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Brewers fire Yost, promote 3B coach Sveum as interim manager — MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday in the midst of a late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chances of making the playoffs for the first time since 1982.
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Yost relieved of managerial post — MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers today announced that Ned Yost has been dismissed from his position as manager of the Club. The announcement was made by Brewers Executive Vice President and General Manager, Doug Melvin.
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers dismiss manager Yost — Third-base coach Sveum will take over on interim basis — MILWAUKEE — The Brewers' mystifying September swoon on Monday cost manager Ned Yost his job. — The team dismissed Yost with 12 games remaining in the regular season and the Brewers off to a 3-11 start to the final month.
Anthony Witrado / Brewers Blog:Melvin's take on the firing — Tom and I just got off the phone …
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Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Jorge Posada: Joba should stay in bullpen and Pudge Rodriguez has to go — In a taping of “CenterStage” for YES on Monday, Jorge Posada laid out some strong expectations for himself and the Yankees for next season. — But his most blunt and interesting answer came in a word-association segment near …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 150: White Sox at Yankees — YANKEES (79-70) — WHITE SOX (83-65) — Alfredo Aceves (1-0, 1.29) has not faced any of the Chicago hitters. — Mark Buehrle (13-11, 3.88) vs. the New York hitters. — Notes: Joe Girardi is sitting Cano for not hustling yesterday. ...
ESPN.com:
Posada: Yankees should keep Chamberlain in 'pen — NEW YORK — Jorge Posada wants Joba Chamberlain kept in the bullpen and predicts more injuries for the young pitcher if the New York Yankees put him in their starting rotation. — “I think if you start him and he pitches 200 innings in one year, you're going to lose him.
Associated Press:
Ted Lilly takes no-hitter to seventh, Cubs win again — MILWAUKEE — Ted Lilly came close to following Carlos Zambrano's no-hitter with one of his own. — Lilly pitched no-hit ball until Mark Loretta's seventh-inning single, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Astros 6-1 Monday to sweep …
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Howard Fendrich / Associated Press:
Mets' NL East lead down to one-half game — WASHINGTON (AP)—Mets manager Jerry Manuel's voice was soft and steady. His words were strong. — Manuel was New York's bench coach in September 2007, so he knows full well what this team went through then, and he was not pleased Monday night …
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Regis Courtemanche / MetsBlog.com:
postGame: Nationals 7 Mets 2 — The Nationals (57-93) are determined to play the role of spoiler down the stretch as they defeated the Mets (83-66) by the score of 7 to 2 tonight in Washington. — For a recap, boxscore, stats, etc., go to SNY.tv. — Well this is why it's called …
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Martin Fennelly / TBO Rays:
This Could Be Greatest Week In Rays' History — If you like baseball, or ever liked baseball, or once dated someone who knew someone who once liked baseball, this is your week - seven last chances to see what you'll never see again. There's only one first time in a pennant race. Just one.
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Colleen Kenney / Lincoln Journal Star:
Joba's mother talks about her son and her life — Joba Chamberlain's mother talks about the pain of separation, her son and her life. — Apartment No. 1 in this brick building is a shrine to Joba Chamberlain. — Baseball jerseys from the Yankees and Huskers hang in a line on the living room wall …
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Betemit lifts Yanks to third straight win — Seventh-inning double the difference; Aceves has quality start — NEW YORK — Considering the quality of their competition — the White Sox are fighting for a division crown — the Yankees certainly seemed to fit the role of a contender on Monday.
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Rumor: Ricketts Will Land Chicago Cubs — File this under rumor... Word on the street is that Thomas Ricketts and the Ricketts family are the winning bidders for the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, and a 25 percent stake in ComcastSports Chicago. Thomas Ricketts is the chief executive …
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Scott Lauber / Phillies:
ON BURRELL, BLANTON & EYRE — So much to talk (and write) about after the Phils' 7-3 win in the opener, and the nightcap already is underway here at the Bank, where fans are waving rally towels and cheering madly, just like last September. Without further ado, then, a few notes:
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Twins to name new stadium Target Field — The Target Corp. got the rights to name the field under a 25-year partnership agreement. — The Minnesota Twins have reached an agreement in principle on a 25-year partnership with Target Corp. that includes the right to name the team's new ballpark Target Field, the team announced today.
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New York Post:
CANO DOESN'T GET MEANING OF HUSTLE — WHEN Derek Jeter was asked about Robinson Cano getting pulled because of a lack of hustle in the fourth inning of the Yankees' 8-4 win over the Rays yesterday, his only comment was: “I'm sure it won't happen again.” — With all due respect to the Yankees' captain, he's wrong.
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