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Billy Witz / New York Times:
Laid-Back Practices for Dodgers and Angels — LOS ANGELES — Dodgers Manager Joe Torre looked laid-back late Tuesday afternoon as he sat down at a news conference at Dodger Stadium. Torre, dressed in blue jeans, an untucked dress shirt and a baseball cap from a Hawaiian golf resort, seemed as relaxed as ever.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Past is inconsequential to Sabathia — Tabbed for Game 1, Yankees ace zeros in on Angels — NEW YORK — The Yankees may have spent the better part of the last decade-plus slapping their foreheads trying to handle the Angels, but those memories do not mean much to the most important man …
Associated Press:
Torre doesn't anticipate extension … LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Torre says he doesn't plan to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers after his contract expires. — “I have one year on my contract and I don't anticipate it being more than that,” he said Tuesday, two days before the Dodgers open the NLCS against Philadelphia.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets' pitching prospect Mejia on fast track — SURPRISE, Ariz. - Jenrry Mejia felt ill and stiff the day he auditioned for the Mets at their old Dominican Republic complex in Boca de Nigua two years ago. — “I don't know how I can throw today. I think I'll throw maybe 86 (mph) …
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Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com:
Mets' Davis dominates in Rafters' rout — Former first-rounder hits grand slam, drives in six runs — A week ago, Mets top prospect Ike Davis was running on fumes. — Following a 114-game Minor League season split between two levels, he spent nearly a month playing for gold medal-winning Team USA at the IBAF World Cup.
Stan Hochman / Philly.com:
McCarver sings, tunes out zings — THE FIRST ROUND of the playoffs is history. Tawdry, bumbling history, marred by shoddy umpiring, Minnesota's dumber-than-dirt baserunning and the babbling of Chip Caray on TBS. — Cue the catcher/broadcaster/singer. Enter Tim McCarver doing …
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Sweeny Murti Yankees Blog:
Three Down...Eight To Go — yankees@wfan.com — Minneapolis, MN (WFAN) — In a relatively dry corner of the Yankees clubhouse last night, I asked Joe Girardi what he thought was the best part of the night? He said, without hesitation,"Alex and Jorge. With all that Alex has gone through …
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Barring big offer, Braves' Hudson to be free agent — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX. — add this
Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Hawpe, Marquis face uncertain futures — Rockies veterans faded after All-Star selections — DENVER — Rockies right fielder Brad Hawpe wasn't ready to shift his mind from the here-and-now to his just-completed 2009 season. — “That's not a question I can necessarily answer right now …
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Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Girardi: Yankees “definitely considering” a three-man rotation — Joe Girardi just did a conference call with the beat writers and said that while the team won't have its roster/scouting meeting until tomorrow morning, “We are definitely considering going to a three-man rotation in this round.”
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Robert Snell / Tax Watchdog:
‘Amazin’ debt for Miracle Met Ron Darling — Tax agencies in two states and the IRS have former New York Mets pitcher and TBS analyst Ron Darling caught in a squeeze play. Darling, who helped call the Yankees-Twins game Sunday, owes $544,197 in state and federal taxes, records show.
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves lose scouting director to Nationals — The Braves are losing scouting director Roy Clark, who accepted a job with the Washington Nationals after 20 years in the Braves organization. — After interviewing Monday in Washington, Clark told the Braves Tuesday that he had accepted a post …
Jon Weisman / Dodger Thoughts:
Wherein I kept my mouth shut about a disagreement over Manny Ramirez and feel the better for it — I didn't comment here at Dodger Thoughts on Steve Lopez's strangely timed attack on Manny Ramirez in The Times this month because, well, I was just pretty tired of conflict.
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Inbox: Do the Mets need an overhaul? — Beat reporter Marty Noble answers fans' questions — Let's cut to the chase. Is it time for a complete overhaul? The Mets can't hit at all — 12 home runs for their home run leader. Their defense is OK, the pitching is dreadful and the bench lacks spark.
Ed Chigliak / Federal Baseball:
Jim Bowden Updates List Of Washington Nationals' Managerial Candidates. — More photos » by Reed Saxon - AP — 5 months ago: Los Angeles Dodgers coach Larry Bowa congratulates Manny Ramirez on a solo home run in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies in a National League baseball …
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Agent doubts Billy Wagner will retire — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email the Author — Billy Wagner's agent, Bean Stringfellow, did not take his client's comments about leaning towards retirement too seriously. — “Those comments probably came right after the Red Sox …
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