Category: 2008 ALCS

10/18: Do or Die Pt. II

2008 ALCS Game Six. Victory may seem unlikely, but the Red Sox have not claimed a championship title in the last ninety years without first digging themselves a 1-3 (or worse) hole in the ALCS, and then climbing out of it on their way to a World Series sweep. (The comment behavior is a little funky. Do not worry, when you hit submit, even if it times out for you, the comment went through. Just reload the comments page!)

Fireside Chats #26: Where we hope the real Josh Beckett shows up tonight

There's never a dull moment when the Red Sox are in the playoffs and there's never a dull moment on Fireside Chats! Paul and Tim break down the first five games of the ALCS and look forward to Game 6 and hope for a Game 7. All that and more on Episode #26 of Fireside Chats at MVN!

Beckett takes hill tonight in must-win

Taking the hill tonight is, of course, Josh Beckett. The Beckett taking the hill is most certainly not one that we expected to take the hill this October -- this one has a lot of questions surrounding him.

Keys to send the ALCS back to Tampa

The Dice-Man – Evan Brunell How do we get this series back to Tampa? Let’s not concern ourselves at the…

TB 13, BOS 4: Sox pounded

Tim Wakefield got shelled early and the trend continued as the Tampa Bay Rays now have a 3-1 lead over…

10/13: Back at Home

@ Oct. 13 GAME 3 – ALCS 2008 Matt Garza (0-1, 7.50 @ Jon Lester (1-0, 0.00) Fenway Park (Boston,…

Minor line-up change for Sox

Game thread coming around 3ish. Francona is sticking with Jacoby and Kotsay