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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Papelbon can't close door, Sox lose — Sox's closer allows three in ninth as Angels win ALDS — BOSTON — The Red Sox were one strike away from a win that would have prolonged their season another day. But the Angels wouldn't stand for it, coming up with three runs in the top …
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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Vlad's heroics deliver ALDS sweep — Angels rally with two outs in ninth to stun Sox — BOSTON — Stunning Red Sox Nation with a two-out ninth-inning eruption, the Angels completed a sweep of the American League Division Series with a 7-6 conquest of Boston on Sunday at Fenway Park.
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Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Sunday morning coming down — Terry Francona came to Fenway Park at 6:15 this morning, an arrival aimed at beating the traffic created by the BAA half marathon around the park. It worked. He was already halfway through a Full Throttle can at 8:50, when the local writers went into his office.
Ian O'Connor / NorthJersey.com:
Tino says Yanks' swagger is back — MINNEAPOLIS - Through the prism of a high-def screen, it was easy to connect the delirious present to a dynastic past. Tino Martinez watched Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira unleash their epic swings, watched men celebrate like boys …
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Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Pettitte has no plans of allowing Game 4 — Postseason veteran eager to put Twins away with a sweep — MINNEAPOLIS — He used to be a lock for any Game 2 assignment, but Andy Pettitte is now the man for Sunday's Game 3 of the American League Division Series, with a chance to close …
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Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
ALDS Game 3: Yankees at Twins — YANKEES — Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (14-8, 4.16 ERA regular season) — TWINS — Pitching: RHP Carl Pavano (14-12, 5.10 ERA regular season) — WEATHER: Pretty terrible. Temps in the 30s, sporadic snow showers and biting wind chill.
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Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Los Angeles Dodgers top St. Louis Cardinals 5-1, sweep series 3-0 — Like Cubs, division rival Cards exit 1st round meekly — Game 3 starter Vicente Padilla sprays teammates as they celebrate. (Tom Gannam, Associated Press / October 10, 2009) — ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Sweep deal: Dodgers return to NLCS — Padilla quiets Cards, Ethier homers in Game 3 clincher — ST. LOUIS — The Dodgers bounced the Cardinals on Saturday night as quickly as they did the Cubs last year, with a three-game sweep, clinching the best-of-five National League Division Series …
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
White Sox meet with Podsednik's agent — Free agent center fielder had strong season in 2009 — While DeWayne Wise walked out the door last week, the White Sox were talking about keeping another outfielder in-house. — Ryan Gleichowski, the agent for would-be free agent speedster Scott Podsednik …
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John Perrotto / Baseball Prospectus:
Post-season Weekend Update — Phil Cuzzi barely had enough time to mistakenly signal a foul ball when advocates of expanded instant replay started howling for change. Major League Baseball begrudgingly became the last major North American professional sports league to implement the use …
New York Post:
Joba could spend part of 2010 in minors — MINNEAPOLIS — The Yankees were exacerbated by Joba Chamberlain's inconsistency, and a faction of the organization wanted him sent to Triple-A in August, The Post has learned. — But they had nowhere to turn for alternatives.
