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Sam Donnellon / Philly.com:
Eckstein small in stature, but comes up big again — ST. LOUIS - The game ended with another one of those throws, the ones that seem as if David Eckstein puts everything he has into it, every muscle, every fiber, every boney little bone. — The St. Louis Cardinals are going for the jugular tonight …
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Brian Borawski / Hardball Times:
World Series: Cardinals vs. Tigers: Cardinals Comeback — In a lot of ways, this was the best game of the 2006 World Series. You had the Tigers, who were down 2-1 in the series, come out hitting the ball and taking an early three-run lead. Then you saw the Cardinals come back and take the lead …
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Fine line further distances Tigers from title … ST. LOUIS — This was the line between winning and losing on a drizzly and momentous night in October: — A fateful slip on a patch of wet grass. A routine throw to first base that suddenly wasn't so routine.
Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:Cardinals 5, Tigers 4 — ST. LOUIS (AP) — With some help …
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Blogging Baseball
Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Bochy agrees in principle to become Giants' new manager — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Diego Padres manager Bruce Bochy has agreed to become the new skipper of the San Francisco Giants, and was still working out details Thursday night after meeting with team officials most of the day.
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Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
Giants begin the Bruce Bochy era Padres' skipper agrees to deal — (10-26) 23:22 PDT — The Giants have found their 15th manager since moving to San Francisco, and he is a longtime National League West adversary. — Sources said late Thursday night that San Diego Padres manager Bruce Bochy …
ESPN:
Bochy agrees to become Giants manager — SAN FRANCISCO — With Bruce Bochy set to go to Japan on Monday to manage a group of major leaguers in an exhibition tour, the Giants had to move fast to pry him away from the Padres. — After a day of talks, that's apparently just what they did.
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Bochy takes job as Giants manager — Padres assembling list of candidates — Manager Bruce Bochy and the San Francisco Giants agreed last night on a three-year contract, leaving the Padres without a manager for the first time since 1994. — Bochy, the Padres' all-time leader in wins …
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Ducksnorts
Dallas Morning News:
Facing elimination, Tigers sit best pitcher — ST. LOUIS - Detroit's Jim Leyland manages by feel and not by statistical mandate. So, at times, in this World Series his decisions have defied logic and he's invited interested parties to second-guess him. — Well, since he invited. ...
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Lone Star Ball
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Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
Cards no sure thing despite lead — ST. LOUIS - Got some good news and some bad news for you Cardinals fans out there. — Which do you want first? — OK, the good news is your team rallied past the Tigers, 5-4, on a chilly Thursday night at Busch Stadium.
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FishStripes
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Redbirds have not done well with 3-1 leads in the Series
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Cutoff Man
Kat O'Brien / Dallas Star-Telegram:
RANGERS NOTES — Hillman ready to start process — ST. LOUIS — Trey Hillman, one of five candidates for the Rangers' managerial opening, is through managing the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japan Series. The Fighters won the best-of-seven championship four games to one with a 4-1 win Thursday over the Chunichi Dragons.
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Newsday:
Donnie next to Joe — Both as bench coach in '07 and top candidate to be Torre's successor — Guessing Joe Torre's successor has long been a parlor game for Yankees fans. But never in Torre's 11 years as Yankees manager has a plan for succession seemed as clear as it does now.
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Sports Illustrated:
Idle chatter — White Sox wanted A-Rod; Yankees monitoring Pettitte — ST. LOUIS — Also in this column: — The New York Yankees' involvement in trade talks regarding superstar Alex Rodriguez was brief and apparently is over, according to people close to Rodriguez and the team.
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South Side Sox
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Plan aims to tame wild cards — St. Louis - When the general managers meet in Naples, Fla., in two weeks, there will be a lively discussion about taming the wild card. — Commissioner Bud Selig has broached the idea of making it more difficult for wild cards to win the World Series.
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs' pitcher search extending to Japan — ST. LOUIS — The Cubs are preparing to delve into the Japanese market for the first time this off-season, with two pitchers on their radar. — Daisuke Matsuzaka, the 26-year-old right-hander represented by agent Scott Boras, may not be their first choice, sources said.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
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If Aaron Sorkin wrote a show about baseball — This is how I imagine a typical scene would go. — EXT. KAUFFMAN STADIUM — NIGHT … LEO — You can't get a good lobster in this town. — DANNY — Last I checked we were in Kansas City. — LEO
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Sports Scope
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Russell interested in Nationals job — Veteran baseball man likes the way Washington is headed — John Russell said on Thursday he would like to manage the Nationals for the 2007 season and beyond. Washington received permission from the Phillies to talk to Russell, but an interview has not been scheduled.
