Article: Storybook Rays vs. storied Red Sox Tampa Bay is finally near the top, facing champion Boston

Jack Curry The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
10-11-2008
Storybook Rays vs. storied Red Sox Tampa Bay is finally near the top, facing champion Boston
Byline: Jack Curry The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: SPORTS

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida --

It took the Tampa Bay Rays merely 3,846 days to crawl from playing their first major-league game to playing the Boston Red Sox in the opener of the American League Championship Series on Friday. The Red Sox took a much speedier route in returning to the series for the second straight year. Soon, one of them will motor into the World Series.

This series is about the storied Red Sox, the defending champions, trying to ...

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