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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
World Champions in the BronXXVII — Matsui ties World Series record with six RBIs in clincher — NEW YORK — This was the ultimate dream that the Yankees waited so long to achieve, as they clustered at the center of their magnificent new cathedral and celebrated the perfect ending to the inaugural season of Yankee Stadium.
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Associated Press:
New York Yankees DH Hideki Matsui becomes first Japanese-born Series MVP — NEW YORK — Hideki Matsui has the most curious habit at the plate. He never takes a practice swing once he steps into the batter's box. — He saves all those meaty cuts for when he needs them. — Matsui
Will Carroll / Unfiltered:
27 — Congratulations, New York Yankees. — The team went all-in on an extended strategy based on getting CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira. Say what you will about Brian Cashman or the Steinbrenner family, it worked. — It's the Series that capped the season, a real fall classic that comes at just the right time.
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:Statsui: MVP delivers jaw-dropping numbers
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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Royals Trade Mark Teahen To White Sox — 11:13am: The White Sox have confirmed the trade, according to The Chicago Sun Times. It's Teahen for Getz and Fields. — 10:17am: ESPN's Buster Olney says talks are “not that far along.” Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun Times mentions that Getz hasn't heard anything about a trade.
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Obstacles to a World Series rematch — Charlie Manuel quoted a general after Game 6, in pronouncing that the baseball world has not seen the last of the Phillies. “I'll tell you something — we will be back,” Manuel said. “As MacArthur said, I guess, we will be back.”
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Jon Weisman / Dodger Thoughts:
Dodgers bid farewell to Jon Garland — After six appearances totaling 36 1/3 innings — none in the postseason — pitcher Jon Garland has been cut loose by the Dodgers, who declined his $10-million option for 2010 (though the team is free to negotiate a new contract with him).
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers pass on Garland's 2010 option — Righty becomes free agent after $10 million not picked up — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers declined the $10 million 2010 mutual option for right-handed pitcher Jon Garland, who can become a free agent. — Garland is entitled to receive a $2.5 million buyout …
Sports Illustrated:
Court denies McCourt's bid to get Dodgers job back — LOS ANGELES (AP) -A court commissioner has denied Jamie McCourt's bid to be reinstated as the chief executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers. — Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon ruled Thursday in Los Angeles there is no state law to support her bid.
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Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Philadelphia's Jimmy Rollins: Phillies are still better than New York Yankees — Jimmy Rollins did a lot of talking before the World Series opened last week, predicting a Philadelphia triumph in five games, six at the most. Now that the Yankees have made him look ridiculous …
Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
World Series moment: Joba Chamberlain and his dad, Harlan — NEW YORK — The throng of media members around the makeshift stage seemed impenetrable, but Harlan Chamberlain motored his way through all of the cameras and notepads anyways. Reaching a blue barrier, he stopped his scooter …
Dan Steinberg / D.C. Sports Bog:
Riggins says Snyder is ‘a bad guy’ — There's been no harsher critic of the Redskins this fall than John Riggins, from his YouTube laceration of the Skins' front office to his hour-long skewering of the franchise on a WTOP town-hall program with Frank Herzog.
Yahoo! Sports:
The Empire strikes back — NEW YORK - Everyone stood in the same spot to take a picture. It was a secluded area behind the clubhouse-turned-animal house where hundreds of glass empties littered the ground and new ones still popped like popcorn toward the end of a bag.
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Four remain pride of the Yankees — Rivera, Jeter, Pettitte and Posada bind title teams of the past with the present … NEW YORK — They stood together, arms around each other's shoulders, on a makeshift podium in the middle of a still-packed stadium as euphoria rained from the sky. — Mariano Rivera.
