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The 2008 Major League Baseball season began on March 25, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan with the 2007 World Series champion Boston Red Sox defeating the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome 6–5 (in 10 innings) in the first game of a two-game series, [1] [2] and ended on September 30 with the host Chicago White Sox defeating the Minnesota Twins in a one-game playoff to win the AL Central.
The 2008 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2008 season. The winners of the Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series .
The 2008 American League Division Series (ALDS), the first round of the 2008 American League playoffs in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2008 postseason, consisted of two best-of-five series to determine the two participants in the 2008 American League Championship Series.
The 2008 Boston Red Sox season was the 108th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox , as the defending World Series champions , finished in second place in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, two games behind the Tampa Bay Rays .
The 2008 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2008 season.The 104th edition of the World Series, [2] it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays; the Phillies won the series, four games to one.
June 6, 2008, Acquired Ángel Berroa from the Kansas City Royals for Juan Rivera and cash. July 28, 2008, Acquired Casey Blake from the Cleveland Indians for Carlos Santana and Jon Meloan . July 31, 2008, Acquired Manny Ramirez from the Boston Red Sox in a 3-team trade, Andy LaRoche and Bryan Morris went to the Pittsburgh Pirates .
2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game; 2008 American League Central tie-breaker game; 2008 American League Championship Series; 2008 American League Division Series; 2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season; 2008 Atlanta Braves season
The 2008 New York Yankees season was the 106th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees hosted the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday July 15, 2008. It was the 83rd and last season at the original Yankee Stadium prior to the team's move to a new ballpark (also called " Yankee Stadium ") just north of the current stadium.