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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Another Walk  —  Scott Feldman starts the bottom of the fifth for Texas.  With one out he walks Allen Craig to bring Albert Pujols to the plate.  That's the third walk of the game issued by the Rangers pitchers.  —  Update: Feldman comes too far inside and grazes Albert's chest.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
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Joe Posnanski / Joe Blogs:   Game Six  —  The 10-year-old in me loves comebacks.
MLB.com:
Jerry Dipoto named Angels General Manager  —  Former Major Leaguer becomes 11th GM in club history  —  ANAHEIM, CA - The Angels Saturday announced former Major League pitcher Jerry Dipoto has agreed to terms on a five-year contract to become General Manager.
Discussion: HardballTalk and Baseball Nation
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Jeff Caplan / ESPN:
What's next for free agent C.J. Wilson?  —  ST. LOUIS — C.J. Wilson entered the postseason brimming with hope and promise after a second consecutive workhorse regular season, this time as the Texas Rangers' No. 1 starter.  He again logged more than 200 innings, won a career-best 16 games …
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Fox Sports
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers fearless as Fielder hits market  —  Owner Attanasio vows to make genuine effort to keep slugger  —  MILWAUKEE — With the Hot Stove season set to begin, the biggest question in Milwaukee is not who will join the Brewers for 2012, but who will be gone.
Discussion: Al's Ramblings
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Gibson knows about pitching on short rest  —  Chris Carpenter's World Series start Friday night on three days' rest marked the first time a Cardinals starter had made a Series start on three days' rest since lefthander John Tudor did it twice in 1985.  —  In the 1985 Series, Tudor started Games 1, 4 and 7.
Richard Griffin / Blue Jays baseball blog:
Jays to explore possibility of David Ortiz  —  Jays' general manager Alex Anthopoulos calls it “doing his due diligence” and it's the important process of exploring all available avenues for improving the baseball team that, this winter, according to one source, will include at least discussing …
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Tom Krasovic / insidethepadres:
Freeeeese  —  The sight of David Freese bashing his way into World Series lore on Thursday wasn't a wholly pleasing one for Jason McLeod, the former draft overseer for the Red Sox and Padres.  “Freese,” McLeod told this blog, “is one of my bad moves.”  —  The story of how Freese entered professional baseball is a familiar one.
Discussion: Full Count, MLB Rumors and Boston Globe
Adam Berry / MLB.com:
Cards to be honored by fans in Sunday parade  —  Busch Stadium set to host celebration with fireworks display  —  The Cardinals will celebrate their 11th World Series championship on Sunday with a victory parade through downtown St. Louis, concluding with a special ceremony on the field at Busch Stadium.
Jayson Stark / MLB:
Cardinals complete impossible dream  —  St. Louis celebrates ‘amazing’ title run unlike any other in World Series history  —  ST. LOUIS — Even after it was over, they still couldn't grasp it.  —  Even as the fireworks shot through the sky, even as the World Series trophy sat on a podium at second base …
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 …
Discussion: ESPN and Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Gina Kolata / New York Times:
M.R.I.'s, Often Overused, Often Mislead, Doctors Warn  —  Dr. James Andrews, a widely known sports medicine orthopedist in Gulf Breeze, Fla., wanted to test his suspicion that M.R.I.'s, the scans given to almost every injured athlete or casual exerciser, might be a bit misleading.
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
Discussion: Beyond the Box Score
Ryan Campbell / FanGraphs Baseball:
How Will Prince Fielder Age?  —  While the upcoming Free Agent crop isn't the deepest in recent memory, there are a few sexy names at the top of the list.  One of those names is of course Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder.  Looking at his stats, we see a player who has accumulated 15.3 WAR …
Discussion: Brew Crew Ball
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
The Team that Refused to Die  —  The Cardinals defeat the Texas Rangers 6-2 in game seven of the World Series, winning the 11th world championship in team history.  They were 8 1/2 games out of the wild card in early September and caught the Braves on the last day of the season.
 
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