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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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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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Associated Press:
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?
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Pena shows interest in Nats job — Piniella and Pendleton also candidates to be next skipper — WASHINGTON — A day after watching his team get eliminated by the Tigers in the American League Division Series, Yankees first-base coach Tony Pena said by telephone on Sunday that he is interested in managing the Nationals.
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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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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Tigers rout Yankees to reach ALCS — Perfect into sixth, Bonderman secures matchup with Oakland — DETROIT — The Tigers proved again that good pitching will beat good hitting. But by the time they were done with the Yankees, they were better at just about everything.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' Daniels races into off-season — Manager, free agents, scouting will keep GM busy — This is how Jon Daniels' first week of the off-season unfolded: — Fired the manager Wednesday, attended a memorial service for a close friend Thursday, prepared for his wife's birthday Friday.
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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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Brian Borawski / Hardball Times:
ALDS: Tigers vs. Yankees: The Kenny Rogers Show — Kenny Rogers hasn't had much luck against the New York Yankees. In 97.2 innings, Rogers has a 6.45 ERA and a 1.88 WHIP. His postseason record is equally unimpressive. In 20.1 post season innings prior to today, Rogers had an 8.85 ERA and a 2.36 WHIP.
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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.
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 …
