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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Rogers' smudge leaves lots of issues — ST. LOUIS - Revise the script. Rewind to Sunday night, Game 2 of the World Series. — FOX cameras detect a brown splotch on the left hand of Tigers pitcher Kenny Rogers in the first inning. And Cardinals manager Tony La Russa goes nuts.
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Giants Win
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USA Today:
Cards say Rogers used pine tar, scuffed ball — ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals believe not only was Detroit Tigers pitcher Kenny Rogers doctoring the ball with pine tar Sunday in the World Series, he was scuffing baseballs. — "It was so blatant," Cardinals hitting coach Hal McRae told USA TODAY on Monday.
Jack Curry / New York Times:
In Perry's Book, a Brown Smudge Is Not a Black Mark — Gaylord Perry, that master of doctoring a baseball who was just as much a master of making batters think he was doctoring it, has no doubt about what Kenny Rogers smeared across the palm of his left hand in the World Series.
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Sports Scope
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
As La Russa talks, the smudge mark thickens … ST. LOUIS — Here's a little advice we'd like to pass along to all future World Series participants, in the wake of Kenny Rogers' dirt-clumping mishap Sunday: — If you're ever thinking about getting in the middle of a massive October controversy …
Lady Macbeth / Sports Illustrated: Catch him if you can — "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."
Boston Globe:
Francona's trip to Japan is off — Manager hospitalized with a foot infection — ST. LOUIS — The Red Sox sent out word last night that Terry Francona, who last week had agreed to replace Ken Macha as manager of a team of major leaguers going to Japan next month for a series of exhibitions, has withdrawn.
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The Joy of Sox
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Associated Press:
La Russa on Rogers: 'I don't believe it was dirt' — ST. LOUIS — Tony La Russa kept talking about Kenny Rogers, his words from the interview room booming all around Busch Stadium, courtesy of the PA system. One by one, the Detroit Tigers stopped their workout to listen.
Fox Sports:
La Russa's moves paying off for Cardinals — The St. Louis Cardinals were prohibitive underdogs coming into the 2006 World Series. — They'd won only 83 regular-season games, while the Detroit Tigers had won 95. They won a grueling, hotly contested NLCS in seven games …
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Robinson: Managers Should Balk When Pitchers Try to Get Slick — The hubbub surrounding what was or wasn't on Kenny Rogers's left hand as he shut out the St. Louis Cardinals over eight innings Sunday night might be unprecedented on such a stage — Game 2 of the World Series.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Top Candidate Withdraws — Citing Family, Girardi Won't Seek Nats' Job — Former Florida Marlins manager Joe Girardi, considered for weeks the favorite to become the next manager of the Washington Nationals, took his name out of consideration for the job yesterday, saying it was a decision based …
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Mike Berardino / Yahoo! Sports:Inside Dish: Cora highlights Nationals' coaching possibilities
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Bucs Dugout
Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
Monday Morning Ten Pack 10/23/06 — 1B Mike Carp, North Shore Honu (Hawaii Winter League, Mets) — Carp had a very good year in the High-A Florida State League, batting .287/.379/.450 for St. Lucie. Not eye-popping numbers, but after considering the league, scout appreciation for his size …
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FishStripes
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Four Mets undergo successful surgeries — Floyd, Hernandez set to be operated on Wednesday — NEW YORK — They turned into the Met-icals on Monday. Four days after their elimination from the postseason, the Mets began offseason repairs. — Four players underwent surgery …
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The Eddie Kranepool Society
Tim Brown / Los Angeles Times:
Labor deal to be unveiled — ST. LOUIS — Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Assn. intend to announce tonight that they have agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement that will run through 2011, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.
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Ed Eagle / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Will Bucs snag Teixeira? — Beat writer Ed Eagle answers Pirates fans' questions — Is there any truth to the rumor about the Bucs getting Mark Teixeira in a trade for Paul Maholm and Mike Gonzalez? This would add a lot of offense to the team, and we'd have a good fielding first baseman as well.
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Randolph Is Excited About the Progress the Mets Made — Healing has come in small doses for Willie Randolph. A shopping jaunt with his wife, Gretchen. An excursion to some farms in northern New Jersey. A day of watching football. — And the bottom of the fourth inning of Game 2 of the World Series.
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