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Sheffield critical of Torre's managerial moves — New York Yankees slugger Gary Sheffield heard the news Sunday, and snickered, wondering if this was someone's idea of a cruel joke. — "I can't believe they're going to get rid of (Joe) Torre," Sheffield said of the Yankee manager …
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Mark Feinsand / Mark it Down:
ALDS Postmortem — kyakouboff@adelphia.net on ALDS Game 4 — Recently Updated Weblogs — Down the Left Field Line: Life, Baseball & Eric Byrnes — ALDS Postmortem — For the second year in a row, the Yankees' season ends with the Division Series.
Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Cards earn third straight trip to NLCS — Carpenter shakes off tough first inning to pitch Game 4 gem — ST. LOUIS — Chris Carpenter executed a brilliant turnaround from a rocky first inning to smooth sailing over the next six on Sunday night. But to his teammates, how he handled that shaky start was just as impressive.
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Padres-Cardinals Preview — The St. Louis Cardinals may have lost their chance to sweep the San Diego Padres , but they still have their ace available to try to finish the series. — Chris Carpenter looks to capture his second victory of this NLDS and pitch the Cardinals …
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Vinay Kumar / Hardball Times:
NLDS: Padres at Cardinals: The Tables are Turned (Finally) — For two games this week, the Cardinals roundly outplayed the Padres. This was on top of 3 similar playoff games last year. The Cards jumped off to early leads, and then out-pitched and out-fielded the Padres from there.
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Williams asked to keep Padres going — Veteran hoping to send series back to San Diego for final game — ST. LOUIS — Woody Williams knew all along he was penciled in as the Padres' Game 4 starter in the National League Division Series. It was simply a matter of getting to a Game 4 and writing his name in ink.
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Mets Win Bullpen Battle to Sweep Dodgers — In a Champagne-drenched clubhouse, a group of eight Mets players and coaches gathered for an impromptu photograph. They hugged. They swigged. And then they sang. — "Meet the Mets, meet the Mets," they crooned.
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Metstradamus / The Musings and Prophecies …:
Living For This — Hit it, kid... Hey Tommy Lasorda! Why are you hiding? So your Dodgers got knocked out of the playoffs. Big deal. — So you made a fool of yourself trying to wave on the Dodger crowd. Big deal. — What are you going to do Tommy, hide in the treehouse for the rest of the playoffs?
Lenn Robbins / New York Post:
JEREMY HAD TIPSTER — TIPSTER GAVE BONDERMAN YANKEE DOPE — Jeremy Bonderman wouldn't name names, but he confirmed what every Yankee fan know. The Bronx Bombers, baseball's $200 million team, have a lot of enemies in the baseball world. — Bonderman, who threw 81/3 innings of five-hit ball …
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Brian Borawski / Hardball Times:ALDS: Tigers vs. Yankees: The Kenny Rogers Show
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Steve Henson / Los Angeles Times:
Colletti Goes to Work in a Big Hurry — Dodgers general manager wants a power hitter, a starter for the front of the rotation and bullpen help. He will keep Little and the staff. — Moments after the Dodgers ducked into their clubhouse for the last time, the New York Mets celebrating …
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Martin B. Schmidt / New York Times:
Success in September Is Key to Winning in October — In 2000, the Yankees finished the season with an 87-74 record. Much of that record, however, was built when the Yankees posted a 75-56 record in their first 131 games. They finished by losing 18 of their last 30 games.
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Keith Woolner / Baseball Prospectus:
Completely Random Statistical Trivia — 2006 in Review — There's no theme to today's article. Just a random mishmash of hopefully interesting statistical tidbits for the past season, and revisiting some ideas from past columns: — Longest Plate Appearances of the Year
Cliff Floyd / Cliff Floyd's Playoff Blog:
I'll be all right ... I hope — Sharon on I'll be all right ... I hope — gibsonny5@aol.com on I'll be all right ... I hope — japz1@lycos.com on This 2-0 lead sure feels good — wrightnow@myway.com on Reflections on our Game 1 victory — wrightnow@myway.com on Preparing for the postseason
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Instincts, Not Statistics, Guide Randolph — Endy Chávez's two hits to spark the Mets' offense in Game 2 had little effect when Manager Willie Randolph filled out his lineup card Saturday. Randolph said he had a feeling "in his bones" that Shawn Green, who was benched in favor of Chávez, would contribute in Game 3.
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Injured pitcher comes clean — Beimel reveals he cut hand in a bar — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers have a runaway leader in the clubhouse for scapegoat if they lose this Division Series to the Mets, and it's not manager Grady Little. — It's lefthanded reliever Joe Beimel …
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Nats Talking With Girardi And Piniella — The Washington Nationals reportedly spoke with both Joe Girardi and Lou Piniella about their open managerial position late last week, though there was still evidence yesterday that the process is ongoing. — Girardi, the former manager of the Florida Marlins …
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Andrew Baggarly / Contra Costa Times:
Sabean has a Giant task ahead of him in offseason — With 11 free agents, the team has many needs to fill and decisions to make — Sizing up the monumental task he faces this winter, Giants general manager Brian Sabean said he must make the club younger and healthier while acquiring players who can make long-term contributions.
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