| 2008 American League Division Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 1 – 6 | ||||||||||||
| Television | TBS | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Chip Caray, Buck Martinez and Craig Sager (Games 1–3) Chip Caray, Ron Darling, Buck Martinez and Craig Sager (Game 4) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Dave Campbell | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Tim Welke Bill Miller Kerwin Danley Ed Rapuano Tim Tschida Marty Foster | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 2 – 6 | ||||||||||||
| Television | TBS | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Don Orsillo, Harold Reynolds and Marc Fein | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Gary Thorne and Chris Singleton | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Joe West C. B. Bucknor Ron Kulpa Jeff Kellogg Gary Darling Eric Cooper | ||||||||||||
The 2008 American League Division Series (ALDS), the first round of the 2008 American League playoffs, consisted of two best-of-five series to determine the two participants in the 2008 American League Championship Series. They were:
- (1) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Western Division champions, 100–62) vs. (4) Boston Red Sox (Wild Card qualifier, 95–67): Red Sox win series, 3–1.
- (2) Tampa Bay Rays (Eastern Division champions, 97–65) vs. (3) Chicago White Sox (Central Division champions, 89–74): Rays win series, 3–1.
Since the Twins and the White Sox completed the regular season with identical records (88–74), the two teams played against each other in a one-game playoff. The White Sox defeated the Twins, 1–0, and thus became the AL Central champions.
The Rays defeated the Red Sox in the ALCS, and went on to lose the 2008 World Series to the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies.