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Josh Thomson / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Rivera: “This is the way we should play.” — On a night that harkened back to Octobers past, the Yankees won 4-1. They took advantage of three errors, scored when they could and rode eight innings from their ace and a ninth from their closer. — “I think the whole team played tremendous,” Mariano Rivera said.
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Mark Whicker / NY Daily News:
Angels' mistakes help Yankees heat up — The Angels hope they got rid of all their hiccups in Game 1. — NEW YORK - It happened early, and by the time John Lackey talked about it, he had the filter firmly attached. — A baseball fell in a small place between shortstop Erick Aybar …
Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Angels don't look so invincible — NEW YORK - So who were these guys, anyway? They couldn't have been the same Angels who crushed the Red Sox in the division series, sending a chilling message from the last out at Fenway directly to the Bronx. — Angels Eric Aybar drops a pop up during …
Drew Silva / MLB Rumors:
Odds & Ends: Strasburg, Astros, Reds — A few more items before the Angels and Yankees get underway in a cold and rainy New York City... - Dave Perkin of Baseball America dissects Stephen Strasburg's impressive Arizona Fall League debut. The 21-year-old right-hander …
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Conor Glassey / Baseball America:
Strasburg's AFL Debut — Stephen Strasburg made his long-awaited and highly-anticipated professional debut here Friday night in an Arizona Fall League contest. — The righthander was one of the most highly publicized prospects in baseball history, Strasburg enjoyed a sensational junior …
Yahoo! Sports:
Don't call it a sellout - because it wasn't — NEW YORK - The sellout kerfuffle started at 10:17 p.m. The New York Yankees announced the attendance for Game 1 of the American League Championship Series - 49,688 - but didn't call it a sellout, as is standard practice. Someone tweeted that it wasn't a sellout.
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Pricing the Kids Out — The Yankees took the field in gruesome weather Friday night — cold, windy, rainy — for the first game of the American League Championship Series against the clumsily named Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. — The game was played in the new Yankee Stadium …
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George A. King III / New York Post:
Drug testers back in Bronx for ALCS — Members of MLB's drug testing team might want to rent a room at Yankee Stadium. — For the second time in a week the testing team was at the Stadium last night collecting urine samples from two members of the Yankees and Angels after the Yankees' 4-1 victory in Game 1 of the ALCS.
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Technology to play big role at new stadium — Jumbotrons, scanners aimed at improving fan experience … MIAMI — At the Marlins' new ballpark, being in your seat isn't the only way to watch all the action. — A trip to the concession stand doesn't mean you will miss, say, a home run.
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Beth Harris / Associated Press:
LA scratches out a win — LOS ANGELES — A grounder off a fielder's glove. A bunt that slipped by two players. The Los Angeles Dodgers' latest postseason rally began in the weirdest, wackiest way. — Another throwing error by Chase Utley, a pinch-hit single and two walks also were part …
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Chuck Finder / PBC Blog:
Perry Hill not returning to Pirates; Searage promoted — The Pirates announced this morning that first base coach and infield instructor Perry Hill will not return to the organization next year. — “We made an aggressive attempt to bring Perry back, including exercising his option …
ESPN:
Cubs to talk to Jaramillo — The Chicago Cubs have received permission from the Texas Rangers to speak with hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo, according to MLB.com. — Jaramillo told people close to him that he would like to go to a team that has a chance to go to the playoffs and win right away …
