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[Seat21 - Redsox Blog] The Sox have been swept out of the playoffs by the Chicago White Sox. Simply put, the pitching of the White Sox out performed the offensive production of the Red Sox by far.
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[Sports Writing and Editing] The Death of Sportswriting: While the idiocy of Mowatt, several teammates sand team owner Victor Kiam was certainly worthy of coverage, it was not worth so much philosophizing, particularly not the deluge of stories reflecting upon the meaning of the locker room in American life. The ordinarily same Tom Callahan, writing in the Washington Post, referred to it as “a silly and savage sanctum ”¦ a microcosmic village.” Even non-sportswriter Russell Baker of The New York Times was moved to reflect, stating “It’s about the male dislike of growing up ”¦ The locker room is the temple where they worship arrested development.” (Note to Baker and the other novice sportswriters: It’s a place where men change pants.)
[Boston Sports Media Watch - Daily links from the Boston Newspapers about the Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics] Brawl, Draft and Playoff: In the past, no one would dig it up and throw your predictions back at you. If the picks did turn out to be busts, you could then thrust your chest out, thump it, and say "I told you so!" Whereas if the picks turn out to be good, then the fans are happy, and no one notices, or cares, that you nastily panned the selection in the first place.
[Raje's Rants] Eagles Redux: the women find you sexy, but most people recognize you as an empty-headed talentless hack), having made the playoffs 20 years in a row. Yes, reaching the playoffs in hockey back then was about as easy as spotting drunken half-naked college girls at Mardi Gras, but it was still reasonably impressive to do it 20 straight years (if someone's willing to finance the trip, we're willing to try the Mardi Gras thing for 20 consecutive years).
[Sports Humor] NASCAR Comes Down Hard On Little E. Maybe Now The 'Necks Will Join The Rest Of Us In Hating On The FCC.: The Red Sox were down 0-3 and about to be swept by the hated Yankees and they battled back.Down to their last three outs of the season, the Red Sox rallied Sunday night against Mariano Rivera, the Yankees and decades
[Msnbc.msn.com] Guillen says choke sign was just a joke - Baseball - MSNBC.com: After building a 15-game lead in the AL Central, the White Sox held off a charge by Cleveland over the final two months and won the division by six. They swept three games against the Indians last weekend, including a 3-1 victory on Sunday.
[Devers.homeip.net] Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / Red Sox: NL PLAYOFFS NOTEBOOK: La Russa defends Tavarez (Today's Globe) .Fans of all stripes swept up in Red Sox hysteria (AP, 5:42 pm) .
[Dallasnews.com] DallasNews.com | News for Dallas, Texas | Baseball: MLB: The Cardinals tried some lineup maneuvering by taking LF Reggie Sanders out and replacing him with John Mabry. Sanders was 0-for-9 in the first three games.
[Courant.com] Connecticut Sports - Pro, College, High School News from The ...: "I was with the Padres in '96 and we went into the last series needing to sweep the Dodgers to win the division. We swept the Dodgers, had all the momentum in the world, felt like guys could run though walls, went out and got swept in three straight by the Cardinals.
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Posted at October 08, 2005 11:23 AM
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