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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
La Russa Must Play by a Rule He Abhors — Tony La Russa managed more than 2,500 games in the American League before taking over the St. Louis Cardinals in 1996. Playing in an A.L. park for Game 1 of the World Series on Saturday, La Russa had to adhere to a rule that he wishes would vanish.
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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 …
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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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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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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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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 …
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.
Brian / TigerBlog:
World Series Predictions — It seems like the Tigers have just about everything going in their favor heading into the 2006 World Series. They've gotten a week of rest while the Cardinals have been fighting for their lives in a tough NLCS. The Tigers handled the Cardinals pretty easily …
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Cards lineup features Duncan, Taguchi — Switch-hitting Spiezio left on bench for Game 1 of World Series — DETROIT — Chris Duncan was in the St. Louis Cardinals lineup as the designated hitter with So Taguchi in left field for Game 1 of the 2006 World Series on Saturday night.
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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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
MLB set to announce new labor deal — Any fear that Major League Baseball could go through another embarrassing labor dispute will be extinguished very soon. — FOX Bite — Videos — Rosenthal on MLB labor deal — FOXSports.com has learned that a new labor deal that will be for five years …
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Glavine ponders uncertain future — His contract expired, lefty considers New York and Atlanta — NEW YORK — Tom Glavine hoisted a duffel bag over his left shoulder on Friday in the Mets clubhouse, wincing. — "Ooh," Glavine joked. "That might put me on the DL."
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.
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.
