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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Carpenter nothing short of complete brilliance … ST. LOUIS — The last time the St. Louis Cardinals played in a World Series, Chris Carpenter gave up just as many runs as he did Tuesday night. — Of course, there's a slight asterisk that goes with that note:
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Cutoff Man
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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.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:Cardinals back to playing like the Cardinals — ST. LOUIS …
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Cutoff Man
Baseball America:
New Agreement Includes Draft, Rule 5 Changes — ST. LOUIS — Overshadowed by more wide-ranging issues and the sheer euphoria of an agreement between Major League Baseball and the Players Association being reached with no rancor or threats of a work stoppage, the structure …
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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 …
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.
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
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Delgado is still playing hardball — ST. LOUIS - Carlos Delgado, traded to the Mets in the middle of a multi-year deal, has the right to demand a trade. He again declined to rule that out yesterday, though he may just be angling to get the Mets to guarantee a 2009 option.
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Tales Of A Transplanted …
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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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NY Daily News:
Bombers planning to pick up & ship out Sheff — ST. LOUIS - The biggest buzz among the few general managers attending the World Series is the silent auction the Yankees have apparently already begun for Gary Sheffield. It turns out that Yankee GM Brian Cashman had always intended to pick …
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
With Smudge and Streak, Rogers Has Left Imprint — Kenny Rogers stood before his locker at Busch Stadium on Monday with his hands tucked into the pockets of his jeans. Presumably, his hands were free of dirt, mud, spit, rosin or pine tar. There was no game for Rogers to pitch, and he is not scheduled to work here this week.
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Stan Grossfeld / Boston Globe:
Rock bottom — Ex-Sox pitcher Stewart threw it all away when he succumbed to drugs — SALISBURY, N.C. — His life gone up in smoke, his eyes vacant, former major league pitcher Sammy Stewart remembers the beginning of the end. — "The first time I ever smoked crack was in Framingham …
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Surviving Grady
Tom Timmermann / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
With hitting problems ended, Rolen's rockin' again — Ever since Scott Rolen and Tony La Russa couldn't agree on why he was struggling at the plate, one thing is for sure: Scott Rolen is no longer struggling at the plate. — Since Rolen was benched for Game 2 of the National League Championship Series …
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Sabernomics
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Duncan Is Making Trust His Best Pitch as a Coach — On most critical issues for the St. Louis Cardinals, Manager Tony La Russa seeks the input of his trusted pitching coach, Dave Duncan. They were minor league teammates as far back as 1965 and have worked together since 1983.
StarTribune.com:
Twins' Liriano contemplating elbow surgery — The Twins pitcher, unhappy with his rehabilitation progress, left the team's Fort Myers facility to re-examine his options. — Still experiencing pain in his left elbow, Twins pitcher Francisco Liriano has left the team's year-round facility …
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 …
Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Piniella picks Quade to coach third — ST. LOUIS — New Cubs manager Lou Piniella continues to fill out his coaching staff, with an announcement expected possibly by today that Class AAA Iowa manager Mike Quade will replace Chris Speier as the team's third-base coach.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
