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Bill Plaschke / Los Angeles Times:
Zumaya is his own worst critic — ST. LOUIS — We forget. We see their loopy smiles and awkward fist pumps and awestruck embraces and we forget. — Not every rookie can step onto a World Series stage for the first time and own it. — Sometimes the throat dries and the lines disappear and the fear consumes.
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Cutoff Man
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Mike Freeman / CBS SportsLine.com:
Leyland's next move may define Series — ST. LOUIS — In the fourth inning of a World Series game that quickly got out of hand for Detroit — and could be the explosive trigger for this championship thoroughly blowing up in the faces of the hapless Tigers — there was a St. Louis Cardinals fan …
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Cutoff Man
Jim Molony / MLB.com:
Polanco trying to find his groove — ALCS MVP hitless against his former squad in Fall Classic — ST. LOUIS — Detroit second baseman Placido Polanco doesn't believe familiarity is the reason the Cardinals are doing what the Yankees and A's could not: Keep him off the bases.
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Cutoff Man
Jack Curry / New York Times:
Sputtering Tigers Lose Their Bite in St. Louis — Iván Rodríguez stared blankly into his locker, talking about his dismal performance while also trying to give himself a pep talk. Every time Rodríguez acknowledged that he was not hitting, he mentioned that he has hit before and he will hit again.
USA Today:
Tigers failing to make connections — ST. LOUIS — Yoo-hoo, Placido Polanco, are you there? Knock, knock, anybody home, Ivan Rodriguez? And, Curtis Granderson: Come out, come out wherever you are. — The Detroit Tigers are trailing the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1, and three …
Ben Walker / Associated Press:
St. Louis 5, Detroit 0 — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Chris Carpenter was well on his way to a World Series win when, all of a sudden, people swarmed the mound to examine his hand. — No smudge, no scuffs. Just a cramp, and it wasn't about to blemish his outing.
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Blogging Baseball
MLB.com:
MLB, MLBPA reach five-year labor accord — ST. LOUIS — Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig and Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Donald Fehr jointly announced today that MLB and the MLBPA have agreed to a five-year labor contract that will allow play …
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Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
MLB, union announce new labor deal — New Basic Agreement will run through 2011 — ST. LOUIS — Major League Baseball and its players association have come to an historic labor agreement that will extend peace between the owners and union for another five years.
Associated Press:
MLB players, owners announce five-year labor deal — ST. LOUIS — Baseball players and owners proclaimed an unprecedented era of labor peace, finalizing a new five-year collective bargaining agreement Tuesday night before Game 3 of the World Series. — Lawyers struck the deal …
Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
MLB, union announce new labor deal — New Basic Agreement will run through 2011 — ST. LOUIS — Call it the golden age of the sport. Call it economic parity. Call it what you will, but call it labor peace for Major League Baseball for the next five years.
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Royals Authority
Mark Hermann / Newsday:
Delgado gets award but can't watch Game 3 — The Mets slugger won the award for on-field excellence and community service for 2006. — ST. LOUIS — Carlos Delgado was at the World Series after all. He capped an outstanding first year with the Mets by receiving the Roberto Clemente Award …
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Tim McKernan / insidestl.com:
Dirtgate, Creepy Emails, And Busch Stadium Turns Into Nashville (Again) — The Gambler Plays The Cards With A Dirty Hand — As the day wore on Monday, many Cardinal fans got more a nd more angry with what happened—and didn't happen—Sunday night in Detroit.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Pendleton bows out of Nats' search — Hitting coach cites loyalty to Braves as reason — WASHINGTON — Braves hitting coach Terry Pendleton took himself out as a candidate to become manager of the Nationals, informing the club on Monday. The news comes a day after Joe Girardi took himself …
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The Baseball Files
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Sports Illustrated:
Matsuzaka hires Boras — Japanese star expected to make jump to MLB — Top Japanese League pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka has hired agent Scott Boras to represent his interests in Major League Baseball. — Matsuzaka, a right-hander from the Seibu Lions, is expected to be posted, the process by which players jump to the majors.
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Dodger Thoughts
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Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
A-Rod rumored on Sox' A-list — Crede status would affect any pursuit of Yankees star — It was the ultimate compliment paid to Ken Williams. — The White Sox general manager already had made the only two moves he planned to make as the July 31 trade deadline was winding down …
Ed Eagle / MLB.com:
Pirates buy out veteran Burnitz — Bucs opt to not pick up 2007 option for outfielder — PITTSBURGH — Veteran outfielder Jeromy Burnitz's tenure with the Pittsburgh Pirates will come to an end after just one season. — General manager Dave Littlefield confirmed Tuesday that the Pirates …
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Honest Wagner
Associated Press:
Nelson De La Rosa, 38, Actor and Good-Luck Charm for Red Sox, Dies — Nelson De La Rosa, the diminutive actor who became a good-luck charm for the Boston Red Sox during their victorious 2004 World Series run, died at a hospital in New York on Sunday. He was 38.
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Amazin' Avenue
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