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New York Post:
CARELESS CANO IS REAL CULPRIT — THE charade is over. Just like the parades that ended after the 2000 season. — It was fitting that the Yankees turned sure victory into defeat yesterday when Robinson Cano made a lazy, backhanded flip on what should have been a double-play ball …
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
With stunning defeat, all seems lost for Yanks — It is fair to say whatever lingering hope Yankee legions held out for some sort of miraculous Colorado Rockies-like comeback charge into October by this underperforming Yankee team sufficiently dissolved in the aftermath of Robbie Cano's fateful flip in the seventh inning Saturday.
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Buehrle roughed up in Boston — Sox drop third straight but maintain half-game division lead — BOSTON — Try as Ozzie Guillen might, the White Sox manager can't forget the seven straight defeats his team suffered to the Red Sox during a forgettable 2007 campaign. — Three in Boston.
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Kelly Thesier / MLB.com:
Nathan blows save as A's walk off — Twins miss chance to move into first place — OAKLAND — Twins closer Joe Nathan suffered his second blown save in five days on Saturday night. Nathan gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth to hand Minnesota a 3-2 loss to the A's at McAfee Coliseum.
Nick Zaccardi / MLB.com:
Big Z pushed back from Sunday start — Ace working through ‘dead arm’ phase; Marshall faces Phillies — CHICAGO — Cubs right-hander Carlos Zambrano will not make his scheduled Sunday start. Sean Marshall will get a spot start against Philadelphia, and Zambrano will likely be pushed …
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Joe Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Rays' Wheeler earns respect as stand-in closer — ST. PETERSBURG — When RHP Troy Percival was placed on the disabled list in mid August, manager Joe Maddon said he planned to use a closer-by-committee approach, based on particular matchups. — But throughout a recent stretch of close games …
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Chipper's 20th home run makes history — Jones becomes second to accomplish feat in first 14 seasons — WASHINGTON — Chipper Jones has consistently produced statistics that link him with Hall of Famers, and he now shares an accomplishment only previously enjoyed by the other great third baseman the Braves once employed.
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers end eight-game slide — Ramirez homers twice in second straight four-hit performance — PHOENIX — Manny Ramirez had just pounded out four hits again, two of them homers. He powered a 6-2 win that halted the Dodgers' losing streak at eight and trimmed the Diamondbacks' lead …
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Knee injury lands Torrealba on DL, facing surgery — SAN DIEGO — Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba walked gingerly out of the trainer's room knowing the inevitable. His left knee was no better, and he landed on the disabled list prior to Saturday's game. Triple-A catcher Adam Melhuse will replace him.
Tony Jackson / LA Daily News Most Emailed:
Dodgers' Kent could face early end to career — PHOENIX - Dodgers second baseman Jeff Kent, a five-time All-Star, former National League Most Valuable Player and almost-certain future Hall of Famer, might have played his last game in the major leagues. — Kent was sent back to Los Angeles …
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Trips to the DL on the rise in MLB — Throughout the corridors of power, in the trainer's rooms and clubhouses, baseball people are puzzled about a recent rise in injuries, especially because a spike in trips to the disabled list over the last two years comes at a time when sports medicine …
Joey Matschulat / Baseball Time in Arlington:
Umpiring Gaffes Punctuate Rangers' Latest Defeat — You know why I have such an unspeakably hard time mustering much sympathy towards umpires (such as crew chief Jerry Layne) who are outspoken in their resistance to the idea of instant replay in Major League Baseball?
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Heilman's walk of shame — MIAMI - Aaron Heilman had been flawless against the Marlins this season. Until Saturday night, when he gave up a run without even surrendering a hit. — Heilman, who hadn't worked since throwing 60 pitches over three scoreless frames in Tuesday's extra-inning loss …
