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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Homers, Pettitte pace Yanks to victory — A-Rod, Swisher, Matsui back gritty lefty with long balls — PHILADELPHIA — Alex Rodriguez belted the first video-reviewed home run in World Series history to support another winning Andy Pettitte effort as the Yankees defeated the Phillies, 8-5 …
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Rich Hofmann / Philly.com:
Phils need a new plan — Everybody did the same thing in their own way, playing out the World Series in their head before it started. If you were from Philadelphia, you spent your time trying to map out a way for the Phillies to win four games. — This was my personal map …
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Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
A-Rod awarded homer on replay — First postseason use of review gives Yank two-run shot — PHILADELPHIA — Instant replay, meet the World Series. — Umpires consulted instant replay for the first time in postseason history in the fourth inning of Game 3 at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday …
Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
World Series Game 4: Yankees at Phillies (UPDATES with Burnett starting Game 5) — YANKEES — Pitching: LHP CC Sabathia (3-1, 1.57 ERA in postseason) — PHILLIES — Pitching: RHP Joe Blanton (0-0, 4.66 ERA in postseason) — WEATHER: There may be some rain this afternoon but it looks …
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Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
Down and drained Cole Hamels 'can't wait for it to end' — PHILADELPHIA — There probably weren't many things that Cole Hamels — could have said on Saturday night to reverse his crumbling reputation among Phillies fans. — But there definitely were a few that could help speed …
Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
World Series Game 3: Yankees at Phillies (UPDATES with Sabathia named Game 4 starter) — YANKEES — Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (2-0, 2.37 postseason ERA) — PHILLIES — Pitching: LHP Cole Hamels (1-1, 6.75 postseason ERA) — WEATHER: Cloudy with a chance of showers tonight …
Mike Puma / New York Post:Manuel shows Andy no respect
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Ian O'Connor / NorthJersey.com:Mo racing against time — PHILADELPHIA — Mariano Rivera …
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Are players and owners heading for another collision of collusion? — Incoming Players Association executive director Michael Weiner said the union will closely monitor offseason transactions to see whether collusion among teams to hold down free agent signings is alive …
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Luke Adams / MLB Rumors:
Cafardo On Pujols, Mauer, Holliday, Damon — Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe has a new column up, and he addresses a few topics of interest from around the majors. Some highlights.... - Cafardo examines the crossroads that superstars Albert Pujols and Joe Mauer will soon face with their current clubs.
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Julia / Runnin' Scared:
Giuliani bumped from World Series seats for Michelle Obama — ​According to the Post, America's Former Mayor was bumped from his favorite seats near the dugout in Yankee Stadium on the first night of the World Series to get him, and wife Judi, away from Michelle Obama. A source blames “the White House.”
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Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Olney On Non-Tenders — In his latest blog post (ESPN Insider required), Buster Olney discusses what he refers to as baseball's “next great economic disparity,” referring to the large number of players, young and old, who stand to make more money through arbitration than they would on the free agent market.
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
An exciting offseason awaits Dodgers — Ramirez the leading question mark heading into 2010 — LOS ANGELES — One thing the Dodgers have stressed under the current ownership is entertainment, and it sure looks like it will be an entertaining offseason. — In which ways the current …
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NY Daily News:
For Mark McGwire and baseball's other steroid cheats the truth would be a hit — If Alex Rodriguez is on his way to getting the key to the city because of the way he hits this October, then Tony La Russa can bring Mark McGwire back as a coach in St. Louis. McGwire can teach the Cardinals …
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Jerry Green / Detroit News:
Take baseball analysis with a grain of salt — The guy anointed the best pitcher in the history of baseball is not a craggy graybeard who won 511 ballgames a century ago. He is not Cy Young or one of the other immortals whose faces adorned cigarette packets far back in the history of the sport …
