Sox: We’re happy with AL Central title

Sox: We’re happy with AL Central title

White Sox players and management seemed relatively satisfied with their season after the 6-2 loss that eliminated them from the playoffs Monday.

GM Williams wants to add balance to White Sox (Yahoo! Sports)
Chicago White Sox fans should fasten their seat belts for what should be a wild winter. “I know what I want…

A capsule look at the AL championship series (AP)
A look at the best-of-seven American League championship series between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays: Schedule (All times EDT) Game 1, Friday, at Tampa Bay (8:37 p.m.); Game 2, Saturday, at Tampa Bay (8:07 p.m.); Game 3, Monday, Oct. 13, at Boston (4:37 p.m.); Game 4, Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Boston (8:07 p.m.); x-Game 5, Thursday, Oct.

RAYS: Upton Hits Two HRs as Tampa Finishes Off Chicago

Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Gabe Gross makes a leaping catch at the fence on a drive by Chicago White Sox’s A.J. Pierzynski in the first inning of Game 4 of the American League division baseball series Monday, …

High-flying Angels flop again in October (AP)
They were baseball’s best over the long, hot summer. Then came October, and another big chill. The Los Angeles Angels seemed to have it all: a powerful lineup strengthened by newcomers Torii Hunter and Mark Teixeira, an impressive rotation headed by John Lackey, and a bullpen anchored by record-setting closer Francisco Rodriguez.

Postseason Papers: Red Sox celebrate another series win (Yahoo! Sports)
Each October morning, the Stew will take a look at what they’re writing about in the hometown papers of the…

Bosox-Rays renew rivalry, Manny in middle of NLCS (AP)

Exactly why the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays tangle so much is hard to tell. Blame it on a high-and-tight pitch here, a hard slide there. Whatever, this much is true: The teams playing in the AL championship series sure get into a lot of scraps. “There’s no hatred,” injured Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling insisted Tuesday in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

Can a season be deemed a success without a World Series title? (Yahoo! Sports)
As the rugged life within the “Highlander” realm taught us, there can be only one team strong enough…

White Sox face changes after ouster (AP)
Just getting to the playoffs was a chore for the Chicago White Sox. They had to win their last regular-season game, the makeup of a rainout and a tiebreaker to win the AL Central. And by the time they finally wrapped up the division title and had to play the young and talented Tampa Bay Rays, the veteran White Sox were a bit spent.

Wessler: Bubbly and buzzcuts, just like back in Eureka

To play baseball in the major leagues, you have to be able to hit and run and catch and throw better than most people on the planet.