The Hunt for Red October

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With less than a month remaining in the regular season, the Red Sox have plenty of work to do to get into the 2009 postseason. Keep an eye on the upcoming opponents and latest injury reports for the Sox, Rays, and Rangers, along with the current AL East and wild card standings as the battle for the playoffs wages on in the American League.
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Playoff chances below generated by coolstandings.com (how they do it).
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Sox confidence meter
How confident are you in the Red Sox today? Use the thermometer to give us your feeling on their postseason chances (drag it up if you're high on them, down if you're pessimistic), and check out a day-by-day graph of how Red Sox Nation feels about its team.


Red Sox and MLB news

- On Baseball Bobby Valentine excels at running of the bullpen with Red Sox (Boston Globe, 2:19 a.m.)
- Sunday baseball notes As baseball trade deadline nears, buyers and sellers will be sorted out (Boston Globe, 12:21 a.m.)
- Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 4 Felix Doubront helps Red Sox climb out of last place (Boston Globe, 2:06 a.m.)
- Johan Santana ended Mets’ long wait for no-hitter (Boston Globe, 2:32 a.m.)
- Red Sox notebook Dustin Pedroia may return Tuesday for Red Sox (Boston Globe, 2:31 a.m.)
- MLB roundup Roundup: Miguel Cabrera clobbers Yankees (Boston Globe, 2:33 a.m.)
- Red Sox notebook Cody Ross and Dustin Pedroia getting closer (Boston Globe, 6/2/12)
- On baseball Buchholz has arrived The real Clay Buchholz (Boston Globe, 6/2/12)
- Baseball roundup Santana no-hits Cardinals (Boston Globe, 6/2/12)
- Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 2 Red Sox beat Blue Jays in series opener in Toronto (Boston Globe, 6/2/12)
- Red Sox notebook Red Sox could be affected by new draft rules (Boston Globe, 6/1/12)
- Baseball roundup Gonzalez, Rockies pummel Astros (Boston Globe, 6/1/12)
- Red Sox’ Beckett comes up a bit short (Boston Globe, 6/1/12)
- Tigers 7, Red Sox 3 Tigers get the last laugh (Boston Globe, 6/1/12)
- Minor league notebook Ryan Kalish takes important steps in comeback (Boston Globe, 6/1/12)
