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4:55 PM ET, November 4, 2011

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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs manager interviews out of ordinary  —  Applicants will be confronted with game-like situations to test decision-making  —  Once the Cubs managerial candidates settle into their seat for an interview, they will be put through an unconventional interview that's a bit more complicated than asking …
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs 2K12: Job candidates will be asked to manage simulated game  —  Theo Epstein (center) and new Cubs execs Jed Hoyer (right) and Jason McLeod will put prospective managers through their paces in a daylong series of simulations.  Charles Rex Arbogast~AP  —  How do you determine …
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Rob Bradford / WEEI:
RED SOX TO INTERVIEW MADDUX, ALOMAR JR.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats interested in free agent Oswalt to lead staff  —  WASHINGTON — After signing right-hander Chien-Ming Wang to a one-year deal, Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo indicated that he wants to add another veteran starter to the rotation.  —  According to a baseball source …
Discussion: MLB Rumors and SI Tracking Blog
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Howard Fendrich / Globe and Mail:
Chien-Ming Wang agrees to deal with Nationals  —  Right-hander Chien-Ming Wang's one-year, $4-million contract to return to the Washington Nationals gives the club at least a half-dozen pitchers to fill out a rotation.  —  That doesn't mean general manager Mike Rizzo is done looking for starters.
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Espn.Com / MLB:
Wang, Nationals agree to new one-year contract
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals pitcher Forsch dies at age 61  —  Bob Forsch, one of a handful of pitchers to have two no-hit games and the third winningest pitcher in Cardinals history, collapsed at his home near Tampa Fla., and died suddenly Thursday night.  —  Early reports from his wife, Jan, were that Forsch …
MLB.com:
New details revealed in MLB Network's 1986: A Postseason to Remember, on Wed., Nov. 9 at 9 p.m. ET  —  After one of the most exciting Postseasons in Major League Baseball history, MLB Network will look back 25 years to the League Championship Series and World Series in “1986: A Postseason to Remember …
Discussion: HardballTalk
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Vinny Cartiglia / MetsBlog.com:
Mike Scott admits to scuffing the ball in 1986
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
Minor League Free Agents 2011  —  Major League Baseball granted free agency to 537 minor league players on Nov. 2, five days after Game Seven of the World Series heralded the end of the 2011 season.  The number of players in this year's free agent class is consistent with totals from 2010 (533 players) and '09 (536).
Fox Sports:
Is Giants' best hope trading Lincecum?  —  At this time last year, the baseball industry was raving about the San Francisco rotation.  After going more than a half-century between titles, the Giants had the pitching to win multiple championships.  —  But young starters are rarely as perfect as they seem.
Discussion: HardballTalk
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
Can the Giants Improve by Trading Tim Lincecum?
New York Post:
If Reyes waits, he'll get big bucks — but not from Mets  —  Mets on Twitter  —  The Mets insist they want to retain Jose Reyes, but at their reasonable price and, well, they really should stop saying that.  —  It is akin to going into a Mercedes dealership, badly wanting a new model …
Jackie MacMullan / ESPN:
New GM Cherington swinging for fences  —  Ben isn't Theo, but this homegrown New Englander was born to take Red Sox's reins … During the long, lazy days of summer, young Ben Cherington assembled his trusted friends, grabbed his whiffle ball bat and assumed his stance …
Discussion: Boston Globe
Fox Sports:
Moyer primed for comeback at 49  —  FOX Sports  —  Forget comeback player of the year.  —  Jamie Moyer might become the comeback player of the half-century.  —  Moyer, who turns 49 later this month, is a free agent and has thrown for scouts twice recently, including Thursday in San Diego.
Discussion: HardballTalk and Bucs Dugout
Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
NY Mets' Angel Pagan may not be part of team's future plans  —  Amazin's could cut ties with underwhelming OF  —  Angel Pagan could find himself out of the Mets' future plans.  —  Uncertainty has defined Angel Pagan's future with the Mets since he botched his audition as Carlos Beltran's replacement last season.
Mark Polishuk / MLB Rumors:
Braves Open To Trading Jurrjens, Prado  —  The Braves have told some teams they would be willing to move Jair Jurrjens and Martin Prado in a trade, a Major League source tells MLB.com's Mark Bowman.  Atlanta is known to be looking for a power-hitting outfielder and possibly a new shortstop …
Discussion: Twinkie Town
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Mark Bowman / Bowman's Blog:
Braves willing to trade Jurrjens and Prado
Atabey / DominicanToday.com:
Baseball great Matty Alou dies in Miami  —  Santo Domingo.- One of the most inconic Major League Baseball greats from the Dominican Republic, Mateo Rojas Alou (Matty Alou) died early Thursday in Miami of unspecified ailment.  —  Alou, one of the famous brothers Jesus and Felipe …
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Associated Press:
Matty Alou, once part of an all-Alou outfield for the San Francisco …
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish
Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
Dominican baseball legend Matty Alou dies at age 72
 
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New luxury-tax system anticipated
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DP Show / The Dan Patrick Show:
Brian Cashman: Yankees will not pursue Albert Pujols
Ken Rosenthal / mlbbuzz:
Buerhle keeping options open
JSOnline:
Twins hire Provus, Gladden returns as analyst
Discussion: Around the Majors and Twinkie Town
Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
15,000 days since a botched World Series play
Discussion: Redleg Nation
Jane Lee / MLB.com:
Willingham among five A's to hit open market
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish
Associated Press:
Verlander Selected Player of Year in Union Vote
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Rob Bradford / WEEI:
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Discussion: Boston Globe, HardballTalk and NESN.com
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Furcal willing to wait on manager search
Discussion: HardballTalk
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Kemp touches on contract, Prince, NL MVP
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