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

- Baseball notebook Red Sox add an arm in Manuel (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Ortiz says Sox need to power up (Boston Globe, 11/20/09)
- Sports Media Consider this one a periodic credit report (Boston Globe, 11/20/09)
- Red Sox’ Bay ready to play the field (Boston Globe, 11/20/09)
- Baseball notebook Lincecum makes it two in a row (Boston Globe, 11/20/09)
- Royals’ Greinke wins over Cy Young voters (Boston Globe, 11/18/09)
- Red Sox increase prices for some tickets (Boston Globe, 11/17/09)
- Baseball Notes Bottom line: Boras hounds owners that he says are crying wolf (Boston Globe, 11/14/09)
- Many more NYC sports fans watch Yanks than Giants (AP, 10/26/09)
- Scioscia calls postseason schedule `ridiculous' (AP, 10/26/09)
- McGwire joins Cards as La Russa's hitting coach (AP, 10/26/09)
- A-Rod has everything else -- Is last laugh up next? (AP, 10/26/09)
- Lee, Sabathia send message: Phils-Yanks in Series (AP, 10/26/09)

