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Murray Chass / New York Times:
Shadow From a Miserable Night Still Hangs Over Trachsel — From anguish to elation, from disgust to delight, from Steve Trachsel to Oliver Pérez. — The Mets are tied with the St. Louis Cardinals at two games each in the National League Championship Series because Pérez unexpectedly …
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Cards' bullpen suffers meltdown in 12-5 loss to Mets
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Viva El Birdos
Contra Costa Times:
More of same is not a bad thing — The A's weren't even an hour into their offseason Saturday night when general manager Billy Beane was cornered outside the locker room for a quick state-of-the-what comes next address. — Barry Zito's hair still hadn't dried from his postgame shower.
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Contra Costa Times:
Street improvement on closer's list — He says he'll work on his entire repertoire during the offseason — Notebook — OAKLAND — Huston Street's season included 37 saves and several memorable moments. — It also included 11 blown saves and some tense times for A's fans even when he did manage to nail down the victory.
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:A'S AFTER THE ALCS: Speculation on Macha's Future Manager out the door?
Joe Stiglich / Mercury News:A's will face familiar task with the roster in off-season
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6-4-2
Benjamin Hoffman / New York Times:
Beyond the Tumult, Rodriguez Is a Key Contributor — In the wake of the Yankees' failure to win the American League division series against Detroit — topping a six-year streak without a World Series title — no player has felt the fans' ire more than Alex Rodriguez.
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Jan Hubbard / TwinCities.com:
Tigers show how it's done — Key ingredients: money management, good health, a smart GM and a new manager — DETROIT — If any would-be World Series contenders are looking for a franchise role model, there are none better than the Detroit Tigers, who are a testament to good management — and a good manager.
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Baseball Musings
Ben Walker / Associated Press:Detroit 6, Oakland 3 — DETROIT (AP) — All those people …
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Blogging Baseball
Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Tuesday is Lou's day: Announcement near — Cubs ready to introduce Piniella as manager — Negotiations between the Cubs and their top managerial candidate advanced so quickly Sunday, the team expects to complete talks today and introduce Lou Piniella as their new manager by Tuesday, according to team and industry sources.
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:With Piniella, Cubs Close, Girardi Emerges as Nats' Front-Runner
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
El Duque wants to take on the World — ST. LOUIS - Orlando Hernandez predicted he would be ready for the World Series. That is, of course, if the Mets advance. — El Duque threw a 50-pitch bullpen session yesterday, his first activity on a mound since tearing his right-calf muscle …
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Belliard runs into rally Endy — ST. LOUIS - Buried behind the flurry of Met homers, David Wright's emergence from an October slump and Oliver Perez's pitching performance last night was a small, but vital, play that happened long before Game 4 became all about slugging.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Ex-Ranger added to list of managerial candidates — Russell, four others set to begin interview process — The Rangers will begin the interviewing process for their managerial vacancy this week. The pool of candidates has grown to five. — Former Ranger John Russell …
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Russell added to list of candidates — Former Rangers catcher played for the club from 1990-93 — ARLINGTON — Former Rangers catcher John Russell has been added to the list of candidates to replace Buck Showalter as manager. — Russell was the 2006 International League Manager of the Year …
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
With whom will Barry bond? — Prospects for 2007 may be problematic — Played a name-association game with a National League scout last week. — ``Barry Bonds. Answer: ``Advil. That's where you start. Any team thinking about signing Bonds for what should be the historic season …
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Chris Constancio / Hardball Times:
Hughes, Bailey, and Gallardo — In another ten years, we might look back on the 2006 season as the season when a new generation of exciting young pitchers made their major league debut. Today, I would like to take a closer look at three young pitchers who are still in the minor leagues.
Boston Globe:
Lyons fired by Fox — Hispanic remarks called insensitive — Former Red Sox utilityman Steve Lyons was fired by Fox after he made what the network deemed insensitive racial remarks Friday during the telecast of Game 3 of the ALCS. — Lyons directed the remarks at Lou Piniella …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Planning ahead for 2007 — Reporter Bill Ladson answers Nationals fans' questions … What is the deal with Alfonso Soriano? The Nationals need him. Why is it taking so long to sign him? I believe that his agent should realize he has found a home where the fans love him.
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Oleanders and Morning Glories
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Hope rests with Glavine — ST. LOUIS - If Albert Pujols didn't think Tom Glavine pitched well in Game 1, "then I hope I do something (tonight) to really impress him," Glavine said. — "That would be a good thing." — Duplicating that effort - seven scoreless innings …
