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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Cashman aims to win with dysfunctional Yankees — Hank Steinbrenner is a part of the Yankees' muddled organizational structure. (Newsday / Audrey C. Tiernan) — Amid the disappointment of 2008, Brian Cashman insisted yesterday, a kinder, gentler Steinbrenner family emerged.
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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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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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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Wilpon: ‘Omar is our guy’ — Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon has confirmed that GM Omar Minaya received a three-year extension through 2012, with team options for 2013 and 2014. — “We obviously were not a very good team when Omar came on board and we think he deserves another chance …
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John Branch / New York Times:
In Chicago, Mood Swings All Over the Toddlin' Town — CHICAGO — The line outside Grandstand, a White Sox souvenir shop three blocks from their south-side stadium, stretched the length of the building on Wednesday afternoon, all the way to the alley. — The team had won a thrilling …
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Nate Silver / Baseball Prospectus:
White Sox versus Rays — Each year, the White Sox graciously host a University of Chicago alumni event, where Christina Kahrl and I speak to 150 or more nerds in the U.S. Cellular Conference & Learning Center. The group gets tickets to the game too—which usually means a contest …
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MLB Playoff Odds
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
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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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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Quentin has his eye on ALCS — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - With his right wrist heavily taped, slugger Carlos Quentin wasn't added to the White Sox's roster for the American League Division Series. — But the subsiding pain has raised Quentin's confidence to the point where he thinks …
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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.
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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Martin Fennelly / TBO Rays:
All Things Joe: Springsteen, ‘Godfather,’ Convertibles — The day he was hired, this was written about Joe Maddon: — “The fourth manager in Devil Rays history is a book you can't put down. A concert you rock to, a story that begins in a mining town and ends in a baseball dugout …
Howard Megdal / New York Observer:
How to Suck-Proof the 2009 Mets: Massive Expenditure on Relief — So what are the poor, pathetic, sidelined Mets to do as they approach roster decisions this winter? — At first glance, their options for building a team that can play consistently good baseball for an entire season are grim …
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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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