Reign Out
Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka walks into the dugout at Fenway Park after he was scratched as the starting pitcher in their baseball game against the New York Yankees due to the game's delay and the rainy weather in Boston Friday, Sept. 26, 2008
(AP)

Red Sox Manager Terry Francona Hands Over the
2008 American League East Division Title to the Tampa Rays
No Wild Weekend in Boston, Sox Will Go Wild Card Out West
Isn't the Courtesy Concede Reserved for the Ryder Cup, Tito?

BDD - Mike Briggs Illustration
(BDD / Mike Briggs Illustration - mikebriggz.com)

Fans Get Soaked on Friday Night: New York 19, Pawtucket 8
There Goes the East! Sincerely, Van Every, Carter, Kottaras, Cash, Velazquez, Pauley
Globe: Painful Setback for Sox
Sox Are One and Done As AL East Champs; Crappy WC Caps On the Way
Insult to Injuries: Johnny Play-Through-Anything Damon: .305, 17 Home Runs
Ransom Money for Yankees: Shortstop Was 3-for-3, 2 Homers
Someone Forget to Tell Jacoby Tito Was Mailing It In
Jason BBay, Not Exactly Leading the Way, Sincerely MVP Manny
Did the Manager Add Insult to Lowell, Drew, and Coco Injuries?
Don't Blame J.D. Drew, He Is Who We Thought He Was, Sincerely Dennis Green
So Matsuzaka Can't Go in the Moisture with 8 Days Rest on Tap?

"The important thing is for us to get our house in order, be healthy, and try to get everybody at-bats. But not too many." -- 9.26.08, Terry Francona dampening the division hopes of the Nation

No Risk, No Reward ...

"Shame on you, Boston Red Sox. Yeah, you're in the playoffs...but as the wild card. You're the defending World Series champions, for Yaz's sake, and you've conceded your division title to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays of baseball--the Tampa Bay Rays! As both a Red Sox fan and a fan of Major League Baseball as a whole, I find this outcome unacceptable. You have one chance to set things right, Red Sox, and you've got one month in which to do so." -- 9.26.08, Metroville, Darkness Falls Upon AL East

BDD - Frank Galasso Illustration
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Newman Was His Own Man

04/12/2006: Actor Paul Newman (left), his wife actress Joanne Woodward, and Red Sox owners Tom Werner and John Henry took in the action at Fenway Park from the owner's box.
(4.12.06, Jim Davis / Globe File Photo)

Rest in Peace: American Legend Paul Newman Dies at 83
Bleacher Report: A Salute to the Best Sports Movie Star

Paul Newman, a Man's Man
Would Play Through Pain, Rain,
and You Can Bet He'd Go All In to Win the AL East

"Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand." -- Paul Newman as Cool Hand Luke, 1967


Joker's Wild About the Sox

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Boston Globe:

Rodriguez looks like the steal deal > Despite effort by Rodriguez, Red So fall > Tazawa has come a long way, on and off field

Boston Herald:

Lauber: Eduardo Rodriguez showing Red Sox he's special > PawSox start looms large for Masterson

ProJo:

Rodriguez gem wasted > Chili Davis doesn't want to turn Red Sox into free-swingers > Red Sox draft catcher in third round

NY Post:

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