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Longoria's 2 homers lead Rays over White Sox 6-4 Evan Longoria and the Tampa Bay Rays looked perfectly at home in the playoffs. The rookie homered in his first two at-bats and the surprising AL East champions were a big hit in their postseason…

Josh Beckett throws side session on off day Boston pitcher Josh Beckett threw a side session Thursday during an off-day in the Red Sox-Angels playoff series, and remains scheduled to start Game 3 Sunday in Boston. Beckett, originally scheduled…

Open Game Thread: Playoffs Day Two

White Sox vs. Rays - 11:30AM
Vazquez v. Shields

We join this exciting game already in progress. Evan Longoria, the leading candidate for the AL ROY this year, has hit two homeruns in his first…

Duchscherer's hip cleaned out, he's good to go for next season Justin Duchscherer’s right hip problem at the end of the season was the result of loose cartilage, which was cleaned out in an arthroscopic procedure, the A’s All-Star right-hander said Wednesday….

Bay's homer sparks Red Sox to 4-1 win over Angels No matter how much the Los Angeles Angels dominate Boston in the regular season, the Red Sox roll in October. Jason Bay hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off John Lackey in the sixth inning, and the…

ALDS: Rested Tampa Bay ready for playoff debut Fla. - Fresh legs and arms on one side, experience and momentum on the other. The Tampa Bay Rays rested while the Chicago White Sox worked overtime to secure a playoff berth. No one can be sure what…

Playoffs Day One Wrap-up

Well, that was fun!

Brewers vs. Phillies
Gallardo v. Hamels
Final Score: Phillies 3, Brewers 1
Series: Phillies lead 1-0
Next Game: Tomorrow (10/2) at 3:00PM
Brew Crew Ball
The Good…

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Open Game Thread: Playoffs Day One (cont.)

BOS vs. LAA - please continue rooting for both teams to lose! Currently 0-0 in the 2nd.

Sweeney's surgery successful A day after pitcher Justin Duchscherer told MLB.com that his hip surgery was a success, A’s assistant general manager David Forst on Wednesday told MLB.com that star rookie outfielder Ryan Sweeney’s…

On Baseball: Predicting the playoffs Want underdogs? No New York teams made the playoffs for the first time since 1993. None of the top three payrolls is represented in the postseason, and six teams that spent $100 million-plus on…

Open Game Thread: Playoffs Day One

Hang on…with no baseball break, we go right into the playoffs with three incredible series today, starting at noon.

First up:

Brewers vs. Phillies - 12:00 PM

(Note that the 9:30-10AM start…

White Sox vs. Rays Season series: Rays, 6-4 Schedule - TV: TBS Game 1: Thursday at Tampa Bay, 11:30 a.m. (Vazquez 12-16 or Buerhle 15-12) vs. (Shields 14-8) Game 2: Friday at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. TBD vs. (Kazmir 12.-8)…

Dodgers vs. Cubs Season series: Cubs 5-2 Schedule - TV: TBS Game 1: Today at Chicago, 3:30 p.m. Lowe (14-11, 3.24 ERA) vs. Dempster (17-6, 2.96) Game 2: Thursday at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Billingsley (16-10, 3.14) vs….

Red Sox vs. Angels Season series: Angels 8-1 Schedule - TV: TBS Game 1: Tonight at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Lester (16-6, 3.21) vs. Lackey (12-5, 3.75 ERA) Game 2: Friday at Anaheim, 6:30 p.m. Matsuzaka (18-3, 2.90) vs. Santana…

Brewers vs. Phillies Season series: Phillies 5-1. Schedule - TV: TBS Game 1: Today at Philadelphia, noon. Gallardo (0-0, 1.88) vs. Hamels (14-10, 3.09) Game 2: Thursday at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Sabathia (11-2, 1.65) vs….