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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.
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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. ...
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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.
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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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Mets' lead down to half-game in East — Nationals cruise to easy victory as Lannan tops Pedro — WASHINGTON — The Mets were searching for reassurance. Precious little was available, though, in the aftermath of such an unbecoming defeat. A vexing loss Sunday had been followed by a more damaging one Monday night.
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Manny Ramirez not quite NL MVP — As important as Ramirez has been to the Dodgers, Manager Joe Torre says that two months of play in the National League might preclude the slugger from MVP consideration. — PITTSBURGH — Could Manny Ramirez be the most valuable player of the National League?
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Kuroda, Dodgers cruise past Pirates — Righty tosses seven shutout innings; Saito, Penny return — PITTSBURGH — It would have been fittingly historic had Hiroki Kuroda been allowed to finish out Monday night's 8-2 win over the Pirates, but Dodgers manager Joe Torre needed those last two innings to address two question marks.
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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Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
Kazmir speared by Boston — Rays fall into tie with Red Sox for first place in AL East — ST. PETERSBURG — A battle for first place in the American League East never materialized on Monday night, as the Red Sox flexed their muscles early and often in a 13-5 route of the Rays in front of a crowd of 29,772 at Tropicana Field.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Astros balk at ‘Wrigley North’ series — MILWAUKEE — The decision to move two of the three Chicago Cubs-Houston Astros games affected by Hurricane Ike to Miller Park was a hot topic of debate Sunday night. Was it fair to make Houston play the Cubs in what's often referred to as “Wrigley North?”
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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 …
Associated Press:
Dunn's HR lifts Arizona over Giants 3-1 — PHOENIX (AP)—The Arizona Diamondbacks were relieved to finally get a victory. — Adam Dunn homered with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead Arizona past the Giants 3-1 on Monday night. — “The bottom line is we were shaking hands …
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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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