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Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Yankees have their work cut out for them in Astros' sixth-straight ALCS — There was really no other way for this to play out. — After being run ragged by the Cleveland Guardians in a five-game series that took two days longer than anyone would have liked, the Yankees finally get another swing at Goliath.
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Orange County Register
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge both homer to lead Yankees to win over Guardians in Game 5 of AL Division Series — They always knew they would end up there. Tuesday night, Nestor Cortes, Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge punched that ticket back to Houston.
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New York Post, FanGraphs Baseball, Newsday, Elite Sports NY and Sports Illustrated
Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Yankees Notebook: Nestor Cortes continues year of firsts — It's been a year of firsts for Yankees' lefty Nestor Cortes. He made his first All-Star team. He crossed the 100-inning threshold for the first time, then 125, then 150 before ending the regular season with 158.1 star-making innings.
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Newsday and Mercury News
Pete Caldera / USA Today:
Aaron Judge, Yankees not living in past, know they ‘got to go through’ Astros to win AL — NEW YORK - Standing near pools of spilled champagne in a deafening postgame celebration, Aaron Judge outlined what had always been the Yankees' October travelogue. — “You've kind of got …
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New York Post, MLB Baseball News …, New Jersey Online, Sportico and Elite Sports NY
Joon Lee / ESPN:
Yankees eliminate Guardians to set up ALCS showdown vs. Astros — NEW YORK — Houston, here come the Yankees. — Riding off a strong start from lefty Nestor Cortes, the New York Yankees booked a ticket to the American League Championship Series with a 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday.
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Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
ALDS Game 5 rescheduled for Tuesday, fans sit in rain for nearly three hours in ‘terribly handled’ delay
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Mercury News, DraftKings Nation, New Jersey Online and Sports Illustrated
Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Yankees confirm Nestor Cortes will start rescheduled Game 5 on short rest, Guardians starter TBD
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Mercury News, New York Post and Sports Illustrated
Christina De Nicola / MLB.com:
488 feet! Schwarber drops jaws with upper-deck Petco HR — Phillies slugger smashes 2nd-longest postseason homer tracked by Statcast — SAN DIEGO — For a brief moment on Tuesday night, we were all two-time National League MVP Bryce Harper: speechless.
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NBCSports.com, Bleacher Nation and The Good Phight
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
‘Huge swing:’ Kyle Schwarber's majestic home run lifts Phillies over Padres in Game 1 of NLCS — SAN DIEGO - No one had ever seen anything like it. — Kyle Schwarber launched a monster home run at Petco Park never seen before. — It was a moment that could be talked about forever …
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MLB Baseball News …, Kyodo News+ and Sports Illustrated
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
High-priced, coveted free agents from 2019 - Bryce Harper and Manny Machado - square off in NLCS
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MLB Baseball News …, MLB - The Athletic, Sports Illustrated and Padres
Koji Ueda / Associated Press:
Ohtani had ‘good’ season; less glowing about Angels results — Japanese two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani arrived home on Tuesday and was critical of his Los Angeles Angels team missing the Major League Baseball playoffs again. In an interview at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, he said it was “a good season for me personally.”
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MLB Trade Rumors, THE BATFLIP, Cubbies Crib, Sports Illustrated, Daily News, Bleacher Nation and Call to the Pen
David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
‘I was unconscious’: Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa recalls night of concussion, talks return to face Steelers — South Florida Sun Sentinel's Chris Perkins and David Furones discuss the return of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa from injury and owner Steve Ross from suspension. (, , /South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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Orange County Register and Associated Press
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Gerry Dulac / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Mitch Trubisky has a chance to force Steelers into difficult decision
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Sports Illustrated, Mercury News, ProFootballTalk, Greensburg Tribune-Review and New York Post
Chris Perkins / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins grades, plus stock up, stock down for 24-16 loss to Vikings
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Orange County Register
Jon Greenberg / The Athletic:
Cubs lowering season-ticket prices by 5.1 percent: Dollars and sense — The Cubs drew 2,616,780 fans to Wrigley Field this past season. Or to be more accurate, they sold 2,616,780 tickets. As you might've noticed on TV, there were some no-shows. That figure alone represents a decline …
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Sports Illustrated, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, Cubs Insider and Bleacher Nation
John W. Davis / Press Telegram:
Press-Telegram Boys Athlete of the Week: Ryan Pellum, Millikan — Pellum had three touchdowns in Millikan's 50-20 win vs. Compton last week — PRESS-TELEGRAM BOYS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK — Noteworthy: Pellum had a big game that included a 79-yard touchdown catch in Millikan's 50-20 win at home against Compton on Friday, Oct. 14.
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Daily News
Kyle Goon / Daily News:
Only one game in, the Lakers are already off-script — LeBron James points out the Lakers need shooting and questions how the team is constructed … SAN FRANCISCO — In case you were wondering, now we know what LeBron James is really thinking. — Since signing the contract extension tying …
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Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register
