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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
After testing positive, Justin Turner's actions are difficult to justify — In the end, it couldn't simply be about the Dodgers winning their first World Series since 1988, or a decision by Rays manager Kevin Cash that was a case of analytics run amok. This is 2020, and there had to be some negative turn …
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Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register:
Seven Dodgers among players who become free agents following the World Series — The Dodgers waited 32 years to win a World Series. But the business side of Major League Baseball waits for nothing. — Seven Dodgers were among the 147 players who became free agents the morning …
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
World Series 2020: The oddest of World Series ends with the most 2020 moment of the season — ARLINGTON, Texas — In this oddest of years, this most peculiar of baseball seasons, there was perhaps no more telling snapshot of the United States, circa 2020, than a COVID-19-positive man sitting on the ground …
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Slate, FiveThirtyEight, True Blue LA, MLB Baseball News …, AZ Snake Pit and Lone Star Ball
Jill Martin / CNN:
Los Angeles Dodgers win World Series for the first time since 1988, defeat Tampa Bay Rays in six games
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Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, East Bay Times, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and The Ringer
Jared Diamond / Wall Street Journal:
The Dodgers' Justin Turner Tested Positive for Covid-19. Then He Returned to the Field to Celebrate.
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Los Angeles Times, MLB Baseball News …, Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Nation, USA Today and Slate
Ben Pickman / Sports Illustrated:
Dodgers Win Game 6 to Claim First World Series Title Since 1988
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MLB Baseball News …, True Blue LA, Lone Star Ball, Orange County Register and DRaysBay
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
‘This is our year’: Dodgers defeat Rays in Game 6 to win first World Series title since 1988
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MLB.com, The Ringer and Amazin' Avenue
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
'It's an unfortunate endpoint': Dodgers' World Series win marred by Justin Turner's return to field for celebration
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New York Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and ProFootballTalk
USA Today:
Dodgers' Justin Turner left World Series Game 6 with positive COVID-19 test, returns to field for celebration
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Chicago Sun-Times, New York Post and Los Angeles Times
Jeff Fletcher / Orange County Register:
Justin Turner tests positive for coronavirus just before Dodgers clinch title
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Daily Breeze, New York Times, MLB Baseball News … and Sports Illustrated
Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register:
Dodgers' long journey to first World Series title in 32 years
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Justin Turner Tests Positive For COVID-19
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MLB Baseball News …, Talking Chop, True Blue LA and Silver Screen and Roll
Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register:
Dodgers end World Series title drought with come-from-behind win in Game 6
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Tampa Bay Rays' Blake Snell pulled in 6th inning; Los Angeles Dodgers take lead
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Chicago White Sox's Tony La Russa announcement uses AJ Hinch's signature — CHICAGO — A glitch in a graphic file that was emailed to some fans announcing the Chicago White Sox's hiring of new manager Tony La Russa on Thursday contained a signature of AJ Hinch on a picture of La Russa.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Tony La Russa, 76, named new Chicago White Sox manager — PHOENIX — The Chicago White Sox, who never seriously considered anyone else, and spent the past three weeks convincing him to come out of retirement, on Thursday named Hall of Famer and three-time World Series champion Tony La Russa as their new manager.
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Rays News:
Vote now for the 2020 All-MLB Team presented by CohnReznick! — Fans can vote once every 24 hours for the best players at each position during the regular season to help determine this year's honors. First and second teams will be announced in early December on MLB Network.
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Plain Dealer, Fish Stripes, MLB Baseball News …, McCovey Chronicles, Reds News and Gaslamp Ball
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Gary Sanchez will need to improve while playing in Dominican winter league — There is a lot more for the Yankees to figure out than how to pay DJ LeMahieu and Zack Britton this winter. — One of the most important questions they faced after another disappointingly early exit from the postseason …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals decline option for keystone infielder Wong, allowing him to join Molina, Wainwright as free agents — ARLINGTON, TEXAS — In what can be read as the first hint of reduced spending and the unknowns of the 2021 baseball season, the Cardinals have elected to decline the option …
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La Velle E. Neal III / Star Tribune:
Twins decline 2021 option on pitcher Sergio Romo — The veteran reliever is now a free agent, but the Twins wouldn't rule out signing him to a lesser deal. — TEXT SIZE — MORE — The Twins declined the 2021 option on righthander Sergio Romo's contract Wednesday, making him a free agent.
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Twinkie Town and MLB Trade Rumors
New York Post:
Bill de Blasio is trying to kill Mets sale to Steve Cohen — Bill de Blasio has privately told Major League Baseball that he will do everything he can to stop Steve Cohen from buying the Mets. — The Post has learned that Hizzoner called MLB commissioner Rob Manfred earlier this month …
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Tim Healey / Newsday:
Source: Mets plan to decline options on Wilson Ramos, Todd Frazier, Robinson Chirinos — The Mets plan to decline the 2021 team options held on the contracts of Wilson Ramos, Todd Frazier and Robinson Chirinos, a source said Wednesday. — That was the expected decision in each of those cases …
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Lone Star Ball, Amazin' Avenue and MLB Trade Rumors
Jim Salisbury / NBCSports.com:
As the World Series ends, J.T. Realmuto officially becomes a free agent — The World Series is over. The Los Angeles Dodgers capitalized on Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash's robotic, paint-by-numbers strategy — he lifted dominant starter Blake Snell with one out in the sixth inning …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees one of two MLB teams to not hold instructional camp this fall — The Yankees had been through it before. During the end of spring training, when the sports world was shutting down and coming to grips with the magnitude of the coronavirus pandemic, one of their minor league players tested positive for COVID-19.
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