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The Boston Red Sox brushed aside the 100-win Angels in four games, dismissing their best-in-baseball regular season as last month's news. When it turns to October, no one dominates like Boston. Moments after the Angels botched a suicide squeeze, Jason Bay slid headfirst into home plate to score on Jed Lowrie's two-out single in the ninth inning. |
They rushed toward the mound, these remarkable Rays, and immediately formed a circle. Jumping together like fraternity brothers, they resembled party regulars in the postseason. Worst in the majors last year, Tampa Bay will play for a spot in the World Series. "It means everything. We've been at the bottom of the barrel for so long," B.J. |
| The Minnesota Vikings forced three turnovers and used two big plays by cornerback Antoine Winfield to take a 20-17 lead over the New Orleans Saints at the end of three quarters on Monday night. The Vikings led 20-10 at halftime, but Reggie Bush drew the Saints within three with a 71-yard punt return for a touchdown late in the third quarter. |
| Third baseman Mike Lowell was removed from Boston's division series roster on Monday because of a right hip strain. He would be ineligible to play in the AL championship series if the Red Sox advance past their first-round opponent, the Los Angeles Angels. Last year's World Series MVP, Lowell also has a torn labrum in his right hip. |
| Former world No. 1 Leyton Hewitt will make his comeback from hip surgery at the Sydney International tournament in January ahead of the Australian Open. Hewitt said his recuperation from an operation after the Beijing Olympics was going well. "My recovery is going well and I am really looking forward to the Australian summer," he said in a statement Tuesday. |
