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4:40 PM ET, October 6, 2009

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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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NY Daily News:
Bondy: Omar, Manuel on hot seat this winter
Discussion: MLB.com
Steve Popper / NorthJersey.com:
Wilpon: no spending restrictions
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Ted Berg / SNY.tv:   First, do no harm  —  Minaya should avoid temptation to trade Mets' best prospects
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:   Mets ax two coaches, but spare many
David Lennon / Newsday:
Jeff Wilpon promises improvement; 2 coaches fired
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.
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 …
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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.
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Fred Mitchell / Chicago Tribune:   Chicago White Sox organist Nancy Faust plans to retire after 2010 season
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?
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 …
Discussion: Talking Chop
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Jurrjens honored as September's best  —  Braves right-hander named NL Pitcher of the Month  —  For his strong final month of the season, Braves starter Jair Jurrjens on Tuesday was named the recipient of the National League Pitcher of the Month Award for September.
Associated Press:
Former Rockies pitcher Chacon in Colo. jail  —  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Former major league pitcher Shawn Chacon is being held in Greeley on a charge related to unpaid gambling markers in Nevada.  —  Chacon remained in the Weld County jail on Tuesday, a day after being arrested at a bowling alley.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and Bottom9 Baseball
Fox Sports:
The Kid puts the head in head-to-head matchups  —  Editor's note: A new book by a former employee of Alcor, the company that froze Ted Williams' remains, alleges the baseball Hall of Famer's body was mistreated by the company.  Alcor has denied the allegations and promises legal action.
Discussion: Over the Monster
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.
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 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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David Villavicencio / MLB.com:   Strasburg sees first game action as pro
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 …
Discussion: MetsBlog.com and Talking Chop
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Howard Megdal / MLB Rumors:
Lowe For Sale?  —  In an informative post-mortem on the Braves …
Discussion: Al's Ramblings
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.
Discussion: YFSF
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.
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Baseball is caught in Web  —  On Baseball  —  You heard all about it, in this newspaper and others, on talk radio and television and all over the Internet.  —  The Angels had celebrated their division championship by pouring beer and champagne over the jersey of Nick Adenhart …
 
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Unloading Milton Bradley heads Jim Hendry's to-do list
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times and MLB Rumors
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Next year a stepping stone for Tribe
Discussion: Plain Dealer
Mark Feinsand / Blogging The Bombers:
After his toughest year, A-Rod primed for October
Christina Kahrl / ESPN:
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MLB.com:
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Hill named AL Comeback Player of Year
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
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Discussion: MLB Rumors
 

 
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