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Neyer: Oliver Perez is the worst Game 7 starter ever — After reviewing the data, Rob Neyer came to this inescapable conclusion: Oliver Perez is almost certainly the worst pitcher who's ever started a Game 7. — Oliver Perez, huh? — One can hardly blame Willie Randolph.
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The Assimilated Negro / The Mets Are Better Than Sex:
God To Oliver Perez: Do You Want To Be A Star??? — WHO KNEW??? — We're going to hear it a million times between now and whenever Game 7 of the NLCS is done, but that's because it must be said: Can you believe Oliver Perez is the Mets starter for arguably the two most important games in this series?
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The Birdwatch
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:Call to Perez the playoffs' worst-case scenario
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Baseball Musings
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Williams concerned about Uribe's safety — White Sox GM seeks assistance from MLB — While Juan Uribe maintains he's a potential extortion victim, White Sox general manager Ken Williams is seeking measures to ensure his shortstop's safety. — Williams said Wednesday he suggested to Kevin Hallinan …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
MLB officer, Uribe to meet on security — General manager Ken Williams experienced difficulty Thursday reaching embattled White Sox shortstop Juan Uribe, but Williams got his message across to Major League Baseball. — Uribe was scheduled to meet with an officer from MLB's security department in Uribe's native Dominican Republic.
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Ramirez still waits — Slugger, Cubs have yet to OK extension — General manager Jim Hendry said at the end of the season he would try to "move expediently in the next couple of weeks" on getting Aramis Ramirez's contract reworked. — But 18 days have passed and no deal appears imminent.
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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Perez comes up big, but bats fall short — Lefty turns in stellar outing, but quiet offense means downfall — NEW YORK — Omar Minaya thought it was a triple. Game tied, the Mets' architect thought. Shea Stadium going crazy, 1986 style. — Jose Reyes thought so too, and he was the guy who hit it.
Ben Walker / Associated Press:
Poll: Half of baseball fans hope Bonds falls short of Aaron's record — Half of baseball fans are rooting against Barry Bonds in his bid to break Hank Aaron's career home run record. That said, it's getting tough to find anyone rooting for the sport at all these days.
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Brooklyn Met Fan:
USS Maine Impenetrable & Leads Mets to Game 7!!! — Johnny Maine bent but he flat out refused to break in the biggest game of his life! Johnny M shut the Cardinals out into the 6th limiting them to merely 2 hits. The kid faced his biggest test immediately as he found himself in a top off the first bases loaded jam.
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
For McCarver and Buck, More Chatter — If you're a public person long enough in sports or politics, someone will dislike you and may start a Web site to advance that belief. Tim McCarver is the star of at least two sites that make clear their feeling for him.
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Constructing the Tigers required patience, risk, luck … DETROIT — The Mayo Smith Society, the Detroit Tigers' No. 1 fan club, consists of about 800 Tiger-maniacs who can cite you chapter and verse on the life and times of Ray Oyler and Don Wert. — The group's membership includes Tigers …
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Cutoff Man
Murray Chass / New York Times:
New Labor Contract May Be Ready This Weekend — Negotiators for Major League Baseball and the players union, who have been meeting daily, are closing in on an agreement on a new labor contract and hope to have it finished by this weekend, a person with knowledge of the talks said yesterday.
Patrick Walters / ABCNEWS:
Coffins to Bear Logos of Baseball Teams — Baseball Fans Will Be Able to Rest in Peace in Caskets Marked With Favorite Team's Logo — Baseball fanatics won't have to leave behind their beloved teams when they finally go to that big stadium in the sky. Instead, they'll soon be able to rest …
Christina Kahrl / New York Sun:
Tigers Offer a Lesson In Roster Management — Who are these guys? It might seem to be a strange question to ask of a team that's in the World Series, but many fans can be forgiven if they look at the Tigers, collectively scratch their heads, and have trouble trying to sort out Ramon Santiago …
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Mack Avenue Tigers
Deadspin:
A Cards Fan And A Mets Fan Discuss Game 7 — You've followed your team every day for six, nearly seven months. You've sweated one-run games in May, stayed up until 2 a.m. for the 14-inning marathon in July, cursed rainouts in August and finally felt some release come September and October.
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Faith and Fear in Flushing
