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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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ALCS Game 2: Angels at Yankees — YANKEES — Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (0-0, 1.50 ERA) — ANGELS — WEATHER: Not much better - and probably worse - than yesterday. It's cold and brisk with rain lingering all over the area. In other words, perfect baseball weather. Check out the forecast here.
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Price excited to join Reds — Not that the past week was the best time to sight-see in Cincinnati, but for new Reds pitching coach Bryan Price, it was enough to sell him on the job. — “I didn't know a great deal about the whole situation there until I got a chance to fly up there and visit …
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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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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 …
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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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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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In Baseball, Stuff Happens. Just Deal With It. — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers had two runners on base with no one out in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday, so they ordered Russell Martin to bunt. Squaring around, he let four straight pitches from Chan Ho Park zip past …
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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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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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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 …
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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 …