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Erik Boland / Newsday:
Sabathia, offense give Yankees win in Game 4 — CC Sabathia, feet propped up, sat in a golf cart outside the Yankees' clubhouse three hours before his start last night in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series talking on the phone. — “How y'all doing?” a smiling Sabathia said …
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Steve Bisheff / Angels Unplugged:
Ugly umpiring continues — So what exactly is going on with the umpires this postseason? — There have been almost as many bad calls as repetitive TV commercials, and the trend continued in the fourth and fifth innings of Game 4 Tuesday night. — First, second base umpire Dale Scott appeared to miss a pickoff play.
Wall Street Journal:
Mets Win One: Owners Made Money on Madoff — The New York Mets just emerged from a woeful season but the team's financial picture may not be as dire as previously believed. — A partnership connected to the baseball team — which had widely been rumored to have lost money investing with Bernard Madoff …
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Mets Entity May Be Sued for $48 Million Profit From Madoff Firm — Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) — An entity tied to the New York Mets baseball team and its owner Sterling Equities Inc. might be sued for withdrawing $47.8 million more from Bernard Madoff's firm than it deposited with the con man, a lawyer said.
MLB:
Court documents: New York Mets profited from Bernard Madoff — The owners of the New York Mets baseball team made about $48 million in dealings with swindler Bernard Madoff, court documents showed. — The Mets Limited Partnership, which is connected to the Wilpon family …
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Mets Merized Online
New York Post:
Affair is foul for ESPN star — Ex-Met GM's dumped mistress has a ‘Fatal Attraction’ freakout — She's not going to be ignored, Steve! — ESPN analyst Steve Phillips had a fling with a 22-year-old production assistant, who, after being dumped, taunted his wife with “Fatal Attraction” …
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Rivera cleared in spitting incident — MLB: Video shows no evidence of ball being doctored — ANAHEIM — Major League Baseball swiftly cleared the Yankees' Mariano Rivera of any wrongdoing after a blog post on Tuesday morning claimed the hurler had spit on the baseball during Game 3 of the American League Championship Series.
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:MLB absolves Mariano Rivera of alleged spitball
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MLB.com, A Die Hard Yankees Fan, Sliding Into Home, Major League Jerk, Over the Monster, The Joy of Sox and Halos Heaven
Bruce Levine / ESPN:
Chicago Cubs hire former Texas Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo — The Cubs will announce Wednesday that former Texas Rangers hitting instructor Rudy Jaramillo has signed a three-year, $2.42 million contract to become Chicago's next hitting coach, player sources told ESPNChicago.com on Tuesday.
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MLB Rumors, Associated Press, Bleed Cubbie Blue, GoatRiders of the Apocalypse and Circling The Bases
Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
Umpire Tim McClelland makes the worst call of all time — Just when you thought the 2009 postseason umpiring couldn't get any worse, Tim McClelland goes ahead and makes what ends up as the worst call — or non-call — of all time. — Yes, you read that right. The worst call of all time.
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TheNoonerBlog.com, It's About The Money, Fack Youk, Bugs & Cranks, Bats, Major League Jerk and 3:10 to Joba
Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Casey Blake: The Dodger Diplomat — As the Los Angeles Dodgers walked out to the field to stretch on a recent drizzly afternoon, they assembled in their usual clusters. Third-baseman Casey Blake, as always, had a hard time choosing his spot. — “There's the little Latin community, the white guys and the black guys.
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Ben Goessling / The washington times Blogs:
Mattingly says Nats asked for permission to interview him — Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly said this afternoon the Nationals have asked Los Angeles general manager Ned Colletti for permission to speak to Mattingly about their managerial opening. — The former Yankees first baseman …
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Baseball Prospectus, Sports Illustrated, The Nationals Enquirer, Federal Baseball and Associated Press
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:Hate 'em or love 'em, these gritty Phillies are something else
Discussion:
Circling The Bases
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Piece by piece, putting it together — Picked-up pieces while packing for London and wondering how Schill got overlooked by the Nobel Committee . . . Anybody else spooked by that center-field door opening when the Red Sox were batting in the bottom of the ninth 10 days ago? It was a moment.
Danny Wild / MLB.com:
Heisey powers Saguaros to first win — Fellow Reds prospects Cozart, Alonso lead comeback — Reds prospect Zack Cozart hit a go-ahead two-run single to highlight a six-run ninth inning Tuesday as the Peoria Saguaros rallied for an 11-8 victory over the Phoenix Desert Dogs.
Amy K. Nelson / MLB:
MLBPA memo: Donald Fehr to get $11 million package — PHILADELPHIA — When Donald Fehr officially steps down as the head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, he will leave with an $11 million compensation package, according to a memo sent out to players late last month and seen by ESPN.com.
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Towers has standing offer from Sox — ANAHEIM - Former San Diego Padres general manager Kevin Towers said he'll take a couple of months off and enjoy some of the time (2010 season) remaining on his Padres contract before deciding his next step in baseball. — Towers could easily land …
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Mark Wiley philosophical about dismissal as Florida Marlins pitching coach — Mark Wiley doesn't hide his disappointment at being fired as Marlins pitching coach, but he takes solace in knowing that it wasn't the biggest shock of his career. — Wiley, 61, was fired as Cleveland's pitching coach …
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Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
ALCS Game 4: Yankees at Angels — YANKEES — Pitching: LHP CC Sabathia (2-0, 1.23 ERA) — ANGELS — Pitching: LHP Scott Kazmir (0-0, 7.50 ERA) — WEATHER: It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood - clear skies, temps in the 60s and 70s and plenty of sun. Check out the full forecast here.
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