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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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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.
Fox Sports:
Hamilton gets special message before HR
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Associated Press:
Cardinals force stunned Rangers to 7 as David Freese's HR caps wild rally
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ESPN, ESPN, MLB, Purple Row and joy of sox
Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
The story of the Cardinals fan who returned David Freese's homer
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6-4-2
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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Associated Press, Halos Heaven, Yahoo! Sports 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, MLB Daily Dish, AZ Snake Pit, The Yankee Analysts, Baseball Nation and River Avenue Blues
Derrick Goold / Boston Herald:
Matt Holliday replaced on Cardinals' World Series roster for Game 7 — ST. LOUIS — What appeared momentarily to be a game-changing play at third base in Game 6 of the World Series has become a roster-altering event for the St. Louis Cardinals. — Matt Holliday sprained his right wrist diving …
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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
Gil Lebreton / Boston Herald:
Rangers will have to dial up their resiliency once more
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Yahoo! Sports, Bleed Cubbie Blue, True Blue LA and Amazin' Avenue
Associated Press:
Selig may decide compensation for prez Epstein — ST. LOUIS — Baseball commissioner Bud Selig expects he will have to decide what compensation the Boston Red Sox should receive for allowing general manager Theo Epstein to leave and join the Chicago Cubs. — Epstein quit Boston with a year …
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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, HardballTalk and VIN SCULLY IS MY HOMEBOY
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Sources: Yankees, CC's reps talking new deal — NEW YORK — With both sides highly motivated to get a deal done, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman and the agent for ace CC Sabathia will try to complete a new contract this weekend in an effort to prevent the left-hander from becoming …
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MLB Rumors and HardballTalk
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Nick Swisher likely to return to Yankees next season, meaning Bombers won't pursue Carlos Beltran
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MetsBlog.com, The LoHud Yankees Blog, MLB Rumors, Sliding Into Home and ESPN
TSN.ca:
Cardinals take out Rangers to win World Series — The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Texas Rangers 6-2 in Game 7 to win the franchise's 11th World Series Championship. — Relive the game below with an inning-by-inning recap. — Inning-by-inning: — 1st: Chris Carpenter struggled early …
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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
