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Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Melky could be replaced — Just spoke to Brian Cashman, who said the Yankees doctors will be evaluating Melky Cabrera in the coming hours to determine the extent of Cabrera's injury. It's believed Cabrera could have suffered a full hamstring tear during Game 4, and according to MLB rules …
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Mark Feinsand / Blogging The Bombers:
Cabrera doubtful for Game 5 with hammy strain — The Yankees will try to wrap up the World Series title on Monday night, but they'll likely be doing so without the services of their regular center fielder. — Melky Cabrera suffered a mild strain of his left hamstring while running …
Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
World Series Game 5: Yankees at Phillies (UPDATES with Pena replacing Cabrera, Girardi and Joba audio) — YANKEES — Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (1-0, 3.55 ERA in postseason) — PHILLIES — Pitching: LHP Cliff Lee (3-0, 0.54 ERA in postseason) — WEATHER: Looks like it should be a nice night for baseball.
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Damon steals the show in Game 4 — Yankee outfielder's two stolen bases on one pitch might be Series-defining moment … PHILADELPHIA — We've seen a World Series turn on a magical swing of the bat. We've seen a World Series turn on a flash of leather. We've seen a World Series turn on a gaffe that history never forgets.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:A-Rod's clutch hit in 9th puts Yanks on brink of Series title
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Damon, A-Rod team in ninth to lift Yankees
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Gene Wojciechowski / ESPN:Girardi needs to give it a rest
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Alex Carnevale / Baseball Prospectus:
October 26-November 1 — IS DONOVAN McNABB AVAILABLE TO CLOSE GAME Five? … —Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon, on his ninth-inning at-bat against Phillies closer Brad Lidge. … —Phillies closer Brad Lidge … —Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins, on Damon stealing second and then third …
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Trade Market: Left Fielders — Looking to trade for a left fielder? This entry in the Trade Market series has you covered. We covered free agent left fielders here. — Carl Crawford, Rays. Crawford's $10MM (plus escalators) club option for 2010 should be exercised soon.
Bob Keisser / Long Beach Press-Telegram:
Selig makes it tough for baseball fans to like him — Today's covering-all-the-bases edition of The Sporting Muse: — There's someone out there who likes Bud Selig. Maybe even loves him. Television network officials, perhaps, who are fond of him because they have control of his strings.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Citizens Bank Park installs additional security after coin tossing incident in World Series Game 3 — PHILADELPHIA - The fans at Citizens Bank Park better be more careful with their money from now on. — Additional security was installed in the outfield for Sunday night's Game 4 …
Sam Page / Amazin' Avenue:
Why Omar Minaya Failed And What It Means For The Future — On July 27, 2002, Omar Minaya, then General Manager of the Montreal Expos, traded Lee Steven, Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore, and Cliff Lee to Mark Shapiro's Indians for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew. — In 2002, Major League Baseball owned the Expos.
Trsullivan / Postcards from Elysian Fields:
Monday Morning Manager...Milton Bradley — The Rangers refuse to rule out the possibility of Milton Bradley coming back to Texas. — Club officials aren't expecting it to happen but it's something club officials are definitely talking about as they try to figure out a way to repair …
Bruce Levine / ESPN:
Set-up man — Cubs are talking to Grabow about a new contract before free agency — The Chicago Cubs and agents for reliever John Grabow continued to discuss a multi-year contract for the would-be free agent. — Grabow was acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates at the trading deadline …
Associated Press:
Premature Macy's ad: Congrats on titles, Phillies! — PHILADELPHIA — Fear not Phillies fans, Macy's still has faith. — A day after the Yankees took a commanding 3-1 lead in the World Series, The Philadelphia Inquirer ran an ad from the retail chain congratulating the Phillies on winning back-to-back championships.
Bill Ballew / Baseball America:
Braves Top 10 Prospects — Atlanta Braves … The Braves' recent rebuilding effort advanced to the next stage in 2009. They won 86 games, their most since their 14th straight and most recent playoff appearance in 2005, and contended into the final week of the season.
