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1:00 PM ET, October 10, 2009

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John Schlegel / MLB.com:
Game 3 of Rox-Phils NLDS postponed  —  Tilt moved to Sunday due to snow, record-low temperatures  —  DENVER — Rocktober became a winter wonderland overnight, so Major League Baseball announced Saturday that Game 3 of the National League Division Series has been postponed.
Discussion: Dodger Thoughts
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Rockies-Phillies game postponed  —  From left, the Phillies' Shane Victorino, Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins were bundled up for practice Friday at Coors Field.  Major League Baseball announced this morning that the today's game has been postponed until tomorrow.  (David Zalubowski |  Associated Press )
Discussion: Purple Row
Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
TBS enjoying postseason boom  —  Viewership up 15 percent after first two days of play  —  TBS has enjoyed a boom in viewership in the first two days of the Major League Baseball Division Series, with ratings up 15 percent over the first two days of last year's playoffs, based on numbers released by Nielsen Media Research.
Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
Phillies name Pedro Game 3 starter  —  Veteran of Red Sox-Yankees battles goes in pivotal game  —  Pedro Martinez, Boston's warhorse in four postseasons from 1998-2004, was named by Phillies manager Charlie Manuel on Friday to be the starter in Saturday's Game 3 of the National League Division Series in Colorado.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and The Good Phight
Benjamin Hochman / Denver Post:   Phillies' Martinez to start Game 3 vs. Rockies
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Teixeira beats Twins in 11 after A-Rod ties it  —  Two innings after Alex Rodriguez authored his signature Yankees moment, Mark Teixeira wrote his own.  —  The first baseman drilled a line drive solo homer to left field to lead off the 11th inning, giving the Yankees a memorable 4-3 win …
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Associated Press:
Teixeira's 11th-inning walk-off HR lifts Yankees to 2-0 lead  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Teixeira (FSY) hit a leadoff homer in the 11th inning to give the New York Yankees a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night and 2-0 lead in their AL playoff series.  —  GAME REPORT: Yankees 4, Twins 3 (11 inn.)
Yahoo! Sports:
Another call for instant replay  —  NEW YORK - The human element.  That's the best argument purists muster against widespread instant replay in Major League Baseball.  Let's see how that works: Umpires make mistakes because they're human, and ... that makes it OK!
Discussion: NESN.com and Deadspin
David Lennon / Newsday:
Could Matsui and Mets be a match?  —  Could there be a Godzilla sighting in Flushing next year?  —  With Hideki Matsui telling friends he'd like to remain in New York above all else, as well as return to leftfield, it would be logical for the free agent to appear on the Mets' radar this offseason.
Chuck Finder / PBC Blog:
Alvarez EL's top prospect, Lincoln and Tabata also ranked in Top 15  —  In yet another edition of The Future Is Coming, The Future Is Coming, the franchise with the advanced-Class A champion in Lynchburg also has three of the Top 15 prospects in Class AA's Eastern League according to Baseball America today — and Pedro Alvarez is No. 1.
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Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
ALDS Game 2: Twins at Yankees  —  YANKEES  —  Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (13-9, 4.04 ERA regular season)  —  TWINS  —  Pitching: RHP Nick Blackburn (11-11, 4.03 ERA regular season)  —  WEATHER: Mostly cloudy and cool with showers in the forecast during the evening.
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Jim Baumbach / Newsday:
Derek Jeter believes it will be “awkward” …
Associated Press:
3 Marlins coaches to return  —  MIAMI (AP) — Three Florida Marlins coaches have agreed to 2010 contracts, including bench coach Carlos Tosca.  —  Hitting coach Jim Presley and bullpen coordinator Pierre Arsenault will also be back next season.  Third base-outfield coach Bo Porter …
Discussion: FishStripes
Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:
Why C.B. Bucknor is not a good umpire  —  How you know he's a bad ump:  —  1. Umpires that are in consistent spats with coaches, players.  —  Both coaches and players, for the most part, understand the job is hard as hell while hoping they (the umpires) know it's the height of competition, adrenalin and testosterone during a game.
Discussion: Empyreal Environs and NESN.com
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Michael Hurley / NESN.com:
Brace Yourself: C.B. Bucknor the Home Plate Umpire for Game 2 of ALDS
Polls / Brew Beat:
Peterson confirms interest in Brewers job  —  Rick Peterson honored the code of silence imposed by Brewers general manager Doug Melvin and declined to say whether he had interviewed to be Milwaukee's next pitching coach.  But Peterson didn't hide his strong interest in the job.
 
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