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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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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
C-Money comes out swinging — A few things that came out of the Cashman press conference today: — * The team has changed how it scouts players in Japan, particularly pitchers. Scouts have been changed and more “sets of eyes” have been added to the process.
Kobrien / On the Yankees beat:
Joba to start, first base — As some of you noted, Brian Cashman said on WFAN that they plan for Joba Chamberlain to be a starter all next season. He confirmed that to me in an email. If health is not a concern, they want Joba in the rotation. — As for Viper's comment on my last post …
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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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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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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Bob Ryan / Boston Globe:
Make room for the new ace — ANAHEIM, Calif. - Thirty-seven pitches. — Jon Lester threw 37 pitches to get his final six outs. You hear that, you figure there must have been a base runner in there somewhere. But nope, just six Angels batters trying get on base against a 24-year-old lefthander …
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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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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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.
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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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Zim's like old times as Joe shares post-Yankee glee — CHICAGO - Wrigley Field makes Joe Torre think of Don Zimmer, so the manager called his old coach before last night's game “just to see what he was doing.” — Zimmer, a special assistant for the Rays, had the day off Wednesday.
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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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