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1:55 PM ET, October 12, 2006

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Scott Miller / CBS SportsLine.com:
Gomez goes from waiver-wire fodder to Game 2 star  —  OAKLAND — Detroit manager Jim Leyland gave the news to general manager Dave Dombrowski early Wednesday.  Hey, the old skipper said, I'm going to play the kid, Alexis Gomez, tonight.  —  Uh, that's A-L-E-X-I-S. ...
Discussion: Royals Review
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USA Today:
Notes: Zumaya nursing sore wrist  —  OAKLAND — Detroit Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya, considered a key to their bullpen, said Wednesday that he's worried about his availability for the rest of the American League Championship Series.  —  Zumaya was unable to pitch in Game 2, bothered by soreness in his right wrist.
Discussion: Tiger Tales and Cutoff Man
Josh Suchon / Contra Costa Times:
A's suffer another big hurt Thomas fails to deliver; Detroit leads series 2-0  —  OAKLAND - As he walked out of the interview room before Wednesday's game, A's manager Ken Macha walked past A's killer Placido Polanco and told him, "Take a vacation or something, will ya?"
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Mets' Pitching Situation Complicated by Rainout  —  The Mets' great adventure through the playoffs must wait another day.  Game 1 of their National League Championship Series against St. Louis last night was postponed because of rain, setting up five consecutive games and complicating the Mets' already shaky pitching situation.
mlb.mlb.com:
Lidle's tragic death hurts deeply  —  Game takes back seat for writer after his friend is killed  —  OAKLAND — Objective?  Detached?  Professional?  —  How?  —  Why?  —  Can't do it.  —  I lost a friend on Wednesday when former A's pitcher Cory Lidle died in a plane crash in Manhattan.
Sal Baxamusa / Hardball Times:
ALCS: Tigers vs. A's: Tigers Take Control
Discussion: Catfish Stew
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Verlander, bottom three defeat A's
Discussion: 6-4-2
New York Times:
Japanese Pitcher Will Be on the Market
Alan Schwarz / ESPN:
Recalling a now eerie conversation  —  You read about these things, you watch some hair-netted nitwit peer into Geraldo's camera and declare, "By golly, I was gonna go in that car with him" ... and you roll your eyes, numb to the tale's banality.  Someone was always gonna go in that car with him.
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Marcus Hayes / Philly.com:
No fear of flying: A close look at Lidle  —  NEW YORK - Maybe I should have just gone back to the hotel.  —  The street vendor who sold me a knockoff Burberry scarf marveled at the chopper that crashed into the building on the Upper East Side.  He raised his gray portable radio up to his ear …
MSNBC:
Two dead; no evidence of terrorism, officials say  —  From first impact to first responders, view images from the small plane crash in New York City.  —  NEW YORK - A small plane with New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle aboard crashed into a 50-story condominium tower Wednesday …
Bronx Banter:
A Sad Night in New York
Discussion: Batgirl
ESPN:
Lidle dies as plane crashes into Manhattan high-rise
Greg / Faith and Fear in Flushing:
Great Pitching, Man
NY Daily News:
Guilt & regret, but Dog barks on  —  Monday, it was business as usual for Mike Francesa and Chris (Mad Dog) Russo.  While rehashing the Yankees' Detroit debacle, they descended on Cory Lidle and pounded him.  —  Pounded him pretty hard.  —  Still, longtime listeners have heard worse crunch jobs from the boys.
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
It became a tragic sports story  —  NEW YORK — For a few hours, it was an international story, striking fear into the hearts of Americans and reminding us of our worst day since Pearl Harbor, that blue-sky Tuesday five years ago when the towers fell and changed us forever.
Discussion: Dan Shaughnessy Watch
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
La Russa may alter rotation
Mark Feinsand / MLB.com:
Yankees try to comprehend tragic news
Discussion: Yankees Chick
Sports Illustrated:
Q&A: Gary Cohen  —  Longtime Mets broadcaster previews NLCS matchup  —  Gary Cohen was the radio voice of the Mets for 17 years before joining SNY's Cable TV broadcast booth this season.  —  SI.com: This is the first time since 1988 that the Mets have made it deeper into the postseason than the Yankees.
Discussion: Bronx Banter
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David Lennon / Newsday:
Strawberry: Mets can win back NYC  —  The last time Darryl Strawberry appeared in the playoffs, it was across town, wearing the pinstriped uniform for the Yankees.  And even though he was supposed to throw out the ceremonial first pitch for last night's Game 1 of the National League Championship Series …
Julian Garcia / NY Daily News:
Mets are stirring to Straw
Discussion: Hot Foot and Metsblog.com
Clark Spencer / Miami Herald:
Marlins allowed to grow facial hair under Gonzalez, but can they?  —  Under Fredi Gonzalez, the Marlins are allowed to grow facial hair — but can they?  —  cspencer@MiamiHerald.com  —  Old manager Joe Girardi prohibited it.  New manager Fredi Gonzalez is permitting it.
Discussion: FishStripes
Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
St. Louis shunning Marquis matchup  —  The Cardinals left 14-game winner - or perhaps more significantly, 16-game loser - Jason Marquis off their 25-man roster yesterday, figuring to replace the Staten Island product as their Game 4 starter in the NLCS with rookie Anthony Reyes.
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Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:
Game 1 of NLCS postponed by rain
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Pedro already feeling better  —  Ace: I'll be back, improved in '07  —  A giddy Pedro Martinez, his right shoulder still in a sling, predicted yesterday that he would return to the Mets during the second half of the 2007 season.  He also predicted he would return a stronger pitcher.
Discussion: the metropolitans and Hot Foot
Marc Lancaster / Cincinnati Post:
Reds' ax falls on Chambliss  —  Hitting coach told he won't be back  —  As Chris Chambliss drove down I-75 last week from Cincinnati to his home near Atlanta, he had every reason to believe he would be back as the Reds' hitting coach in 2007.  —  Then, his cell phone rang.
Discussion: Red Reporter
 
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