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Chris Girandola / MLB.com:
Vintage Glavine shuts down Dodgers — Veteran stymies LA offense for six innings for Game 2 win — NEW YORK — Billy Wagner remembers growing up in Virginia and rooting for the Braves. — "It was all about Tom Glavine, Steve Avery and John Smoltz," Wagner recalled following Glavine's …
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John Nadel / Associated Press:
Garciaparra has torn quadriceps — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers first baseman Nomar Garciaparra has a tear in his left quadriceps and won't be in the lineup for Game 3 of their NL playoff series Saturday when Los Angeles tries to avoid getting swept by the New York Mets.
NY Daily News:
Pedro's surgery called success — Omar Minaya labeled Pedro Martinez's surgery yesterday to repair a torn rotator cuff a success. The GM predicted the Mets' ace would be ready to return to the rotation during the second half of the 2007 season. — "Everything went well," Minaya said.
David Lennon / Newsday:
Mets go up 2-0 on L.A. — The veteran Tom Glavine was in command on the mound in the Mets' 4-1 win. — With a week left in the regular season, the Mets positioned Tom Glavine as their No. 2 starter for the Division Series. But after injuries suffered by Pedro Martinez and Orlando Hernandez …
Tim Brown / Los Angeles Times:
Beimel Cut Hand in a Bar, Not Hotel — NEW YORK — Dodgers left-hander Joe Beimel said Thursday he was in a New York bar early Tuesday morning when he cut his pitching hand on a broken glass and not in his hotel room, as he had told team officials. — "I realize nothing good happens …
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Associated Press:
Glavine stellar as Mets shine — NEW YORK (AP) - Thanks to a stellar performance by steady Tom Glavine, the otherwise pitching-depleted New York Mets are on the cusp of a first-round sweep. — Making his 33rd postseason start - but first since joining the Mets in 2003 …
Associated Press:
Former Negro Leaguer O'Neil dies — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Buck O'Neil, baseball's charismatic Negro Leagues ambassador who barnstormed with Satchel Paige and inexplicably fell one vote shy of the Hall of Fame, died Friday night. He was 94. — Bob Kendrick, marketing director …
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Sam Mellinger / Kansas City Star:
Buck O'Neil dies VIDEO — Beloved Negro Leagues icon and Kansas City legend Buck O'Neil died Friday night. O'Neil was 94. — He spent his life playing, coaching and finally promoting baseball. He was a batting champion, a three-time All-Star, and a wildly successful manager …
Sam Borden / NY Daily News:
Yankees face gloom, doom — Torre's warning: End is near — DETROIT - Joe Torre broke the sullen silence of a deflated clubhouse last night when he stepped in front of the Yankees and held what he could only hope would not be his final meeting of the season. — Torre was not angry.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Suppan wants bubbly bath — When the cornerstones of the Cardinals' pitching staff began their champagne-popping run of three consecutive division titles, righthander Jeff Suppan displayed a knack for handling the bubbly. — He packed goggles. — Suppan had seen a few celebrations …
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Greg Beacham / Associated Press:
"Mr. Clutch" comes through again for A's — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Although Marco Scutaro is far from famous outside the Coliseum, the fans inside were screaming his name when the Oakland Athletics wrapped up their first playoff series victory in 16 years.
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Former Reds exec Wagner passes — Big Red Machine architect served as GM and club president — CINCINNATI — Former Reds executive Dick Wagner, who played a part in the building and dismantling of the championship "Big Red Machine" clubs, died at the age of 78.
Murray Chass / New York Times:
'These Guys' Are Nearly as Good as Those Guys — Although they didn't demonstrate it yesterday in their 4-3 loss to Detroit, the Yankees have an awesome offense. Bobby Cox, the venerable Atlanta manager, who does not engage in hyperbole, has called the Yankees' lineup the best in baseball history.
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Sports Illustrated:
Walk this way — Ever-patient Boggs looks back on birth of a dynasty … SI.com: In Sports Illustrated's 1986 Baseball Preview Issue, you sat down for a lengthy chat with Don Mattingly and Ted Williams. Do you have any memories of the conversation you had that day? — Wade Boggs: Every bit of it.
