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Ben Walker / Associated Press:
Pujols blasts 3 homers to lead 16-7 rout of Rangers — ARLINGTON (AP) — Albert Pujols began the game hoping to shake his slump and maybe get a hit. — He did that, and a whole lot more: He produced the defining game of his career, and perhaps the greatest hitting performance in World Series history.
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Associated Press:
Cards take advantage of blown call in 4th inning — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A missed call by first base umpire Ron Kulpa has helped the St. Louis Cardinals score four runs in the fourth inning during Game 3 of the World Series. — After Albert Pujols led off with a single Saturday night …
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Pujols hits 3 HRs in Cardinals' rout — ARLINGTON, Texas - Albert Pujols, the best player in baseball for virtually his entire career, had not performed well in the World Series prior to Game 3 against the Texas Rangers last night. — In 11 previous World Series games …
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Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Blown call at 1st, Pujols HR give Cards 12-6 lead — ARLINGTON, Texas—A blown call by first base umpire Ron Kulpa and a throwing error by first baseman by Mike Napoli led to a four-run fourth that changed the game, and Albert Pujols hit a long three-run homer that helped the Cardinals open …
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MLB.com:
Missed call sets stage for big fourth frame — Ump says he got Holliday play wrong; Cards go on to score four — ARLINGTON — By the time the Cardinals and Albert Pujols had bashed their way to a 16-7 victory in Game 3 of the World Series, the way the cavalcade of runs began was eclipsed …
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Fox Sports:
Stars need to talk to media, regardless — You know what? My job would be easier if I didn't talk to players. — I wouldn't be as informed. My stories wouldn't be as detailed. But the truth is, I don't need quotes to write. — So, if Albert Pujols and other prominent Cardinals …
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals criticized for not speaking to media after Game 2
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Kevin Baxter / LA Times Sports Blog:
Angels may be interested in Omar Minaya for general manager — Add Omar Minaya's name to the growing list of candidates who will interview for the Angels' vacant general manager post. — Minaya, the former GM of the Montreal Expos, held the same post with the New York Mets from 2005 to 2010.
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Theo Epstein Officially Leaves Red Sox to Become President of Baseball Operations for the Cubs — The matter stretched out longer than they wanted, required Commissioner Selig to intervene, and may be the biggest non-player transaction in baseball in years, but late Friday the Boston Red Sox …
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Paul Sullivan / Boston Herald:
Theo Epstein to Cubs finally a done deal
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
It's official: Epstein resigns and joins Cubs
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Tom Van Riper / Yahoo! Sports:
Some of baseball's best teams fell short of title — By next week, the St. Louis Cardinals or Texas Rangers will go down in the baseball history books as 2011 World Series champions. What neither will go down as: a particularly great team, at least from a historical standpoint.
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Hamilton, in lineup, could have sports hernia — ARLINGTON — Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton could be dealing with a sports hernia rather than a strained left groin muscle. If so, he could require surgery after the season, although he would have enough time to get ready for Spring Training.
Adam Berry / MLB.com:
Selig, Costas discuss possible changes to game — Commissioner touches on realignment, replay, retirement — Commissioner Bud Selig sat down to speak with Bob Costas in an interview that aired Friday night on MLB Network, discussing the state of Major League Baseball — including a few changes that could be coming soon.
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MLB.com:
Players Choice Award finalists named — Winners to be announced Nov. 3 on MLB Network — Major League Baseball Players Association — NEW YORK — Major League baseball players today announced the finalists for their highest honors — the Players Choice Awards — in which the players …
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