overhead. As Fenway's director of grounds, he will decide exactly when his crew will roll out the tarp that protects the infield from rain.
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-- More than the Curse is at stake for the Red Sox, who would love to have bragging rights after getting bullied by their New York brethren for so many decades.
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Navigating his police cruiser through the streets of Holyoke, Mass., Officer Lonnie Westbrook yesterday scanned the landscape for signs of trouble as he braced for his second cousin, Brian, trying to ambush the Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl.
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Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez are revved up. Roger Clemens and Roy Oswalt are rarin&#39; to go. Baseball fans are ready, too. The shadows are getting longer, the leaves are starting to turn and pumpkins are showing up.
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The Chicago White Sox are coming up with some impressive offensive numbers against one of the National League&#039;s best teams.
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The Red Sox appear to be the center of the baseball universe.
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Boston was tingling with anticipation on Saturday as the Red Sox prepared to host Game One of the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals and take a step toward ridding themselves of a hex that has hung over the team for eight decades.
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The plan, at least, is that by the time the game between the Red Sox and A's starts this afternoon, Beau Mills will know his fate.
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Baseball is about to be offered some much-needed help pulling its head out of the sand.