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Dan Wheeler

Red Sox, Rays ready to pick up where they left off

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Matt Garza, seated, will start Monday's Game 3 in Boston, but he hasn't gotten the publicity of Red Sox counterpart Jon Lester. BOSTON — Carl Crawford had two words to describe the mood of the Tampa Bay...

Sporting News: What's wrong with Josh Beckett?

Red Sox ace has 11.57 ERA in postseason after ALCS Game 2 struggle Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett has an 11.57 ERA during the 2008 postseason. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - What we learned after watching Saturday's Tampa Bay Rays defeat...

Wheeler continues to be hot topic

Mere hours after Dan Wheeler's 3 1/3 innings of solid relief in Game 2 of the ALCS, it was difficult not to talk about the Rays reliever's impressive outing on Saturday. Foremost among the topics of conversation for the...

Ben Reiter: "Maverick" Maddon does it his way

For all the lip service paid to so-called "mavericks" in this endless political season, baseball's playoffs have demonstrated that the nation contains at least one citizen who has truly earned that epithet, and that he resides...

An interview with Joe Maddon and Jim Hickey

Rays coaches discuss pitching as ALCS moves to Boston Whoever wants to answer it, Dan Wheeler said last night that he can pitch Monday, if he needs to, but what is his situation as far as rest and given that he threw three...

AL Notes: Boston plans no big change

By Seth Livingstone, USA TODAY BOSTON — Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona might have done things differently in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series. With the series tied 1-1, Francona, however, said he was...

Phil Rogers' MLB playoff power rankings

By Phil Rogers, 8:38 p.m. Our national baseball reporter ranks the teams still alive... 1. Red Sox (1): Josh Beckett was a one-man salvation army a year ago, picking up the Red Sox when they trailed Cleveland three games to one...

Rays even series -- thanks to Dan Wheeler

ST. PETERSBURG -- It was the fifth inning, around the time when Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon summoned his second relief pitcher of the inning. That’s when Trever Miller turned to Dan Wheeler and said, “You know you’re...

Rays Beat Red Sox 9-8 in 11 Innings, Even up ALCS

B.J. Upton's sacrifice fly in 11th inning lifts Rays over Red Sox 9-8 and evens ALCS 1-1 By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. October 12, 2008 (AP) Home plate umpire Sam Holbrooke, center, watches as Tampa Bay...

Rays Beat Red Sox In 11th

The Red Sox and Rays finally unleashed violence in the American League Championship Series, but the ferocious swings came only against the baseball. After the Red Sox tied the score 8-8 in the eighth, the Rays stranded a runner...

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