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Keeping up with the Joneses becomes an even tougher task when your hated next-door neighbor cruised through the defending world champs on their way to a World Series victory.

Boston Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis fights with Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Rick Porcello after Porcello hit Youkilis with a pitch during the second inning of their American League MLB baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts August 11, 2009.

I rooted for the Yankees once. Michael Wrobel was only 11 years old when he lost his battle with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 1996.

Never has the language of Major League Baseball's championship seemed quite so archaic.

Red Sox [ team stats ] reliever Manny Delcarmen hosting his fifth annual "Bowlin' Strikes for Schools" fund-raiser at Kings in Back Bay to benefit Boston Public Schools .

Right after game three and the sweep of the Boston Red Sox at the hands of the Los Angeles Angels, I watched Kevin Youkilis on NESN , answering questions about getting swept, and he says calmly "yes, it's frustrating, but it's time to look forward to next season." While I'd like to see Youkilis be pissed...it is time to look forward to the ...

Today is the deadline for submission of MVP ballots at the Baseball Bloggers Alliance .

The flick was shot in Massachusetts and it just so happens that the leading lady, Cameron Diaz , is in the jurisdiction filming "Knight & Day" with Tom Cruise .

There was no hiding it, the spark that had ignited the championship runs of 04 and 07 was missing this past year.

With two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning of a must-win game, Erick Aybar startles the crowd and singles off Jonathan Papelbon.

Sentimentality and success don't mix well, but even those most unhappy with the way Boston's iconic 2004 team was quickly dismantled have to admit the turnover paid off.

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING Ortiz flies to right. Lowell ricochets the ball high off the left field wall, robbing him of a home run, leaving him at first base with a long single.

PHOTO: Like the three "blind" men in Dr. No , umpire C B Bucknor hails from Jamaica...and like the three men in the James Bond movie, Bucknor isn't really blind - he's just pretending.

When it comes to performing the best when the games mean the most, there's no accounting for a player's performance.

To the Red Sox [ team stats ] , though, Fenway Park [ map ] has once again emerged as a tonic for what ails them.

A botched call in the corner. A phantom foul ball at home plate. Big misses on the bases.

Subdued and with a flatter affect than usual, Ortiz was ready to put the game, and his notably up-and-down season, into the circular file.

Boston Red Sox right fielder J.D. Drew, right, is congratulated by teammates Jason Varitek, left, and Kevin Youkilis , second from left, after hitting a home run in the fourth inning during Game 3 of the American League Division Series against the Los Angeles Angels at Fenway Park in Boston on Sunday.

How bad is the Red Sox's sudden slump against the Angels? With only one run and eight hits in Games 1 and 2, the Red Sox have never -- in 151 post-season games dating back to the 1903 World Series -- been limited to just one run or as few as eight combined hits over two consecutive games.

NAHEIM, Calif. - When an umpire becomes a focal point in a postseason game, it's usually not a good sign.