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Theo Epstein / Boston Globe:
Farewell, Red Sox Nation — I gave everything I had to the team and received even more in return — Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein gestures to fans during the 2004 World Series Championship parade. (File 2004/Bill Greene/Globe Staff) — I GREW up in Brookline just down the road …
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Cubs introduce Theo Epstein … CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs introduced Theo Epstein as their president of baseball operations on Tuesday, hoping he can end a championship drought the way he did for the Boston Red Sox. — “To me, baseball is better with tradition, baseball is better with history …
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TSN.ca:
Jays make policy change, look to end Farrell speculation — The Toronto Blue Jays tried to clear up the speculation on Tuesday with rumours persisting that the Boston Red Sox - and perhaps even the Chicago Cubs - have interest in manager John Farrell to run their respective clubs.
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Sox set to name Cherington general manager — Epstein successor has risen up Red Sox ranks since 1999 — BOSTON — With the man they believe is the ideal successor already in place, the Red Sox will waste no time going on an exhaustive search to replace Theo Epstein …
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Jean-Jacques Taylor / ESPN:
Mike Napoli turns pressure into success — Rangers' best postseason performer once more uses taste for spotlight in key spots … ARLINGTON, Texas — No words remain to put Mike Napoli's postseason performance into proper perspective. — “Phenomenal” doesn't really do it justice.
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La Russa's sloppy mistakes cost Cardinals any shot in Game 5 … Rangers power past Cardinals in Game 5 … Mitch Moreland, Adrian Beltre and Mike Napoli led the Rangers' comeback to beat the Cardinals 4-2. — ARLINGTON, Texas — Ron Washington might have become the first manager …
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
La Russa is to blame for Cardinals' Game 5 loss — ARLINGTON, Texas - He couldn't do it. The Genius couldn't take ownership of the fiasco he oversaw. Of all the places to manage the single worst inning of a career with 50,000 of them, Tony La Russa chose the eighth inning of the fifth game of a dead-even World Series.
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Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times:
Call to arms falls on deaf ears — ARLINGTON, Texas - Mike Napoli's game-winning double came off left-hander Marc Rzepczynski. But that wasn't the matchup St. Louis wanted. — Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said he wanted hard-throwing right-hander Jason Motte to pitch …
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Rangers win wacky and weird Game 5
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
MLB accuses Frank McCourt of ‘looting’ $189 million from Dodgers — As the bankrupcty case moves forward, a slew of court filings on Monday show that beating victim Bryan Stow will be central to the arguments and outcome in court. — For the first time, Major League Baseball put …
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MLB claims McCourt took $190M from Dodgers — Major League Baseball claims that Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt took nearly $190 million from the team in what a court filing termed “looting.” — In filings in a Delaware court, MLB said McCourt took $189.16 from the club …
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Bloomberg:
Selig Bends Rules to Fit as Baseball Attempts to Oust McCourt From Dodgers
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Bill Shaikin / Dodgers Blog:
Dodgers bankruptcy: Creditors ask judge to deny TV rights sale
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Rob Bradford / WEEI:
YOCUM EXAMINES LACKEY; ‘RESOLUTION’ NEAR — According to multiple industry sources, Red Sox right-hander John Lackey recently visited Dr. Lewis Yocum in California to have his right elbow examined. According to one of the sources, the Red Sox are expecting “a final resolution” …
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Gregg Doyel / CBSSports.com:
In Moneyball world, Young's legacy has become fuzzy — ARLINGTON, Texas — The older baseball guys love Michael Young. The mainstream media, the grizzled vets, the baseball lifers. They love him. To them, he's a great player, a clubhouse leader, a potential Hall of Famer.
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Cash Kruth / MLB.com:
Phillies decline options on Lidge, Oswalt — Club could attempt to bring both players back as free agents — PHILADELPHIA — It is no surprise the Phillies declined the 2012 options for right-handers Roy Oswalt and Brad Lidge. — If Oswalt's mutual option had been exercised …
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New York Post:
Baseball needs replay to get calls right — I also think you can limit the delays. In the time it took Texas manager Ron Washington to argue futilely on Saturday night, every viewer knew Kulpa had made a mistake. So install a rule that any manager who leaves the bench receives a huge fine.
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