Phillies Take Game 1 with a Score of 3-2
First, I’ll toot my own horn. This was a must win for the Phillies. They needed to win at least 1 out of 2 in Tampa Bay in order to have any chance at winning the series. This was their best chance at doing that with the [...]

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The Tampa Bay Rays Advance to the 2008 World Series
After being beaten in game 6 by Josh Beckett and the Red Sox, a game the Rays should have won, the Rays beat Jon Lester in game 7, a game they should have lost. Bottom line: the Rays played better in 4 of the 7 games [...]

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Taco Bell®’s “Steal A Base, Steal A Taco” MLB® World Series® Offer Returns to Reward Fans
IRVINE, CALIF., October 20, 2008 – With America hungry for some positive news, Taco Bell® is giving fans an extra tasty incentive to tune into the 2008 Major League Baseball World Series and cheer for action on the base paths [...]

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Josh Beckett out performed James “Big Game” Shields to get the win in game 6 and for the second year in a row, have come back from being down 3 games to 1 and force a deciding game 7.
In tomorrow’s match up we have Boston’s new Ace of the staff, Jon Lester going up against [...]

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RF Drew faces Bradford to lead off the 9th and hits a line drive to LF Crawford. 1 out.
LF Bay is 5 for 8 against Bradford in his career. He grounds out to the SS.
The Rays remove Bradford for Trevor Miller.
I’m not sure about this move. It doesn’t make much sense as Bradford has been [...]

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New pitcher for Boston is rookie and former starting pitcher Justin Masterson.
SS Jason Bartlett is leading off the 8th down 4-2. He was hit by a pitch again. No outs, man on first.
2B Iwamura is 0-3 tonight. Masterson looks a bit nervous up there right now, but Varitek, with a 1-0 count goes out to [...]

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CF Crisp faces Balfour and has a leadoff walk.
Manager Joe Maddon, probably this year’s manager of the year has just taken out Balfour, replaced by Chad Bradford, the knuckelscrapping submarine pitcher to face 2B Pedroia.
2B Pedroia faces Bradford with Crisp on 1B without any outs. Will Crisp take off to remove the possible DP? Pedroia [...]

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Willie Aybar is pinch hitting for DH Cliff Floyd, but he pops up in foul ground to 3B Kevin Youkilis. 1 out.
C Navarro is up and the count is 0-2 then he hits a towering pop up in foul ground to LF Jason Bay. 2 outs.
RF Zobrist flies out to the warning track in CF [...]

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RF J.D. Drew leads off and popped up for the first out.
LF Bay is hit by a pitch on the hip.
1B Kotsay is 1-3 in the game, a single in the second inning. He hits a high chopper to Howell, the pitcher and is thrown out at 1B. Bay moves onto 2B.
Howell comes out of [...]

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Okajima is now pitching for the Red Sox. The Red Sox are leading 4-2
CF B.J. Upton and he lines out to 3B Youkilis. 1 out.
1B Pena, whos is hitting .350 with 3 HRs and 6 RBIs in this series is now up with 1 out. Full count. It was a late call, but Pena strikes [...]

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Ben Zobrist stays in the game playing RF for the Rays!
1B Kotsay leads off for the Sox. What an amazing leaping stab by 2B Iwamura with that alligator glove of his! Wow! What a play! He has definately adjusted to his move to 2B as his whole career, even in Japan, he was a third [...]

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The commentators are saying that Beckett is pitching in pain and is taking some extra time warming up before the start of this half inning.
C Navarro ropes a single to RF.
PH Ben Zobrist is hitting for RF Gabe Gross. Count is 1-2 then Zobrist pops out to CF and is now 0-3 this post season.
SS [...]

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DH Ortiz, who’s hitting .143 with 1 HR and 3 RBI leads off…who hits Shields’ 91st pitch as a pop fly to LF. 1 out.
Youkilis lines out to the next rookie of the year, 3B Evan Longoria. 2 outs.
Drew hits another 2-out line drive double over the head of RF Gabe Gross.
Bay pops out to [...]

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Former Sox 1B and Northeastern University graduate from Haverhill, MA, Carlos Pena pops up to 3B Kevin Youkilis for the first out of the inning.
3B Evan Longoria flied out to CF. 2 outs.
LF Crawford is 0-5 after going 5 for 5 in a previous game in this series. On Beckett’s 54th pitch of the game, [...]

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RF Gabe Gross leads off the Rays third inning. Beckett’s fastball is a few mph slower than usual, but he’s pitching well as Gross strikesout looking. 1 out.
SS Jason Bartlett is clipped by a pitch. Bartlett didn’t even attempt to get out of the way. He barely moved.
2B Iwamura, who struckout in the first. The [...]

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