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Joon Lee / ESPN:
Ron Roenicke won't be Boston Red Sox manager next season — The Boston Red Sox announced Sunday that Ron Roenicke would not return as the team's manager for the 2021 season, with a search for a new skipper beginning immediately. — Roenicke took over as interim manager in February following …
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Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Red Sox Won't Retain Ron Roenicke For 2021 Season — Ron Roenicke won't be managing the Red Sox in 2021, the team announced. In an official press release from the Sox, chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom said the following: … The release also stated that “a search for a new manager …
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MLB Baseball News …, New York Post, Milford Daily News, The Athletic and Over the Monster
Andrew Simon / MLB.com:
4 teams vying for final 2 spots in NL — The 2020 regular season is down to its final day, yet the final two playoff spots in the National League are still up for grabs. — One contender fell out of the race Saturday, with the Mets eliminated after the first loss of a doubleheader sweep at the hands of the Nationals.
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Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Jeff Samardzija Plans To Play In 2021 — Jeff Samardzija is wrapping up the final year of his five-year contract with the Giants. Despite that contractual uncertainty, the 35-year-old (36 in January) is fully committed to pitching in 2021. “100 percent, without a doubt,” …
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McCovey Chronicles and MLB Baseball News …
Connor Grott / UPI:
Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. belts longest home run of 2020 season — Atlanta Braves star outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. smashed a tape-measure home run in the first inning of Friday's game against the Boston Red Sox at Truist Park. — Facing a 3-1 count, Acuna sent an 89-mph cutter …
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Talking Chop, baseballmusings.com and NBCSports.com
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout: ‘We gotta get to the playoffs’ — The Los Angeles Angels were mathematically eliminated from postseason contention at Dodger Stadium on Friday night, which means that in nine full seasons in the major leagues, Mike Trout — considered by many the game's greatest player …
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MLB Baseball News …, Halos Heaven and AZ Snake Pit
Brian Dulik / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Indians' playoff positioning hurt by 8-0 loss to Pirates — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Cleveland Indians suffered a setback in their bid to host a first-round playoff series, losing 8-0 to — Joe Musgrove and the major league-worst — Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.
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Tom Withers / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Pirates' Keller out after 5 no-hit innings against Indians
Pirates' Keller out after 5 no-hit innings against Indians
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Bucs Dugout, Yahoo! Sports and Let's Go Tribe
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Breaking down all the MLB playoff scenarios on the regular season's final (?) day — Welcome to the most potentially chaotic day in baseball history. It's easy to fall prey to the moment and hyperbolize, but, no, what Sunday has in store is legitimately mad.
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Camden Chat, Fish Stripes and Let's Go Tribe
Jorge Castillo / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Dodgers overcome power outage and a Mookie Betts injury scare to beat Angels — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — The Dodgers and Angels had just completed the sixth inning Saturday night when, just after 8:30 p.m., Dodger Stadium went pitch black.
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J.J. Cooper / Baseball America:
Appalachian League To Operate As Summer Wood-Bat League — Culminating a busy week for Major League Baseball, MLB announced on Friday that the Appalachian League will operate as a summer wood-bat league for rising freshmen and sophomores. — The news will officially be announced at a Sept. 29 press conference.
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TC Zencka / MLB Trade Rumors:
Ronald Acuña Jr. Scratched From Sunday's Lineup — Ronald Acuña Jr. was scratched from today's lineup because of left wrist irritation, the team announced via Twitter. Obviously, it's not an ideal situation for the Braves, but there's no apparent reason to read anything more into this than what's on the surface.
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KHOU-TV:
Five-run seventh inning powers Rangers past Astros 6-1 — The Astros rested almost one-third of their regular position players one day after clinching a berth in the postseason, their fifth in the past six seasons. — ARLINGTON, Texas — Jeff Mathis hit a three-run home run …
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