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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Reyes Rules: Mowdown in Motown — DETROIT — Until Saturday night at Comerica Park, Anthony Reyes was mostly known as Mark Prior's college teammate, the Cardinals' rookie fifth starter, the guy with the flat hat who might turn into a pumpkin after the sixth inning.
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Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:
St. Louis 7, Detroit 2 — Postgame: Tony La Russa Anthony Reyes — Postgame: Pujols & Rolen Tigers' Jim Leyland — DETROIT (AP) — Rest can be overrated. — The St. Louis Cardinals managed just fine in Game 1 of the World Series without much.
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
So much for being a juggernaut … DETROIT — One bad game won't make World Series tickets readily available in this city, or prompt Tigers fans to ask for refunds on their Curtis Granderson and Placido Polanco jerseys, or alter the mood to the extent that Anita Baker can expect to be booed …
Sports Illustrated:
Rust belt blues — Extra rest fails to help Tigers; Magglio's big mistake — The Tigers came into tonight's game with a full six days of inactivity against the Cardinals' one. That five-day differential is the largest ever in a World Series. But three teams had four more off-days …
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Reyes' start tonight will be part of a first
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Tim Brown / Los Angeles Times:
Jones: 'No love lost here' for Weaver — DETROIT — Jeff Weaver returns to Detroit, where he pitched most of four seasons before being traded to the New York Yankees, then the Dodgers, and, well, it goes on from there. — In need of pitching, the St. Louis Cardinals gave up a marginal prospect to get him from the Angels.
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Mercury News:
Tigers' Jones bashes ex-teammate — Detroit closer Todd Jones didn't roll out the red carpet for former Tigers teammate Jeff Weaver, who will start Game 2 of the World Series for St. Louis. — ``I'm not a big advocate of his and I wasn't a big advocate of his when he was here …
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Weaver Wants Different Windup to This Series — Jeff Weaver, who will start Game 2 Sunday night, entered this year with a 9.72 career E.R.A. in the postseason. He has a 2.16 mark this postseason. — Three months ago, on the first night of the rest of his career, Jeff Weaver went to dinner …
Enrique Rojas / ESPN:
Acta 'optimistic' after interviewing for Rangers' job … NEW YORK — New York Mets third-base coach Manny Acta was impressed with the management of the Texas Rangers and left his Friday interview with the team optimistic about his chances of becoming the next Hispanic manager in the major leagues.
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John Shea / San Francisco Chronicle:
'Hurt' by players' comments, Macha tells his side of story — (10-22) 04:00 PDT Detroit — Former A's manager Ken Macha, saying critical comments by some of his players "really hurt," gave his side of the story for the first time since his Monday firing. — "The reason I was fired," …
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
In Detroit, 1968 season forever special — DETROIT — Autumn, 1968. Too many things happening at once. It scrambled your brain. — The Summer Olympics were in October because they were held in Mexico City, and America reeled when a couple of our black sprinters raised gloved fists on the victory podium.
Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
Postseason Insider, Oct. 21 — DETROIT - For once, common sense has prevailed in baseball's labor negotiations. — An agreement on a new deal is expected to be finalized before the end of the World Series, two months before the current deal expires. It will be the first time ever …
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Four play — What Mets must do to get World serious — Omar Minaya appreciated the performance of the 2006 Mets, but only to a point. — "For me, a successful season is winning the World Series," the GM said. "Anything that's not winning the World Series, for me, is not what I consider a successful season.
NY Daily News:
Piniella aims for Trammell — DETROIT - Former Tigers great Alan Trammell, whose unfortunate post-playing career legacy is that AL record 119-loss season as Detroit manager in 2003, will make his first appearance at Comerica Park tonight since being fired at the end of the '05 season …
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Ken Belson / New York Times:
Oh Yeah, There's a Ballgame, Too — The Chop House, one of several restaurants and other attractions at Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves. These kinds of amenities are becoming important revenue producers at many stadiums. — Atlanta — DINERS in the members-only 755 Club …
