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Questions linger over substance on Rogers' hand — DETROIT — Kenny Rogers pitched eight scoreless innings Sunday, running his shutout streak this postseason to 23 innings, but that may be the least of the news about the 41-year-old left-hander coming out of Game 2 of the World Series.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Rogers' Game 2 gem marred by controversy — DETROIT - Questions, questions ... FOX Bite — Videos — Tigers even Series — What exactly was on Kenny Rogers' left hand? — Was Rogers discoloring and/or defacing balls? — Why didn't the Cardinals' Tony La Russa …
Dallas Morning News:
Rogers rewriting his story as Tigers even series — Former Ranger's scoreless streak, playoff success growing — DETROIT - He is perhaps the most self-deprecating pitcher in major league history. — Just ask him. — Kenny Rogers will tell you he's old. He's got nothing on his fastball.
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NY Daily News:
Ex-Yanks keeping Stot baffled — DETROIT - You have to wonder if Kenny Rogers could have done this without the Yankees, once his old team and then his longtime tormentors. — What if the Tigers hadn't been swept by the Royals on the final weekend of the season?
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Did winner have dirty little secret? — DETROIT — Kenny Rogers was dazzling again last night. But was he also cheating? — The 41-year-old lefthander continued his Joe Hardy-like October mastery at cold Comerica Park, blanking the St. Louis Cardinals on two hits over eight innings of a 3-1 World Series victory.
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Tom Singer / MLB.com:
Cameras get the dirt on Rogers' hand — Cards players watching TV in clubhouse alert La Russa — DETROIT — Dirtgate! — The 2006 World Series got smudged by controversy Sunday night. Kenny Rogers' dirty stuff became a little too literal for one inning.
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Rogers' dirty hand overshadows his Game 2 brilliance … DETROIT — Kenny Rogers threw eight shutout innings in a World Series game on Sunday night. — OK, now that we've got that little item out of the way, let's move on to the biggest Kenny Rogers story of the night: — Dirtgate.
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Cutoff Man
MLB.com:
These Tigers know how to rebound — The bounce-back kids brush off Game 1 loss to even Series — DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers have become the ultimate bounce-back team. By now, it is no accident. — What you need for this line of work is a pitcher who will keep you in the next …
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Cutoff Man
Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Detroit 3, St. Louis 1 — DETROIT (AP) — Now you see it. Now you don't. — Whatever was on Kenny Rogers' hand, even after he cleaned it off, the St. Louis Cardinals couldn't hit him. — Virtually untouchable this October, Rogers shut down the Cardinals on two hits over eight shutout innings …
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Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Players and owners reach tentative agreement on new labor contact — DETROIT (AP) — Following nearly a quarter century of labor wars, baseball players and owners will have 16 years of peace. — They set aside their long history of bitter negotiations to reach a tentative agreement …
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Cubs' fortunes went south — Hiring of Piniella, however, renews hope — Illinois senator and Chicagoan Barack Obama has written a book titled "The Audacity of Hope," which deals with far more important things than baseball, but the title could also be used to describe the future …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals willing to wait on new skipper — Team has interviewed several, but no one appears to lead — WASHINGTON — The Nationals have been looking for a manager since Sept. 28 when they told Frank Robinson that he would not be retained for the 2007 season, and the search may last awhile.
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Samson completes grueling Ironman — Marlins team president finishes event in under 16 hours — MIAMI — Resiliency, a trademark of the 2006 overachieving Florida Marlins, was a characteristic of team president David Samson on Saturday. — Reaching deep inside himself …
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Associated Press:
Actor de la Rosa, Pedro's tiny good luck charm, dies — SANTO DOMINGO — Nelson de la Rosa, the world's shortest actor and a ubiquitous good-luck charm for the Boston Red Sox during their victorious 2004 World Series run, died at a New York hospital on Sunday, his agent said.
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Games this late get cold reception — FROSTBITE FALLS, Mich. — It gets cold and windy in Detroit in October. Big surprise. — The Tigers and Cardinals went back to work at Comerica Park last night and it was 44 degrees Fahrenheit (windchill factor 33) when Kenny Rogers threw the first pitch …
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