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Eric Simon / Amazin' Avenue:
Omar Minaya, Jeff Wilpon, And Dave Howard Interview Recap — More photos » by Mary Altaffer - ASSOCIATED PRESS — No good can come of this. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) — Browse more photos » — Following their press conference at Citi Field yesterday, Omar Minaya …
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Sox exercise options on Garcia, Thornton — Chicago pitchers set for 2010 run with club — The White Sox exercised their 2010 club options on right-hander Freddy Garcia and lefty Matt Thornton on Tuesday. Garcia will earn a base salary of $1 million next season and Thornton will get $2.25 million.
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
ChiSox pick up Garcia's option … The White Sox exercised the option for next year on veteran right-handed pitcher Freddy Garcia. — Garcia, 34, will make a $1 million base salary, plus a possible $2 million in incentives. — Garcia went 3-4 with a 4.34 ERA in nine starts with the White Sox …
Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Posada: Molina will catch AJ — Jorge Posada just revealed that Joe Girardi told him on Sunday that Jose Molina will catch A.J. Burnett in this series. — UPDATE, 1:36 p.m.: We'll have audio (hopefully) from Posada uploaded shortly. “I just hope we win that game,” Posada said.
NY Daily News:
Raissman: Keith says he may not return to SNY — Is the four-year SportsNet New York partnership of Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, and Keith Hernandez over? — Was their Sunday call of Nelson Figueroa's 4-0 shutout of Houston, in the Mets' season finale, the trio's final performance together?
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Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
Angels hope to vanquish ghosts of postseasons past, beat Red Sox — Before the Los Angeles Angels and Boston Red Sox met for the final time of the regular season in mid-September, Bobby Abreu and David Ortiz talked about the likelihood the teams would face each other for a third consecutive year in an American League Division Series.
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Carolina League Top 20 Prospects — CL's hot corner was filled with hot prospects — For an eight-team league, the high Class A Carolina League featured more than its share of potential superstar talent and depth this season. — In Myrtle Beach outfielder Jason Heyward …
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Associated Press:
Phillies' Lee to start Game 1 despite subpar finish … PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cliff Lee will start Game 1 of the NL division series for the Philadelphia Phillies against Colorado on Wednesday. — The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner got the nod over Cole Hamels, who was MVP of the World Series and NLCS last year.
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Braves pack up and look towards 2010 — Club hoping to find postseason glory in Cox's last year — ATLANTA — Turner Field was primarily quiet on Monday morning. Rookie reliever Kris Medlen came in to pack up a few more belongings and Braves manager Bobby Cox once again provided reason …
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Howard Megdal / MLB Rumors:
Lowe For Sale? — In an informative post-mortem on the Braves …
Lowe For Sale? — In an informative post-mortem on the Braves …
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Mark Zuckerman / The washington times Blogs:
Strasburg's pro debut — Stephen Strasburg's legacy is no longer built on hype alone. The Nationals' No. 1 draft pick actually pitched in a real, live professional baseball game today, so we finally have some tangible evidence of his ability. Strasburg's line from today's Florida instructional league …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Twins could have packed it in but scrapped into tiebreaker — MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins still can't believe they're alive. — Yet, somehow, they have survived long enough to force a tiebreaking game Tuesday (5:07 ET, TBS) at the Metrodome against the Detroit Tigers for the American League Central title.
Mike Martindale / Detroit News:
Tigers warned Cabrera after bar altercation in August, reports show — Birmingham — During an altercation at a Birmingham bar in August, Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera allegedly mocked a teenager about his weight and challenged a man to a fight in an incident that resulted …
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MLB.com:
Hall of Fame broadcasters Vin Scully and Jaime Jarrin to call postseason action — KABC 790 and KHJ 930 to provide live game broadcasts — LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced that Hall of Fame broadcasters Vin Scully and Jaime Jarrín will call much of the action …
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Greetings from Gate A-20 — Here we are at Logan Airport waiting for a flight to Orange County. Unfortunately it is via Minneapolis as that greatly increases the odds of running into a liquored-up Miguel Cabrera. — If you don't recognize my name, there's a good reason.
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Associated Press:
New York Yankees slashing premium seat prices by up to $1,250 — NEW YORK — The New York Yankees are reclassifying more than a quarter of their ritzy Legends Suite seats next season and slashing prices on many of the remaining tickets by up to $1,250. — A total of 538 seats along …
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
When 'pens succeed, playoff wins follow — Since start of the division-play era in 1969, thriving bullpens vital to October success … I have five bold postseason predictions: — 1. The Philadelphia Phillies will not win the World Series. — 2. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will not win the World Series.