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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals Hall of Famer Bob Gibson dies at 84 after bout with cancer — By almost any account, Stan Musial was considered the greatest Cardinals player. By the same accounts, Bob Gibson, who died at age 84 Friday night in Omaha, Nebraska, under hospice care after fighting pancreatic cancer …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Season ends for Cardinals, does an era? Molina, Wainwright could be departing — SAN DIEGO — The Cardinals weren't 30 minutes into their offseason with months of inevitable, critical, and potentially dramatic changes still ahead, and manager Mike Shildt already had an idea of what he'd like to see at the start of the 2021 season.
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ESPN:
Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals ace, dies at 84 — Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Gibson died Friday at age 84, the St. Louis Cardinals confirmed to ESPN. — Gibson, who was born in Omaha, Nebraska, played all of his 17 MLB seasons with the Cardinals from 1959 through 1975.
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Tracy Ringolsby / Sports Illustrated:
Stats, Inc: A Look at What's on Tap in the Friday Wild-Card Games
Stats, Inc: A Look at What's on Tap in the Friday Wild-Card Games
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
How did Molina steal that strikeout? ‘He is a wizard,’ says Wainwright
How did Molina steal that strikeout? ‘He is a wizard,’ says Wainwright
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Emma Baccellieri / Sports Illustrated:
What We Learned From MLB's Wild-Card Series — Baseball has finished its first round of the playoffs under its new expanded system for this year. (Congratulations to everyone who lived through eight games in one day and lived to tell the tale.) As has been the case with so much else this season …
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Braves: ‘You want your best’ to open NLDS — ATLANTA — Braves manager Brian Snitker wasn't ready to officially announce his rotation plans for his team's National League Division Series against the Marlins. But he provided an expected response when asked if there would be any benefit to not starting Max Fried in Game 1.
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Jim Salisbury / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Matt Klentak steps down as Phillies GM 11 months after putting himself on the hot seat — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Matt Klentak has stepped down as Phillies general manager. — Klentak led the team's baseball operation for five seasons. Not one of those seasons ended with a winning record.
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Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Matt Klentak Steps Down As Phillies GM — 4:11 pm: Team President Andy MacPhail, who was instrumental in Klentak's initial hiring, will remain in that position, Middleton confirmed to reporters (including Matt Breen of the Philadelphia Inquirer). MacPhail will be involved in the search for the club's next GM, the owner added.
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Associated Press:
Ron Perranoski, 2-time World Series champ with Los Angeles Dodgers, dies at 84 — LOS ANGELES — Ron Perranoski, the left-handed ace of the Los Angeles Dodgers' bullpen who helped them win a pair of World Series championships in the 1960s, has died. He was 84.
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Madeline Ackley / Arizona Republic:
Former MLB player suspected of killing ex-girlfriend found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound — Former professional baseball player Charles Haeger, 37, who is suspected of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on a Grand Canyon trail Saturday evening.
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Associated Press:
Ex-pro baseball player sought in woman's killing found dead — SCOTTSALE, Ariz. (AP) — A former professional baseball player sought in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend in a Phoenix suburb was found dead Saturday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Grand Canyon, police said.
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Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nationals Part Ways With Pitching Coach Paul Menhart — The Nationals are moving on from pitching coach Paul Menhart, reports Byron Kerr of MASNsports.com (Twitter link). The 51-year-old's contract was set to expire this offseason, and the organization has made the decision not to bring him back …
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John Hickey / Sports Illustrated:
Astros' McCullers, Athletics' Bassitt Share Bond of Tommy John Surgery Recovery — Lance McCullers and Chris Bassitt, the starters respectively for the Astros and the A's in Game 1 of the American League West Division playoffs that begin Monday at 1:7 p.m. in Dodger Stadium, have plenty in common.
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