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11:00 AM ET, October 12, 2009

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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.
Kelly Thesier / MLB.com:
Twins left to wonder what could have been
Discussion: New York Times
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Bring on the Halos! Yanks sweep Twins in ALDS
NY Daily News:   Bondy: Jorge shows why he needs to play
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Pettitte has no plans of allowing Game 4
Discussion: Twinkie Town
New York Post:
Joba could spend part of 2010 in minors
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.
Discussion: Circling The Bases
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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 …
Discussion: New York Times and 6-4-2
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Papelbon can't close door, Sox lose
Discussion: Angels Unplugged and Yahoo! Sports
Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Vlad's heroics deliver ALDS sweep
Discussion: Hardball Times and Nats320
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.
Discussion: Sports Blog Net
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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 …
Discussion: Philliesflow.com
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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Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com:
Padilla silences Cards, critics with gem
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Los Angeles Times
Derrick Goold / STLtoday.com Top Sports Headlines:
Smoltz still has the itch to pitch, he thinks
Discussion: MLB Rumors and MLB FanHouse
Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Los Angeles Dodgers top St. Louis Cardinals 5-1, sweep series 3-0
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 …
Discussion: sox1fan.com
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Sweep deal: Dodgers return to NLCS
Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Staff has two more openings  —  Porter, Foster decline offers to return  —  South Florida Sun-Sentinel  —  The Marlins have some unexpected vacancies after two coaches declined the club's offers to return in 2009.  —  Third base/outfield coach Bo Porter and bullpen coach Steve Foster could not come to terms on contracts for 2010.
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.
Discussion: MetsBlog.com, MLB Rumors and Rays Index
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.
 
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David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Umpires continue playoff slump, blow call twice on Utley single
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MLB.com:
MLB Announces updated Division Series Times
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
White Sox meet with Podsednik's agent
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