TEXTS RED SOX NEWS SERIES
Zach Crizer has six veteran players on potential playoff teams who are still looking for their first World Series ring.Michael Baumann asks if NL MVP-candidate Bryce Harper can yet drag the Phillies into the postseason.Sticking with former Cubs heroes, the Padres have designated Jake Arrieta for assignment after four starts and a 10.95 ERA with San Diego.Jay Jaffe looks at how Jon Lester has been able to succeed since his trade to St.Kevin Goldstein explains what happened to the Cardinals that allowed them to get so hot and seize the second NL Wild Card spot.
It’s just that the Padres are going to have to wait until next year to realize it.
The Padres have crashed out of that race with a poor second half, but Dan Szymborski writes that there is still hope for San Diego. Dodgers first baseman Albert Pujols tells Alden Gonzalez that playing in a pennant chase with LA has brought “the joy” back to playing baseball for him. Over in the National League, Gabe Lacques takes stock of the wild NL West pennant chase where both the Giants and Dodgers are likely to win over 100 games and one of the two teams will have to settle for a one-game Wild Card. Kaitlyn McGrath examines what the Blue Jays have to do to make the playoffs. A discussion of the wild American League Wild Card battle. The Red Sox have won seven straight overall. The Red Sox insist that they’re not superstitious, but they’ll be wearing the yellow “City Connect” jerseys that they’ve won five times over their past five games while wearing them. Mike Lupica looks at what’s at stake this weekend and critical Yankees/Red Sox series from years past. The Yankees and the Red Sox are playing each other in a three-game series in Boston with a spot in the playoffs pretty much on the line. 
It’s another glorious Friday, the second-to-last of the regular season.
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