With the Series a Little Tighter, the Red Sox Are Feeling Loose
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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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They are suffering inexplicable breakdowns, and unaccountable disasters. This used to be the Boston Red Sox in October. Now it is the teams they are playing.
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The world has unalterably changed for Red Sox Nation.
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Now that the winning streak is over, the truth can finally be told: The Red Sox [stats, schedule] lost the best way they possibly could last night.
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NEW YORK -- It seems so long ago now. Forever, possibly. With the Red Sox full of hope and just a notch below the Yankees in the American League East, the ancient rivals crowded into Fenway Park for a five-game series last month that turned from a beacon to a slaughter. That, in so many ways, effectively ended the Red ...
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One of the marvels of the recent stretch of success for the Red Sox has been their ability to overcome a seemingly unrelenting wave of losses to key players. The latest series of blows struck last night as the Sox lost Bill Mueller (sore right ankle and foot) and Keith Foulke (back stiffness) before the game and Manny Ramirez (left ...
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Momentum does not appear to play a big role in determining a World Series champion. For every example of a team that seemed to feed off its recent success, there is a counterexample.
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The bullpen blew another one. The reliable relievers who carried the New York Yankees all season are coming apart at the most important moment. Mariano Rivera must be tired by now. Tom Gordon is struggling. Paul Quantrill is hurt. And the Yankees are halfway to the biggest collapse in postseason history.
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Scouting: This was supposed to be Boston&#39;s most grueling stretch of their playoff drive. Instead, the Red Sox had won 16 of 17 going into yesterday, had cut eight games
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It was an innocent enough looking roller. But, almost immediately, you sensed something weird was going to happen to the Red Sox at a critical juncture of a game they could not afford to lose.
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The Red SoxÂ implosion seems to be the result of bad pitching, bad management and, especially, incredibly bad luck.
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At this rate, the Boston Red Sox will gladly take a day off. That's about the only way they can prevent the New York Yankees from creeping any closer.
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As the news about Pedro Martinez&#39;s imminent departure from the Boston Red Sox continued to circulate, another significant issue regarding the team&#39;s pitching staff developed.
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Giddiness. Paranoia. Arrogance. Caution. All were on display on Wednesday in Boston as the supposedly cursed Red Sox moved within one victory of a baseball championship that has eluded them for 86 years.
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Alex Rios lent the Boston Red Sox a hand, and he wasn't very happy about it.
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The Boston Red Sox have looked at the postseason from both sides now. Their next task will be to prevent the other guys from joining them in the epic comeback category.
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BOSTONâThe Red Sox are at least making a point to themselves this weekend, even if their quest to catch the Yankees in the AL East is futile.