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Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:
Cardinals 5, Mets 0 — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jeff Suppan just about did it all for St. Louis, hitting a rare home run and pitching a tidy masterpiece that gave the Cardinals control in the NL championship series against the suddenly staggering New York Mets. — Scott Spiezio hit another key triple …
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Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Trachsel awful and injured as Mets start to run short on starters — ST. LOUIS (AP) — First, Steve Trachsel was awful. Then, he got hurt. — Now it's up to Oliver Perez — yes, Oliver Perez — to keep the New York Mets in the NL championship series. — Trachsel lasted just three outs …
Fox Sports:
Game 2 win gives Cards a fighting chance — In many senses, Friday night's encounter was a must-win for the St. Louis Cardinals, and that's exactly what they did. — FOX Bite — Videos — So clutch for Cards — Still, if you'd been told that Cards ace Chris Carpenter would blow up on this night …
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Jim Molony / MLB.com:
All-around game lands Polanco MVP — Strong defense complements .529 ALCS average to seal honor — DETROIT — He's listed in the media guide as 5-foot-10, a measurement that is probably a bit generous when it comes to Placido Polanco's actual height. — No one, however …
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Ordonez sends Tigers to sweep, Series — Walk-off homer lifts Detroit to first Fall Classic since 1984 — DETROIT — The Detroit renaissance is just about complete. — The team that sat at the historic bottom of the American League three years ago with an AL-record 119 losses has scratched, clawed, and pitched its way to the top.
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Larry Lage / Associated Press:Monroe's bat helps Tigers take 3-0 lead in ALCS
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Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Bochy person of interest, but no longer Cubs' focus — Towers admits others courting Pads manager — NEW YORK - Padres General Manager Kevin Towers said he and CEO Sandy Alderson told manager Bruce Bochy on Wednesday that other clubs have interest in hiring Bochy and that Bochy is free to talk to them.
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Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs' man looks like Lou — DETROIT — On the day he cut Dusty Baker loose as the Cubs' manager, Jim Hendry issued a simple mission statement. — ''All I will promise you is it will be a very extensive search,'' the Cubs' general manager said on Oct. 2. ''I know how important …
Scott Miller / CBS SportsLine.com:Managerial cake walk: Piniella to Cubs? Girardi to Nats?
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Associated Press:
Fox fires Lyons for racially insensitive comment — DETROIT — Fox baseball broadcaster Steve Lyons has been fired for making a racially insensitive comment directed at colleague Lou Piniella's Hispanic heritage on the air during Game 3 of the American League championship series.
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Amy K. Nelson / ESPN:
La Russa rips media for report of Pujols ripping Glavine … After going -for-3 in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday night, Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols told the media that Mets starter Tom Glavine "wasn't that good," despite the 40-year-old left-hander …
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Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Raines out as Sox coach — Leading the White Sox to their first World Series title in 88 years last season also brought manager Ozzie Guillen more responsibility. — Back in spring training, general manager Ken Williams handed the future decisions of the coaching staff to Guillen …
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Cincinnati Post:
To trade or not to trade — Dunn, that is — Adam Dunn arrived in Cincinnati on a meteor. At the age of 21, he had started the 2001 season in Chattanooga and burned a hole in the Southern League, shot over to Louisville and rocked the International League - between the two, he batted .334 …
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Jim Reeves / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Timing appears right for Hillman, Rangers — Maybe it's my sense of justice, or a feeling that I'd just like to know what would have happened, if... If the Rangers' sense of timing had been a little better back in October of 2002. If Trey Hillman hadn't signed that contract to manage …
