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Joon Lee / ESPN:
Aaron Judge sets MLB record with fourth, four-strikeout playoff game — NEW YORK — It didn't matter that Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs during the season. The ruthless crowd at Yankee Stadium will boo anybody if it believes they are underperforming. And on Friday during the Yankees' 4-2 loss …
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Sportico, Yankees News, New Jersey Online, MLB Baseball News …, Sports Illustrated and New York Post
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees-Guardians ALDS Game 2 moved to Friday afternoon; Nestor Cortes waits another day — The Yankees and Guardians will have to wait yet another day. Game 2 of the American League Division Series was postponed until Friday at 1 p.m., because of the rain and possible severe weather that was expected in the Bronx on Thursday night.
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Denver Post, New Jersey Online, Pinstripe Alley and Mercury News
Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register:
Dodgers' bats struggle again in NLDS Game 3 loss to Padres — SAN DIEGO — The first postseason “Surfliner Series” between the Dodgers and Padres in Southern California comes at a time when that train is not actually running all the way between Los Angeles and San Diego due to coastal erosion …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Padres believe they ‘can beat anyone’ - even the Dodgers - and why not?
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Gaslamp Ball, Padres, MLB Baseball News …, Sports Illustrated and ESPN
David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
What's the real story behind the Dolphins' missing locker-room Ping-Pong table? Here's what Tyreek Hill said — Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill says Ping-Pong table was removed from locker room because it was “bent” and he ordered a custom-themed ping pong table. (, /South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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Chris Perkins / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins, in a shocker, are starting rookie Skylar Thompson over veteran Teddy Bridgewater
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Mercury News
Orange County Register:
Kroger buying Albertsons for $24.6 billion to create grocery giant, will sell hundreds of stores — Kroger Co. agreed to buy Albertsons Cos. in a deal with an enterprise value of $24.6 billion that would create a US grocery giant with almost 5,000 stores and annual revenue of about $200 billion.
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Orange County Register:
Business | Kroger seeks merger with Albertsons, creating a US grocery giant — The potential deal would be among the largest US retail transactions in years. — Kroger Co. is in talks about a tie-up with rival Albertsons Cos. in a deal that would create a US grocery giant, people familiar with the matter said.
Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Agents, execs estimate the monstrous contract awaiting Aaron Judge — MORE FROM: — Yankees superstar Aaron Judge won the bet on himself, and won big. The consensus seems to be that the baseline deal Judge will get this winter is $300 million — or $86.5 million more than the Yankees offered in spring.
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FanSided, MLB Trade Rumors, Sports Illustrated, Cubs Insider, NBCSports.com, Bleacher Nation and New Jersey Online
Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
Week 6 recap: Chicago Bears' last-minute drive falls just short in an ugly 12-7 loss to the Washington Commanders — ExpandAutoplay — 1 of 45 — Bears quarterback Justin Fields is shoved out of bounds by Commanders linebacker Cole Holcomb in the fourth quarter at Soldier Field.
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Daily Herald, Chicago Sun-Times, Padres and Denver Post
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Former Giants manager Bruce Bochy met with Rangers GM Chris Young, per report — Bochy led the Giants to three World Series championships, including one over the Rangers in 2010. … But they are apparently willing to let at least one interview them. — According to a tweet from Ken Rosenthal …
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McCovey Chronicles and MLB Trade Rumors
ESPN:
Rockies keep manager Bud Black; hitting coach Dave Magadan out — Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black and most of his coaching staff, minus hitting coach Dave Magadan and third-base and infield coach Stu Cole, will return for the 2023 season, it was announced Thursday.
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Purple Row and Padres
Associated Press:
Astros starters rock hair extensions for postseason 'dos — Astros starters Framber Valdez and Luis Garcia look like naturals on the mound, even in the hairiest of situations. A lot of work to make it seem that easy — at the ballpark and, as it turns out, at the barber shop.
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Jonas Shaffer / Baltimore Sun:
Ravens OLBs Tyus Bowser, David Ojabo return to practice for first time since tearing Achilles tendons — Ravens outside linebackers Tyus Bowser and rookie David Ojabo practiced Wednesday for the first time this season, a sign that one of the team's most decimated units is nearing full health.
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Mercury News and Denver Post
