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Sports Illustrated:
Cruz's unforgiveable defensive gaffe proves costly to Rangers … Cardinals Force Game 7 … David Freese's home run leading off the bottom of the 11th inning gives the St. Louis Cardinals to a wild 10-9 victory over the Texas Rangers in Game 6 of the World Series.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram and THE BOOK
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Jayson Stark / MLB:
David Freese, St. Louis force Game 7 — Twice down to their last strike, Cards rally in ninth and 10th innings, win it in 11th — ST. LOUIS — It ended with a baseball soaring through the October sky. — Soaring toward a patch of resplendent green grass, located just beyond the center-field fence.
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Troy Renck / On the Rox:
Cardinals' Holliday out for Game 7 of World Series — The Cardinals' Matt Holliday, right, yells at third base umpire umpire Alfonso Marquez after he was picked off by Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre in the sixth inning of Game 6 Thursday night. — ST. LOUIS — Game 7 …
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Beyond the Box Score
Fox Sports:
Hamilton gets special message before HR
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HardballTalk, Toeing the Rubber and Deadspin
Associated Press:
Cardinals force stunned Rangers to 7 as David Freese's HR caps wild rally
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MLB, ESPN.com and joy of sox
Associated Press:
Game 6: Twice Down to Last Strike, Cards Win 10-9
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baseballmusings.com, Twinkie Town, Viva El Birdos, Associated Press and Yahoo! Sports
Ben Walker / Associated Press:
Cardinals stun Texas, force World Series to Game 7
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Viva El Birdos, Over the Monster, Bluebird Banter and Pinstripe Alley
Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Cardinals, Rangers tied 4-4 after six innings
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ESPN:
Reports: Jerry DiPoto to be Angels GM — Arizona Diamondbacks executive Jerry DiPoto will be the next general manager of the Los Angeles Angels, according to multiple media reports. — DiPoto has been senior vice president of scouting and player development for Arizona.
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Yahoo! Sports, Halos Heaven and Lookout Landing
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Angels To Name Jerry Dipoto GM — The Angels' exhaustive search for a new general manager is over. They will name Jerry Dipoto of the Diamondbacks their next GM, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (on Twitter). — The 43-year-old was the top name on MLBTR's list of GM candidates.
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NBCSports.com, AZ Snake Pit, baseballmusings.com, MLB Daily Dish and Baseball Nation
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Nick Swisher likely to return to Yankees next season, meaning Bombers won't pursue Carlos Beltran — Nick Swisher seems set for a return to the Bronx next year after a baseball executive familiar with the Yankees' thinking said Thursday the team would “probably pick up” Swisher's contract option.
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The LoHud Yankees Blog, MLB Rumors, Sliding Into Home and ESPN
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George A. King III / NY Post:
Boras says he was kidding; knows Yankees won't adjust Cano's contract
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Pinstripe Alley, River Avenue Blues, MLB Rumors, New York Post and The Yankee Analysts
Pete Caldera / NorthJersey.com:
Reggie Jackson says Billy Martin was a bigot — NEW YORK - To Reggie Jackson, this is fact - not opinion - that Billy Martin engaged in bigoted and anti-Semitic behavior during his tumultuous tenure as Yankees manager. — “I didn't say it as accusatory ... I said it with feeling and empathy …
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Yahoo! Sports, HardballTalk and WasWatching.com
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
La Russa expected back in 2012 — Barring an eleventh-hour change of heart, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is expected to announce his decision to return to the club for a 17th season within several days of the World Series' final out. The composition of his coaching staff may be slightly less certain.
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HardballTalk
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Notebook: Pujols defends hit-and-run play
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Yahoo! Sports, baseballmusings.com and ESPN
Stephania Bell / ESPN:
Sources: Falsone to make history with Dodgers — The Los Angeles Dodgers are expected to announce early next week the hiring of Sue Falsone as their new head physical therapist/athletic trainer, sources told ESPN.com. — Falsone will become the first woman to serve as head athletic trainer …
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True Blue LA, Dodgers Blog and HardballTalk
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Carpenter to start Game 7 — The Cardinals have decided on Chris Carpenter to start tonight's Game 7. — In two starts, including a win in Game 1, Carpenter allowed four earned runs total in 13 combined innings against the Rangers. In Game 5 on Monday at Texas, Carpenter pitched seven solid innings …
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baseballmusings.com
Dan Mennella / CloserNews:
Tigers Exercise Jose Valverde's Option — The Tigers announced today that they have exercised closer Jose Valverde's $9MM option for 2012. — Valverde, 33, enjoyed arguably his finest (fantasy) year in the big leagues in 2011, converting each of his 49 save opportunities in the regular season.
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Yahoo! Sports and MLB Rumors
Scott Lauber / Clubhouse Insider:
John Farrell endorses Torey Lovullo for Red Sox' managerial opening — For several reasons, including the significant compensation that would be required to pry him from his contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, John Farrell almost certainly won't be the Red Sox' next manager.
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NESN.com
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Joe McDonald / ESPN:
Lovullo, McEwing not high on Sox's list
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WEEI, MLB Rumors and Al's Ramblings
