Baseball Today: Thursday, September 4 Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Yankees VS Pawtucket Red Sox Playoff Round 1 (If necessary) (Date May Change) Other Events Tickets, Journal photos / Bob Breidenbach SEPTEMBER SUNSHINE: Let's see if we've got it all: Clutch hitting? Check. Great defense? Check. Aid from the umpires? Check. A little bit - or maybe a lot - of luck? Check. Help from others, including those dastardly New Yorkers? Double and triple check. In light of all that, any wonder that Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald is writing that the Red Sox are .".[looking] looked the part of a playoff team that can and should be feared in October.".

Destination Red Sox Nation - 9/4 Tickets, Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story links and links to team stats and league standings are after the jump. The Red Sox have 4 of their minor league teams in the playoffs.The Pawtucket Red Sox, Portland Sea Dogs, Lancaster JetHawks and Lowell Spinners have all clinched playoff berths. Pawtucket Red Sox The PawSox left 13 runners on base in a 7-1 loss to the Scranton Wilkes/Barre Yankees in game 1 of the Inte.

Sox won today.so Yankees need to win. Pavano looking to move to (3-0) New York (74-64) at Tampa Bay (84-52) Pitching Matchup: RHP Carl Pavano (2-0, 3.27 ERA)   vs   RHP Edwin Jackson (11-8, 3.81 ERA) Yankees Lineup: Damon CF Jeter SS Abreu RF A. Rodriguez 3B Giambi 1B Nady LF Matsui DH Cano 2B I. Rodriguez C Game News .&.Notes: Right-hander Sidney Ponson remains in the Yankees? rotation, at least for now. Both Girardi and general manager Brian Cashman said that the right-hander.s lined up to start on Saturday. Righty Phil Hughes started on Monday for Triple-A Scra. Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Yankees VS Pawtucket Red Sox Playoff Round 1 (If necessary) (Date May Change) Tickets.

Postgame notes: Van Every optioned Outfielder Jonathan Van Every has been optioned to Pawtucket and he will be in the starting lineup for Game One of the Governors' Cup playoffs for the PawSox at McCoy Stadium. Pawtucket begins its five-game series against the Scranton-Wilkes/Barre Yankees tonight, beginning at 7:05.".It's kind of a weird day.".admitted Van Every.".You're part of a comeback victory and then you're playing in a playoff game.". Cheap Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Yankees VS Pawtucket Red Sox Playoff Round 1 (If necessary) (Date May Change) Tickets.

Minor League Playoff Report 9/03/08 Minor League Playoff Report The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees beat a Pawtucket Red Sox team in the first game of the playoffs. Just beating a Red Sox team in the playoffs is pretty cool. Justin Christian really showed up. He went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 2 rbi's along with a home run. Now that's clutch. I hope the Yankees bring him up again. He's so fast that he makes the opposing pitcher miserable. He had a stolen base tonight as well. Chase Wright pitched well. I'd like to see a Scranto. Other Events.

Minor League Playoff Report 9/03/08 Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Yankees VS Pawtucket Red Sox Playoff Round 1 (If necessary) (Date May Change), The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees beat a Pawtucket Red Sox team in the first game of the playoffs. Just beating a Red Sox team in the playoffs is pretty cool. Justin Christian really showed up. He went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 2 rbi's along with a home run. Now that's clutch. YankeesDaily posted 5 hours ago from ballhype.com [link] Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: MLB, Trenton Thunder, Scranton Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, Pawtucket Red Sox, Justin Christian.

Minor League Playoff Report 9/03/08 The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees beat a Pawtucket Red Sox team in the first game of the playoffs. Just beating a Red Sox team in the playoffs is pretty cool. Justin Christian really showed up. He went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 2 rbi's along with a home run. Now that's clutch. YankeesDaily posted 4 hours ago from ballhype.com [link] Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: MLB, Trenton Thunder, Scranton Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, Pawtucket Red Sox, Justin Christian, Chas. PNC Field (Lackawanna County Stadium).

Poll Anaylsis: 9/2/08 If the poll results from this week say anything, it looks like faith in the Bronx Bombers is dwindling. The majority of the fate this week was put in the farm system.s.When the week began, we actually picked up a few votes for the boys in the Bronx. Then, they just stopped and it became a battle between Scranton and Trenton.In the end, the results looked something like thisNew York Yankees: 3 (17%)SWB Yankees: 8 (47%)Trenton Thunder:6 (35%)Scranton and Trenton were head to head for a while. Scranton.

Ugly win, but a win PA, It wasn't pretty, whatsoever, but nobody on the Yankees seemed to care. All that mattered to them was that they won 13-9 over the Tigers. Derek Jeter said.".I don't care how it looks. I'll take a win over playing well and losing.".And Bobby Abreu said.".".The Yankees? front four of Johnny Damon, Jeter, Abreu and Alex Rodriguez combined for 11 hits, eight RBIs and 10 runs scored in the narrow victory. On the downside.

Down On The Farm Minor League Reports 9/01/08 PNC Field (Lackawanna County Stadium) Tickets, Minor League Reports Down in Triple A Scranton, left-fielder Justin Christian went 1 for 3 with a run scored and a stolen base. First baseman Juan Miranda went 1 for 3 with a walk. Phil Hughes started and pitched a good game. He gave up 1 earned run on 4 hits in 5.2 innings of work for the no decision. He struck out 8 batters and walked 4. Down in Trenton, center fielder Austin Jackson went 0 for 4 with a strikeout. Starting for Trenton was Humberto Sanchez and he gave up 1 earned.