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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Smoke and fire — Leyland has lit up Detroit by leading Tigers back to the top — DETROIT — There's no computer on his desk. Jim Leyland doesn't spend a lot of time looking at spreadsheets and percentages. He is not a numbers cruncher and he probably wouldn't last long in a room with Bill James, Billy Beane, and Theo Epstein.
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Jim Molony / MLB.com:
Casey returns to lineup for Game 1 — Tigers expect to play veteran at first base for Tuesday's Game 3 — DETROIT — Sean Casey was back in the lineup at designated hitter for Game 1 of the World Series on Saturday night, marking the first time he had been in the lineup since leaving …
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Kevin Hench / Fox Sports:
Why the Cards will win the World Series — Yes, it's true the National League has not won a single World Series game in three years. — And, yes, it's also true that the Senior Circuit's representative in this year's World Series barely won half its games during the regular season.
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Rocky Mountain News:
Krieger: No quit in Tigers, but Leyland? — DETROIT - I am sorry to report I will not be reporting the most popular story going into the World Series. — No worries, though, you can find it pretty much everywhere else. — In fact, you may have already.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Reyes' start tonight will be part of a first — DETROIT — A few innings into the first postseason start of his career, Cardinals pitcher Anthony Reyes had to make a shift because he may have been tipping his pitches. The Cardinals feel sure enough that the tick was fixed in a side session …
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Ho-hum, Tigers should breeze — Are we all ready for the Fall Classic? Woo-hoo! I'll lead the way! — Um, folks? You coming? — What, you haven't seen those Tommy Lasorda commercials? Just because the Mets and Yankees are done, that's no reason to stop watching baseball! To the TV!
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Chicago Tribune:
Who has the World Series edge? — Tribune baseball reporter Mark Gonzales breaks down the World Series. — STARTING PITCHING — Detroit will benefit from the six-day break after each of its starters worked at least 186 innings in the regular season. Tigers have good lefty-righty balance …
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Tigers' Series roster unchanged — Casey's improving health reduces need for Shelton — DETROIT — The Tigers left their postseason roster unchanged for the World Series, ending speculation that they could add 21-year-old Andrew Miller to the bullpen or Chris Shelton to the bench.
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Reyes ready to go in Series opener — Righty faces fellow first-year pitcher Verlander in Game 1 — DETROIT — Anthony Reyes couldn't beat out Sidney Ponson in Spring Training, but the Cardinals are hoping he can beat the Tigers in Game 1 of the World Series.
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Jan Hubbard / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Mets coach delivers his best pitch — The 10 hours preceding one of the most important meetings in his life were not nice to Manny Acta, who spent six hours Friday interviewing for a chance to become the Rangers' next manager. — The nightmare before the audition began at about 11:30 p.m. …
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
The Boras Bunch: Tigers Built a Winner on More Than a Hunch — A seed for the 2006 World Series was planted 30 years ago, at third base, in the Florida State League. Jim Leyland was a minor league manager and third-base coach in the Detroit Tigers' organization.
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Position is filled — Magadan named Sox hitting coach — Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein said he invited new hitting coach Dave Magadan to join the organization in September during a meeting in the Tampa area while the Sox were playing the Devil Rays.
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Molina has a ball — NEW YORK - To tell the story of the 2006 National League Championship Series is to tell the story of the ball that won it for the St. Louis Cardinals, how it just kept flying through a driving rain, blown by the wind and carried by fate.
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Marc Jimenez / MLB.com:
Sox prospects honing skills in AFL — Russell bounces back; Malone notches solid second start — Right-hander Adam Russell was roughed up for four runs on three hits and two walks while retiring only two batters in the Scorpions' 11-8 victory over Phoenix on Oct 13.
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Ramirez agent dials it up — Claims 7-10 teams interested in 3rd baseman if Cubs don't renegotiate — The Ram-O-Meter is ticking down in Chicago, leaving the Cubs with the possibility of losing one of the team's biggest stars. — If Aramis Ramirez chooses to exercise a clause in his contract …
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Eric Adelson / ESPN:
Tigers helping Comerica Park establish its own identity … DETROIT — Tiger Stadium did only one thing: baseball. Its right-field upper deck loomed out there like a teenager's overbite, making the weakest lefty hitter a threat. Its flag pole sat inside the center-field fence, making every deep fly ball an adventure.
