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AL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES / Rays the roof - Tampa in Series

Oct. 20, 2008
Going to the World Series is feat enough for a first-time playoff team. The Tampa Bay Rays, however, accomplished the task in the most difficult way possible - they beat the Red Sox in the American League Championship Series. Boston, renowned for coming back...
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MLB: Tampa Bay 4, Philadelphia 2

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MLB: Philadelphia 3, Tampa Bay 2

MLB: Philadelphia 3, Tampa Bay 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Chase Utley's two-run shot in the first put Philadelphia ahead for good Wednesday and the Phillies edged Tampa Bay 3-2 to open the World Series.

World Series begins Wednesday

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The World Series, first played 105 years ago, will open Wednesday in the home park of a team that before this season had never won more games than it had lost.

MLB: Boston 4, Tampa Bay 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Kevin Youkilis and Jason Varitek both homered Saturday night to power Boston to a 4-2 win over Tampa Bay and tie the ALCS at three games each.

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Umpires announced for playoff series

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball announced Wednesday that 32-year veteran umpire Mike Reilly would be the crew chief for the National League Championship Series.

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MLB: Boston 3, LA Angels 2

MLB: Boston 3, LA Angels 2

BOSTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Jed Lowrie's game-winning RBI single in the ninth Monday enabled the Boston Red Sox to advance to the AL Championship Series with a 3-2 win over the LA Angels.

MLB: LA Dodgers 3, Chicago Cubs 1

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- James Loney's two-run double and Russell Martin's RBI double Saturday night led the LA Dodgers to a 3-1 win and a division series sweep over the Chicago Cubs.

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic