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Bernie Miklasz / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Don Tony's Cards resist mob mentality — NEW YORK — Apparently the NLCS is over, even before it begins. Here is the itinerary that's been planned for the Cardinals: Take the 7 Train to Shea Stadium, then get run over and flattened by the Mets Express. Just go home, and save yourself some trouble.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Rivalry is rich in memories
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The Eddie Kranepool Society
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Underdog Cardinals are ready to take on the Big Apple
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Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Reyes on, Marquis off NLCS roster — Rookie likely to start Game 4 at Busch Stadium — NEW YORK — The Cardinals made just one change to their roster from the Division Series to this week's National League Championship Series, but it was a significant one.
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Tim Marchman / New York Sun:
Expect the Mets To Win the Pennant — While you might not have been able to tell by reading the papers the last few days, the best baseball team in New York is still playing, and they're going to win the pennant. — It was clear from the first days of his tenure with the Mets that Willie Randolph …
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Always Amazin'
Lee Jenkins / New York Times:
Reyes vs. Molina: A Game Within Games — If the National League Championship Series is reduced to a 90-foot race, the Mets should win by five-hundredths of a second. — This is the amount of time that José Reyes is working with when he tries to steal second base against Yadier Molina.
New York Times:
Yankee Dies in Plane Crash, Official Says — Corey Lidle, a pitcher for the New York Yankees, was killed today when a plane crashed into a residential high-rise building on New York City's Upper East Side, igniting several apartments before pieces of the aircraft crashed to the ground …
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ESPN:
Lidle dies as plane crashes into Manhattan high-rise — NEW YORK — A small plane piloted by New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed into a 50-story condominium tower Wednesday on Manhattan's Upper East Side, killing at least four people, authorities said. — Lidle died in the crash.
CNN:
Airplane crashes into Manhattan high-rise … NEW YORK (CNN) — A small airplane crashed into a 50-story residential building on Manhattan's East Side on Wednesday, killing at least two people, the New York City Fire Department and New York City Police Department said.
Jay Jaffe / Baseball Prospectus:
Playoff Prospectus — NLCS Preview — The beginning of the postseason marked a chance for Willie Randolph's Mets to consummate something the baseball world had anticipated for at least four months, the chance to show that their regular-season dominance was no fluke.
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Associated Press:
Cashman: Yankees not looking to trade A-Rod — NEW YORK — Joe Torre will be back with the New York Yankees and it looks as though A-Rod will be, too. — General manager Brian Cashman said the team had no intention of trading Alex Rodriguez, who failed to drive in a run in the playoffs …
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Jim Caple / ESPN:
Tigers get big boost from little-known Inge … OAKLAND, Calif. — Some things in baseball, like organ music and Jim Palmer's hair, are constants. Consider the No. 9 hitter, who is always: — A) The nose-picking kid you pick last on the sandlot and stick in right field and when he bats …
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Cutoff Man
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Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Piniella likes 'challenge' of Cubs job — North Siders top his list; Rangers, Giants interested — OAKLAND, Calif. — If the Cubs want veteran manager Lou Piniella, the feeling appears to be mutual — especially with the New York Yankees no longer an option for 2007.
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Providence Journal:
Red Sox Notebook: Arroyo's strategizing his return to the Red Sox — Bronson Arroyo may be in Cincinnati, but his heart is still in Boston. — In fact, he may already be planning his return. — "I still miss playing in that uniform, especially when I turn on the TV and they are 10 games …
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Josh Levin / Slate:
In Search of Clutch Pitching — IS TOM GLAVINE THE BEST IN BASEBALL WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN? — The baseball playoffs can drive even the most sensible minds to hyperbole. When you hear in the next few weeks that Albert Pujols is the best right-handed hitter ever, or that Jose Reyes …
