2008 American League Championship Series information
39th edition of Major League Baseball's American League Championship Series
2008 American League Championship Series
Team (Wins)
Manager(s)
Season
Tampa Bay Rays (4)
Joe Maddon
97–65, .599, GA: 2
Boston Red Sox (3)
Terry Francona
95–67, .586, GB: 2
Dates
October 10–19
MVP
Matt Garza (Tampa Bay)
Umpires
Tim McClelland (crew chief), Sam Holbrook, Brian O'Nora, Brian Gorman, Alfonso Márquez, Derryl Cousins, Ángel Hernández (Game 7 replacement for Cousins)
Broadcast
Television
TBS MLB International
TV announcers
Chip Caray, Ron Darling, Buck Martinez and Craig Sager (TBS) Dave O'Brien, Rick Sutcliffe (MLB International)
Radio
ESPN
Radio announcers
Jon Miller and Joe Morgan
ALDS
Boston Red Sox over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (3–1)
Tampa Bay Rays over Chicago White Sox (3–1)
← 2007
ALCS
2009 →
The 2008 American League Championship Series (ALCS), the second round of the 2008 American League playoffs, was a best-of-seven series matching the two winners of the American League Division Series. The AL East Division champion Tampa Bay Rays, who had defeated the Chicago White Sox in the ALDS, were paired with the wild-card and defending world champion Boston Red Sox, who had defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, in the ALDS. Tampa Bay held the home field advantage.
The Rays won the series four games to three, becoming the first team since the 1992 Atlanta Braves to win a seventh game after blowing a 3–1 lead. The series began at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Friday, October 10, 2008, and was broadcast on TBS. Game 7 was played on Sunday, October 19.[1] This was the Rays' first appearance in the ALCS while the Red Sox were making their fourth appearance in the last six seasons and ninth overall. The two teams hit a combined 26 home runs—a record for league championship series.[2]
The Rays would go on to lose the World Series to the Philadelphia Phillies in five games.
^"Tentative 2008 MLB Postseason Schedule". World Series. MLB.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2008.
^Beck, Jason (October 19, 2008). "ALCS sets record with 26th homer". MLB.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2008. Retrieved October 19, 2008.
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