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07/10/11 By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Sunday, July 10, 2011 Willy Aybar scored from second base on Rocco Baldelli's fifth-inning single to give the Rays a 2-1 lead in Game 7 of the 2008 American League Championship Series on Oct. 19 at Tropicana Field, and the Rays went on to win 3-1 and advance to the World Series for the first, and thus far only, time in franchise history. Ending the futility ...
05/09/11 The most famous slide in the history of the Boston Red Sox was Dave Roberts' head-first steal of second base to help his team beat the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the 2004 American League Championship Series. The Red Sox went on to win the ALCS and a World Series championship.
03/23/11 Baseball season is almost upon us. March 31 is almost here. You can smell it, Opening Day 2011 is just around the corner. Last year, everyone had a 2009 World Series re-match picked between the Yankees and the Phillies. But, the Texas Rangers shocked all of baseball by knocking off the defending champion Yankees in the American League Championship Series and the San Francisco Giants knocked off ...
03/15/11 It felt like Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. Except for the fact that there were only 7,859 fans and the starting pitchers were Alfredo Aceves and 20-year-old Manny Banuelos.
02/11/11 All teams have questions at the beginning of each season that will determine how their season ends. The better the team answers those questions, the more successful the season will be. In the case of the New York Yankees, the 2010 season was a "failure." Yes, they made the American League Championship Series, but that's not good enough for the team or its fans. For the Yankees, it's a World ...
01/16/11 Several hours before Game 1 of the 1986 American League Championship Series between the Red Sox and Angels, Rich Gedman arrived at Fenway Park in his civilian clothes and was accosted by a scalper outside the entrance.
01/04/11 Did the ball hit the ground? Does it matter? We all saw it, or at least we think we did. 2005 American League Championship Series, game two, White Sox versus Angels. It's tied 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth with two outs. AJ "always in trouble" Pierzynski is batting with two strikes. Angels pitcher Kelvim Escobar throws a low pitch; AJ swings and misses. Strike three, inning over, extra ...
12/14/10 FILE - An Oct. 18, 2010, file photo shows Texas Rangers pitcher Cliff Lee smiling after Game 3 of baseball's American League Championship Series, in New York. Lee reached a preliminary agreement on a $100 million, five-year contract with the Phillies on Monday night Dec. 13, 2010.
12/08/10 It was part of the nonalcoholic celebration of the team's victory in the American League Championship Series.
11/03/10 VERNON, CT--(Marketwire - 11/03/10) - Excitement over the 2010 Major League Baseball playoffs pushed tickets for the World Series and American League Championship Series into the Top 10 of TicketNews' exclusive Events Rankings, compiled October 1-31, 2010. The World Series showdown between the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants propelled the long-suffering MLB franchises to respective 1st ...
11/03/10 VERNON, CT--(Marketwire - November 3, 2010) - Excitement over the 2010 Major League Baseball playoffs pushed tickets for the World Series and American League Championship Series into the Top 10 of TicketNews' exclusive Events Rankings, compiled October 1-31, 2010.
10/29/10 SAN FRANCISCO -- During the American League Championship Series, the Yankees' pitchers again and again singled out one Ranger who had given them a considerable amount of trouble, from a lineup that gave them a considerable amount of trouble. "He was battling all night," said CC Sabathia after Game 5, which the Yankees won to keep their slim hopes alive. "I threw some strikes at him, and couldn't ...
10/26/10 NEW YORK -- Yankees manager Joe Girardi insisted throughout the American League Championship Series that there were a lot of factors that went into how he set up his rotation for the series.
10/23/10 AP PHOTO/TONY GUTIERREZ The Rangers celebrate Friday night's 6-1 win over the Yankees in the deciding Game 6 of the American League Championship Series in Arlington, Texas.
10/23/10 Colby Lewis Allows Three Hits In Eight Innings In the end, the surging Texas Rangers assembled far more strengths than the aging Yankees could counteract. And they will be the ones going to the World Series, having beaten the Yankees 6-1 Friday night to clinch the American League Championship Series in six games.
10/22/10 Excitement levels are high as the Texas Rangers hit the diamond for game 6 of the American League Championship Series. They remain one game away from the World Series.
10/22/10 Mark Humphrey Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton, right, celebrates with Elvis Andrus (1) after Hamilton scored on Vladimir Guerrero's two-run double against the New York Yankees in the fifth inning of Game 6 of baseball's American League Championship Series Friday, Oct. 22, 2010, in Arlington, Texas.
10/22/10 Tony Gutierrez New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, left, tries to calm relief pitcher David Robertson after Robertson gave up a two-run home run to Texas Rangers' Nelson Cruz in the fifth inning of Game 6 of baseball's American League Championship Series Friday, Oct. 22, 2010, in Arlington, Texas.
10/22/10 (Sports Network) - It is funny how things work out. Before the American League Championship Series started you couldn't find someone involved with the New York Yankees that wanted anything to do with Cliff Lee.
10/22/10 (Sports Network) - The Texas Rangers take another crack at securing their first World Series berth this evening when they play Game 6 of the American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees.
10/21/10 As Game 5 of the American League Championship Series between the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees wound down, Vance Linkswiler wasn't watching the TV. | 
