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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Bruce Froemming's keen eye supports umps — PHILADELPHIA — Bruce Froemming, who has umpired more games (5,162) than any other man alive, says he has no squawks with the decisions made by the six-man umpiring crew in the World Series. — Through the first two rounds of the postseason …
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Jeff Blair / Globe and Mail:
A Hall of Fame World Series — With at least a half-dozen players that will be some day inducted at Cooperstown participating in the 2009 championship, this Fall Classic is one for the ages — Weather - Video - Blogs - RSS Feeds - Globe Books - TV listings - Globe on Twitter - Columnists - What you need to know on H1N1
Mark Newman / MLB.com:
Ghouls and Game 3 make for rare pair — Fall Classic stretches to Halloween for just second time — PHILADELPHIA — Happy Halloween. — They're dressing up as baseball players this year. — The hottest 2009 costumes are the Yankees' road grays and the Phillies' home whites …
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Bryan Hoch / Bombers Beat:
Yankees workout notes from Citizens Bank Park — As the Amtrak/Jersey Turnpike Series moves on to Philadelphia, here's what's making news: — It seems like there is a sliver of a chance the Yankees could play Hideki Matsui in the outfield during this series.
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Sliding Into Home
Jose De Jesus Ortiz / Houston Chronicle:
Astros name bench, pitching coaches, re-sign Blum — Team declines option on relief pitcher Brocail — Al Pedrique, one of 10 candidates interviewed for the Astros' managerial position that Manny Acta declined before Brad Mills beat out Dave Clark for the post, has become Mills' bench coach.
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Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
Blum re-signs with Astros — Veteran inks one-year deal with option for '11 — HOUSTON — With the Astros facing uncertainty on the left side of the infield next season, the club re-signed veteran infielder Geoff Blum on Friday to serve as both a stabilizing presence on the field and in the clubhouse.
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James Kannengieser / Amazin' Avenue:
Jeff Pearlman Vs. Mark McGwire — If I had to name the most pompous, self-righteous and judgmental mainstream sportswriter around it would probably be Jeff Pearlman. At the same time, Pearlman is also one of the most talented sportswriters around. His pieces at Sports Illustrated …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Ethier voted Clutch award winner — Outfielder led Majors with six walk-off hits, including four homers — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers' season is over, but Andre Ethier is still coming up clutch. — The outfielder has been named the 2009 Major League Baseball's Clutch Performer …
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Winter market forecast: A flood of non-tenders — The conversations between general managers began accelerating this week, and some have noticed a distinct trend that does not bode well for this winter's crop of free agents. The financial restructuring that has been occurring across …
New York Post:
City of Brotherly Love? My butt! — All the bad stuff you've heard about Philadelphia, site of the next three World Series games, is absolutely true. — The people in that town would give The Finger to their own mom. That's how bad that town is. — It's just incredible how ruthless and rude Philadelphia people are.
Mark Newman / MLB.com:
Jeter takes home Clemente Award — Yanks captain recognized for charitable efforts, superb play — NEW YORK — Sharlee Jeter remembers the time when she was coaching a youth baseball team in Washington Heights not far from Yankee Stadium, helping her old brother, Derek …
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NY Daily News:New York Yankees' Derek Jeter receives prestigious Roberto Clemente …
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NY Daily News:Fox's Tim McCarver, Joe Buck spend Game 2 of World Series criticizing …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
A new era begins for Chicago Cubs — With the Ricketts family in control, expectation are high — As the Ricketts family spoke publicly for the first time Friday after officially taking over the Chicago National League Ball Club this week, a new era of Cubs baseball is being ushered in on the North Side.
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:New Owner to Improve Wrigley, and Maybe the Cubs
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Peter West / US News:
Scientist Throws Curve Into Breaking-Ball Debate — Contends curveballs are an illusion; ridiculous, says former star major league pitcher — The ball flies out of the pitcher's hand. In less than a second, it curves and then drops, baffling the batter. — Or does it?
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THE BOOK
Tommy Craggs / Deadspin:
Why Your Stadium Sucks: Yankee Stadium — This is a weekly feature in which I (and maybe you, too, readers) detail the various reasons for hating your ballpark. This week: Yankee F**king Stadium. — For this, the season's final installment of our stadium series, I asked a wide range of writers …
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IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR, IT IS
