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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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Matt Gagne / NY Daily News:
Mo is still the best closer in baseball — MINNEAPOLIS - If there is any doubt who the best closer in baseball is, the debate was settled Sunday. — Boston's Jonathan Papelbon blew a save (he lost the game) and the Red Sox painfully bowed out of the other American League division series.
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
The old-time gloom settles over Fenway — It was shocking. It was time travel. It was back to the bad old days. — It was a macabre matinee at our ancient baseball theater. — All you young New Englanders who shrugged whenever dad said, “The Sox will blow it, they always choke at the end,” . . . now you know.
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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Angels stun Sox for ALDS sweep — Vlad's two-run single finishes two-out rally in ninth — BOSTON — For Vladimir Guerrero, season 13 in the Major Leagues turned out not to be so unlucky after all. — In what he called “the biggest moment of my career — so far,” Guerrero ripped a game-deciding …
Projo Sox Blog:
Pedroia: ‘Our field is the worst in the game’ — BOSTON — When the Angels' Erick Aybar slapped a single up the middle to start a two-out, ninth-inning rally against the Red Sox and closer Jonathan Papelbon, the ball barely skipped past shortstop Alex Gonzalez and second baseman Dustin Pedroia.
Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Hot-hitting Torrealba bats fifth for Rox — Catcher has just 23 career at-bats above No. 6 spot — DENVER — With a strong finish to the regular season and a surprise home run in Game 2 of the National League Division Series, Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba found himself with a more prominent role for Sunday night's Game 3.
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Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Umps admit missed call on Utley hit — Replay shows key play in ninth should've been ruled foul — DENVER — Whether it was umpires being in the wrong place or some gamesmanship by the Phillies' Chase Utley, the fact is a missed call played a part in Philadelphia's 6-5 victory over Colorado …
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Associated Press:
Phils-Rockies could set new cold weather record — DENVER (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies and Colorado Rockies bundled up Sunday night for Game 3 of the NL playoffs, wearing stocking caps, gloves and thick, hooded sweat shirts while taking batting practice in the biting cold.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards set to probe reasons for failure — Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak (left) talks with chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. during batting practice before Game 2 of the National League Division Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. (By Chris Lee/P-D)
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William C. Rhoden / New York Times:
Yankees-Dodgers Is the Finish Baseball Needs — In the euphoria of the moment, Los Angeles Angels Manager Mike Scioscia was asked Sunday if he had thought about a freeway series between the Angels and the Dodgers. The Dodgers eliminated the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday …
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Tampa Bay Rays seem willing to see if catcher Dioner Navarro can come back — BOSTON — Of the three most disappointing Rays, DH Pat Burrell has the farthest to go, CF B.J. Upton is the most important to the team and C Dioner Navarro poses the biggest question.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats' scouting director joining Blue Jays — Exec Brown will be assistant to Toronto's Anthopoulos — Dana Brown is leaving the Nationals as an amateur scouting director and will join the Blue Jays to become a special assistant to general manager Alexander Anthopoulos.
