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3:46 AM ET, October 25, 2006

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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 …
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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 …
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Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
MLB, union announce new labor deal
Discussion: Metsquire
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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Associated Press:   Mets' Delgado named Roberto Clemente Award winner
Mark Newman / MLB.com:   Delgado honored with Clemente Award
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 …
Discussion: The Baseball Files
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ESPN:
Girardi takes himself out of running for Nationals job  —  WASHINGTON — Joe Girardi told the Washington Nationals he doesn't want to be their new manager, becoming the second high-profile candidate to withdraw from consideration for the job.  —  "He notified the Washington Nationals he was taking his name off the list of candidates.
Discussion: A Cub Fan's Obsession
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Tigers blanked by Cards at Busch  —  Robertson allows pair of runs; offense held to three hits  —  ST. LOUIS — The last time the Tigers faced Chris Carpenter, they put up six extra-base hits against him in seven innings.  On Tuesday, all they could manage in eight innings was a trio of singles.
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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.
Discussion: Blogging Baseball
Joe Lapointe / New York Times:
Clear as Mud: What Was on Rogers's Hand?  —  Correction Appended  —  The various explanations were as clear as mud or whatever you call that now-you-see-it, now-you-don't substance on the magical left hand of Kenny Rogers.  —  After Rogers led the Tigers to a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals …
Discussion: Double Play Depth
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
With Smudge and Streak, Rogers Has Left Imprint
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Robinson: Managers Should Balk When Pitchers Try to Get Slick
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.
Discussion: Dodger Thoughts
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Associated Press:   Boras to represent Japanese pitching star Matsuzaka
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 …
Baseball America:
Arizona Fall League Notebook: Oct. 24  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Phillies general manager Pat Gillick, assistant GM Mike Arbuckle and special assistant to the GM Don Welke were among the front office contingent on hand in Scottsdale on Monday to observe righthander Gavin Floyd's start against the Scorpions.
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.
Discussion: Redbirds Fun and Deadspin
Chris Carpenter / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Game 3 Matchup: Carpenter vs. Robertson  —  RHP . . . 2006: 15-8, 3.09 ERA, 32 starts  —  Career in postseason: 4-1, 2.98 ERA, seven starts — Career vs. Tigers: 3-4, 7.03 ERA, 11 starts  —  * Including his postseason start against San Diego, Carpenter went 9-4 at home this season with a 1.85 ERA over 131 innings in 18 starts.
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.
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue
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Associated Press:
Francona out as manager for All-Star tour of Japan
Discussion: The Griddle
 
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