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Marc Carig / New Jersey Online:
NY Yankees pull off 4-3, 13-inning victory over L.A. Angels in Game 2 of ALCS … NEW YORK — They battled cold. They battled rain. They battled themselves. And it appeared so many times that it would be too much for the Yankees. — Instead, at 1:07 a.m. early Sunday morning …
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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.
C. Trent Rosecrans / CNATI:
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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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Reds tap Price to fill staff vacancy — Pitching coach showed success in Arizona and Seattle — Reds president of baseball operations and general manager Walt Jocketty did not set a strict timetable to hire a new Major League pitching coach when he spoke about the topic on Monday …
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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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
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 …
Associated Press:
Report: Kim Ng interviews for San Diego Padres' GM vacancy — SAN DIEGO — Kim Ng interviewed for the San Diego Padres' vacant general manager's job on Saturday, giving her another chance to become the first female GM in major league history. — Ng, the Los Angeles Dodgers' assistant general manager …
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Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
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.
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 …
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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 …
Associated Press:
New York Yankees fired singer Ronan Tynan hopes for another chance — NEW YORK — Irish tenor Ronan Tynan says he's sorry for making an anti-Semitic remark, and hopes for another chance to sing his noted rendition of “God Bless America” at Yankee Stadium. — “This is my mea culpa,” …
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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