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• Roundup: With Several Bullpen Spots to Fill, Mets Are Making Sure to Explore All Options

  Junichi Tazawa, the Japanese pitcher whose courtship by major league teams has irritated Japanese baseball officials, is close to signing with the Boston Red Sox, according to news reports. Posted Nov 28 2008, 09:57 PM by NYT > Sports Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Japan, Baseball, Tazawa, Junichi

• Red Sox Will Not Raise Ticket Prices

  The Boston Red Sox froze their ticket prices at already-high 2008 levels Wednesday, a clear reflection of the worsening economic crisis. Posted Nov 12 2008, 09:27 PM by NYT > Sports Filed under: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Boston Red Sox, Baseball

• Fort Myers Keeps Red Sox

  Lee County, which encompasses Ft. Myers, has agreed to build a training facility in return for the team’s agreeing to hold spring training there for the next 30 years. Posted Nov 02 2008, 01:18 AM by NYT > Sports Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Baseball, Fort Myers (Fla)

• World Series Delay Nothing New

  Like financial crises and crucial elections, it’s tempting to view the current World Series delay as particularly historical. But baseball has been down roads far more wet — and bumpy — than this. Posted Oct 28 2008, 12:49 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Baseball, New York Yankees, New York Giants, Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball, World Series, Schwarz, Alan

• Red Sox’ Unusual Question: What Now?

  What to do about Jason Varitek is one of several questions that the Red Sox will ponder as they ease into an off-season that they did not expect to begin so soon. Posted Oct 20 2008, 10:03 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Baseball, Varitek, Jason, Playoff Games

• After So Many Comebacks, Boston Is at a Loss

  It was the Red Sox who lost, 3-1, and watched the other team — the one that a year ago was still the A.L.’s resident doormat — advance to the World Series. Posted Oct 19 2008, 11:41 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Baseball, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, World Series

• Powerful Statement for Baldelli and Rays

  Rocco Baldelli slapped a belt-high fastball though the left side of the infield to score the go-ahead run as the Rays finally outlasted the Red Sox, 3-1. Posted Oct 19 2008, 11:40 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Baseball, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, Baldelli, Rocco

• Rays 3, Red Sox 1: From Worst to World Series

  From arduous games to demanding tests, the Rays were expected to fade away. But instead they are going to the World Series. Posted Oct 19 2008, 10:22 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Baseball, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, World Series

• Sports Of the Times: Keeping Calm Under Game 7 Pressure

  The Red Sox and the Rays understand failure. But they anticipate success, seventh game or otherwise. Posted Oct 19 2008, 07:31 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, Francona, Terry

• Red Sox’ Leadership Has Endured

  As the Red Sox prepared for Game 7 of the A.L.C.S., David Ortiz and Jason Varitek were Boston’s only position players who also appeared in the 2004 World Series. Posted Oct 19 2008, 07:14 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Baseball, Ortiz, David, Tampa Bay Rays, Varitek, Jason, Playoff Games

• Red Sox Take Momentum and Lester Into Game 7

  To avoid a collapse, the Tampa Bay Rays need to beat a Boston Red Sox team that looks as if they’re swatting a mosquito off their forearms on their stroll to the World Series. Posted Oct 19 2008, 11:03 AM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Baseball, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games

• Red Sox 4, Rays 2: Red Sox Win to Force A.L.C.S. Game 7

  The resilient Red Sox avoided elimination once again by stifling the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 of the A.L.C.S. at Tropicana Field. Posted Oct 19 2008, 12:13 AM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, Francona, Terry, Crisp, Coco

• A Dome’s Quirkiness Has No Ceiling

  Of all the transformations that have taken place here in Tampa Bay, few are more striking than Tropicana Field going from a pit to the Pit. Posted Oct 19 2008, 12:05 AM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Baseball, Stadiums and Arenas, American League, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, St Petersburg (Fla), Tropicana Field

• Crisp Stays at Leadoff, Giving Balance to Order

  Manager Terry Francona said that the Red Sox had more balance in the lineup with the switch-hitting Coco Crisp batting first. Posted Oct 18 2008, 06:17 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, Francona, Terry, Crisp, Coco

• Sports of The Times: Decisions Laden With Portent, Pitchers Subject to Collapse

  Manager Joe Maddon’s strategem did not work, leading the Rays to try all over again to clinch the pennant Saturday night in Florida. Posted Oct 18 2008, 01:11 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Playoff Games, Maddon, Joe