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From Stng / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs fan arrested for throwing ball at Dodgers player — FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS — A Lincoln Park man was arrested for attempting to strike Los Angeles Dodgers' left fielder Manny Ramirez with a baseball during the Cubs Wednesday night playoff loss at Wrigley Field.
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs left with Loney feeling — Slam in fifth, Dempster's lack of control have Cubs in early hole — Uh-oh. — If this is what the rest of the Cubs' postseason is going to look like, it's going to be a short playoff run. — And a long century. — The worst fears of the Cubs' high …
David Lennon / Newsday:
Mets pitcher Burgos allegedly involved in fatal hit-and-run — PHILADELPHIA - The troubled career of Ambiorix Burgos took a tragic turn on Tuesday when the Mets reliever allegedly killed two women in a hit-and-run accident in the Dominican Republic. — Burgos, 24, reportedly struck Josefina …
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Dave Goldiner / NY Daily News:
Mets pitcher involved in deadly hit-and-run crash — Troubled Mets relief pitcher Ambiorix Burgos allegedly struck and killed two women in a hit-and-run crash in his homeland of the Dominican Republic, cops told a local paper. — Burgos, 24, who missed the whole season with an elbow injury …
Associated Press:
Mets pitcher sought by police after car accident — SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — New York Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos was driving an SUV when it slammed into two women who later died of their injuries, police said. Local police still were searching for Burgos on Wednesday.
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Joshua Robinson / New York Times:
Cashman Cites Legacy in Coming Back — When Brian Cashman signed a contract in 2005 to remain the general manger of the Yankees, he said he did so, in part, because the team's principal owner, George Steinbrenner, asked him to stay. — Three years later, with Cashman now signed …
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NY Daily News:
Brian Cashman has to realize youth movements are getting old — It isn't often we see the ultra-cool Brian Cashman bristle and moan. But there he was Wednesday in the stripped-bare basement of Yankee Stadium, acting feisty and impatient about New York's feistiness and impatience.
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Bay makes Halos pay — Left fielder's two-run jack helps Red Sox win Game 1 — ANAHEIM — There was no way Jason Bay could know what that first slice of October baseball was going to taste like. That month had always been a time for the left fielder to become reacquainted with his family …
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David Lennon / Newsday:
Mets' Manuel's contract negotiations hit a snag — PHILADELPHIA - The Mets' plan to bring back Jerry Manuel as manager is not going as smoothly as anticipated. A person familiar with the situation told Newsday Wednesday night that the team has offered Manuel a two-year contract to return, but he has yet to accept the deal.
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Mets to lock up Minaya through 2013 — The Mets plan to announce the four-year contract extension for general manager Omar Minaya on Thursday. The new deal, a nice raise, is expected to pay Minaya between $5-6 million over its four-year term. The deal also includes bonuses tied to the team's financial performance.
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Ramírez's remarks are sad — ANAHEIM, Calif. - Those air sickness bags come in handy sometimes. Flying coast to coast, you cram into your coach seat (like John Glenn in Mercury 1), open the paper to read Manny Ramírez's latest remarks, and you need the barf bag before you're over Kansas.
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Hicks says Rangers are closer — Owner firmly believes in direction team is heading — Rangers owner Tom Hicks said Wednesday he believes strongly that the Rangers are close, that Nolan Ryan's pitching philosophy will help fix their woes on the mound and he supports the decision …
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Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
First rings ... then bells for Simpson, Romo? — Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo are checking out sparklers in Big D, and may tie the knot after season — I'm all about romance today — at least for starters: • One of my best Dallas snoops just happened to be in the original Neiman Marcus …
Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com:
Rays trim roster, announce lineup — Maddon bats Crawford fifth, decides on 15 position players — ST. PETERSBURG — While the Rays won't announce their final 25-man postseason roster until Thursday's 10 a.m. ET deadline, manager Joe Maddon said on Wednesday that the club will go with a makeup …
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Chicago's Quentin is left off the roster — Carlos Quentin still needs more time. — The injured Chicago White Sox outfielder was not listed on the playoff roster posted in the team's clubhouse Wednesday, a day before Game 1 against Tampa Bay. — Quentin led the American League …
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New York Post:
$ALES PITCH IS VITAL FOR DEEP CC FISHING — EIGHT years ago, the top start ing pitcher in the free-agent market had no desire to be a New Yorker or a Yankee. None. — Then, in early November 2000, the phone rang in a Montoursville, Pa., home and Jana Mussina told her husband Joe Torre was on the line.
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