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4:50 AM ET, October 9, 2009

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 Top News: 
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Ump's calls upset Sox, Halos  —  Players, managers dispute pair of infield plays  —  ANAHEIM — Close calls created some dispute in Game 1 of the Red Sox-Angels series.  —  At the center of three disputed plays was first-base umpire CB Bucknor, who caught an earful from both managers …
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Associated Press:
Hunter homers, Lackey pitches Angels past Red Sox 5-0  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — With Torii Hunter hitting the rocks and John Lackey rolling through the Boston lineup, the Los Angeles Angels finally got on top of the Red Sox in the playoffs.  —  Lackey pitched into the eighth inning …
Sean McAdam / Boston Herald:
Roster full of surprises
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and Associated Press
Rob Bradford / WEEI:
HOW VICTOR MARTINEZ LANDED WITH THE RED SOX
New York Post:
Gaudin would start in ALCS instead of Chamberlain  —  Should the Yankees advance to the ALCS, they are leaning heavily toward using Chad Gaudin rather than Joba Chamberlain as the Game 4 starter, The Post has learned.  —  The Yankees would not finalize plans unless they beat Minnesota.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Yankees to leave Joba in bullpen  —  I heard rumblings of this before I left my old gig and now Joel Sherman of the New York Post is reporting that the Yankees are planning to keep Joba Chamberlain in the bullpen if they advance beyond the Division Series.  —  Chamberlain had mixed results …
Discussion: WasWatching.com
Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
The best laid plans ...
Steve Popper / NorthJersey.com:
Burnett: ‘Give me either one’  —  NEW YORK - A.J. Burnett just wanted to get to Friday's start, his first in the postseason, and feel the excitement he waited for his whole career.  But he instead found himself trying to explain away the controversy that will accompany him to the mound against the Twins.
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Jack Curry / Bats:
Burnett Readies for First Postseason Start
New York Post:
You can look . . . but don't stare too longingly at MVP Mauer
Discussion: Fack Youk
MLB:
A.J. Burnett of New York Yankees: Decision to start Jose Molina …
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley
John Branch / New York Times:
Babe Ruth Like You've Never Seen Him Before  —  SECAUCUS, N.J. — Babe Ruth has struck out looking.  Displeased, he leans on his bat, right hand on his hip, and looks back at the umpire.  He utters something that can only be imagined.  Lou Gehrig, on deck, leans on his bat, too, as if he has seen this act before.
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John Branch / Bats:
A Ruthian Mystery  —  The grainy footage shows Babe Ruth playing at Yankee Stadium.
Discussion: Baseball Nerd
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Ninth-inning nightmare  —  October 8, 2009 — Cardinals left fielder Matt Holliday is unable to catch a fly ball off the bat of Los Angeles' James Loney for an error in the ninth inning (Chris Lee/P-D)  —  LOS ANGELES — What couldn't happen did happen to the Cardinals Thursday afternoon.
Discussion: Dodger Thoughts and Viva El Birdos
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Associated Press:
Dodgers use ninth-inning rally to stun Cardinals in Game 2
Discussion: USA Today and Viva El Birdos
Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
Floyd among three waived by Padres  —  De La Cruz promoted; Burke undergoes surgery  —  The Padres on Thursday requested unconditional release waivers on right-handers Cha Seung Baek, Shawn Hill and outfielder Cliff Floyd and announced they had selected the contract of right-hander Eulogio De La Cruz from Triple-A Portland.
Discussion: MLB Rumors and MLB Daily Dish
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:   Padres Release Cha Seung Baek
Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs seek ‘Ray’ of hope in Milton Bradley fiasco  —  In shedding OF problem, Tampa's Burrell could fit  —  Tom Ricketts just needs a nod from a bankruptcy judge — business is booming for those guys these days — and he gets the keys to the Cubs, possibly by the end of this month.
Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
Astros to talk to managerial candidates  —  Contact with potential skippers will begin on Friday  —  HOUSTON — The Astros will begin making contact with perspective managerial candidates on Friday, general manager Ed Wade said Thursday.  Houston is looking for a full-time manager after dismissing Cecil Cooper last month.
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
De La Rosa to test groin; Hammel OK with snowfall  —  PHILADELPHIA — Jorge De La Rosa sat at his locker Thursday afternoon.  The bruise on his left leg was ugly shades of red and purple.  —  Still, if the Rockies advance to the next round, they could receive a big boost from baseball's most successful starter since June 1.
Discussion: Phillies Nation
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Chip Caray Is in a Verbal Slump in the TBS Booth  —  In his third season as TBS's No. 1 national baseball announcer, Chip Caray is slightly better than he was two years ago when the network began carrying the league division series.  But that doesn't mean he is a No. 1 announcer.
Discussion: WTBS-TV
Denver Post:
Rockies and Phillies to play Sunday's Game 4 at 8 p.m.  —  It was a good news-bad news scenario for the Rockies and their fans for Sunday's Game 4 of the NL division series in Denver.  —  Major League Baseball on Thursday said that first pitch for the Rockies-Phillies game Sunday will start …
Discussion: Purple Row
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Beckett: ‘No issues at all’  —  Josh Beckett, the Game 2 starter, was skipped in what would have been his penultimate start this month, the victim of back spasms.  It brought back memories from last year, when a serious oblique strain robbed him of any chance to be dominant and made it difficult for him even to compete.
Discussion: SOX & Dawgs and Angels Unplugged
 
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Inbox: Will Jaramillo return to Texas?
David O'Brien / Atlanta Braves with David O'Brien:
Wanted by Braves: Big bat, righty preferred
Luke Adams / MLB Rumors:
Diamondbacks Rumors: Webb, Byrnes
David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
We have seen Bo Jackson and Orlando Cabrera is no Bo Jackson
Discussion: South Side Sox and My Pinstripes
Jay / Fack Youk:
TBS PitchTRAX: Informative or Infuriating?
Discussion: Hardball Times
Beck / Beck's Blog:
Dombrowski on Cabrera, Polanco, coaching staff, etc.
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Wait for Sabathia Starts to Bear Fruit
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals cut ties with Cardenal
 Earlier Picks: 
Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Southern League Top 20 Prospects
Discussion: redsminorleagues.com
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
‘Watching the fates unwind’
Discussion: sox1fan.com
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Varitek may not be an automatic out  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. …
Discussion: Dan Shaughnessy Watch
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Pitching on agenda for Brewers' offseason
Discussion: FJB and Brewers Bar
Andy Martino / Philly.com:
Phillies Notes: Phillies' Hamels annoyed by day start times
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
CC, A-Rod take giant steps
James Kannengieser / Amazin' Avenue:
Productive Base Stealing And The Mets
Discussion: NL East Chatter
 

 
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