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Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
Red Sox rally for 7th straight win, beat L.A. in walk-off fashion — BOSTON — One after another, Boston Red Sox players acknowledged the obvious: This felt like a playoff game. — Every at-bat a battle. Every close call full of meaning. A tense crowd on its feet. And eventually, a Red Sox victory.
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Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register:
Too much home advantage? — Angels notes. — Recommend — BOSTONA packed house of baseball's most rabid fans and the quirkiest playing field in the majors are intimidating home-field advantages for the Boston Red Sox. — But just who is intimidated by that environment is apparently open for debate.
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Some things that happened tonight — How do you even begin to describe the improbability of the Red Sox' 9-8 walk-off win over the Los Angeles Angels? You start with the joy in the Red Sox clubhouse and the anger in the Angels'. Shortly after the Red Sox dogpiled in the middle of the diamond …
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Fenway West, Over the Monster, Walkoff Walk, The Soxaholix, NESN.com and Providence Journal
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Angels point plenty of fingers — They blame umpires, mystique, themselves — The Los Angeles Angels walked off the field an angry team last night, mad primarily at the umpires and also, in some corners of the clubhouse, at each other. — In the manager's office, Mike Scioscia was asked …
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Francoeur a fan of ex-teammate Hanson — Mets outfielder has high opinion of Braves' rookie righty — ATLANTA — When Tommy Hanson made the first seven starts of his career, Jeff Francoeur served as his right fielder. — While Hanson was limiting the Mets to seven scoreless innings …
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Talking Chop
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Errors are costly in Mets' loss to Braves — ATLANTA - Ike Davis once hit off Goose Gossage before an Old-Timers' Day in the Bronx. Now, the son of former Yankees pitcher Ron Davis is closing in on playing in Flushing. — Davis has been tabbed as the Mets' Sterling Minor-League Player …
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Mets Merized Online
Adam Rubin / New York Daily News Blogs:
Surfing The Mets — Omir Santos' tiebreaking pinch-hit homer in the eighth inning on Wednesday off lefthander Mike Gonzalez looked like it would lift the Mets to a victory. However, first baseman Daniel Murphy (right) misplayed two balls in the ninth inning, costing Francisco Rodriguez …
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Harwell says thanks to baseball friends — Fans, players show admiration for broadcaster in cheers — DETROIT — Ernie Harwell said thank you to thousands of his friends at Comerica Park on Wednesday night, and many more watching on television. Fans, players, baseball people, media and officials thanked him back with their cheers.
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Detroit Free Press:
Harwell to Tiger fans: Loyalty, love appreciated — The old photos and television clips on Comerica Park's video scoreboard appeared just as the top of the third inning ended: Ernie Harwell sitting in a booth, in front of a microphone, filling the airwaves with the mellifluous voice that raised a couple of generations of Tiger fans.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yanks rally, walk off with win over Jays — Matsui's homer in eighth ties it, Cervelli's hit in ninth wins it — NEW YORK — A.J. Burnett could have started mixing his whipped cream cocktail the moment Hideki Matsui's game-tying home run cleared the fence, and he certainly should have been ready …
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Mark Newman / MLB.com:
Phillies dad a hit with parents all over — Family receives gifts from team during appearance on ‘Today’ — Steve Monforto has been coming to Phillies games since he was three years old, and after all that time, he finally caught his first foul ball on Tuesday night.
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bronxbanterblog.com
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MLB.com:
Tampa, Staten Island win championships — Affiliates take Florida State, New York-Penn League titles — Trent Lare ended the season in Tampa, nearly three months after starting it on Staten Island. He proved a good luck charm for both teams as the Yankees captured championships …
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John Torenli / Minor League Baseball:
Lare pitches T-Yankees to title — Tosses five one-hit innings as Tampa takes FSL crown — Trent Lare didn't expect to be pitching the decisive fifth game of the Florida State League Finals when he began the season with the independent Kalamazoo Kings. — But the 25-year-old left-hander responded …
JSOnline:
Attanasio gives full support to Melvin — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Chicago - Brewers owner Mark Attanasio just said that any speculation that general manager Doug Melvin's job is in jeopardy is “ridiculous.” — Attanasio also said it will be completely up to Melvin …
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Should admitted cocaine users enter the Hall? — As a Hall of Fame voter, Midweek Insider has wrestled — greatly with the issue of illegal performance-enhancing drugs like steroids and human growth hormone. Should it be a disqualifying factor for candidates, even if no legitimate ban against these drugs existed at the time?
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It's About The Money
Associated Press:
Rockies beat Giants to extend wild-card lead — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jorge De La Rosa (FSY) pitched eight scoreless innings to win his sixth straight start against San Francisco and Troy Tulowitzki (FSY) homered to help the Colorado Rockies avoid a three-game sweep against the Giants with a 4-3 victory Wednesday night.
Dan Cahill / Sports Pros:
Cubs 7th Inning Stretch Jumps the Shark with Richard Dreyfuss — The Cubs “7th inning stretch” officially jumped the shark last night. — Ironically, it took Richard Dreyfuss—he of “Jaws” fame—to send it overboard. — The guy admitted he had not watched a game since 1988.
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Circling The Bases
