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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw pulled after allowing 6 runs in 1st inning — LOS ANGELES — The ball sailed into the air and Clayton Kershaw rested his hands on his knees, head down, legs slightly bent, back toward home plate, a painful, all-too-familiar sight in this place, at this time of year.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks chase all their demons out of Dodger Stadium, grab NLDS opener — LOS ANGELES — The demons of Dodger Stadium have haunted the Diamondbacks for decades, visiting upon them nightmares, terrors and all manners of atrocities so gruesome that no matter what unfolded, it never felt especially shocking.
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Yahoo Sports
Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register:
Clayton Kershaw chased in 1st inning as Dodgers lose NLDS opener to Diamondbacks — LOS ANGELES — Hall of Fame careers do not always end heroically. — Willie Mays stumbled in the outfield while playing for the New York Mets during the 1973 World Series and it has become the archetype …
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Torey Lovullo's aggressive managing for Diamondbacks an early October storyline — LOS ANGELES — Midway through a session with reporters on Friday afternoon, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo motioned toward the back of the room, where Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts had suddenly appeared.
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Los Angeles Times and Yahoo Sports
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno hoping to play in Game 1 vs. Dodgers: 'I'm ready'
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Yahoo Sports and masslive.com
Jacob Calvin Meyer / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles on brink of elimination after falling to Rangers, 11-8, in Game 2 of ALDS: ‘There is no tomorrow’ — The last time the Orioles were this good, a team that appeared on track to make the World Series was swept in the league championship series. — The last time they made the playoffs …
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Kennedi Landry / MLB.com:
Rangers slam way past O's, head home with 2-0 lead — Garver makes playoffs debut, hits second postseason grand slam in Texas' history — BALTIMORE — As the ball left Mitch Garver's bat, Leody Taveras — standing on third base after a leadoff walk — immediately threw his hands in the air.
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The Athletic, Boston Herald, Associated Press and Lone Star Ball
Chandler Rome / The Athletic:
Astros part ways with assistant GM Bill Firkus, farm director Sara Goodrum — HOUSTON — The Astros have parted ways with assistant general manager Bill Firkus and farm director Sara Goodrum, The Athletic has learned, representing the first major front-office shakeup under first-year general manager Dana Brown.
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Bleacher Nation, MLB Trade Rumors and Lone Star Ball
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
A pitching pothole KO'd the Cardinals. Can they get up and back into ‘fight for titles’? — With his teammates all around him emptying their lockers and filling bags and boxes with gear this past Sunday — literally zipping and taping shut the baggage they'll carry from a failed season …
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Red Reporter, MLB Trade Rumors and Battery Power
Tim Keown / ESPN:
The radical calm of Bruce Bochy — BRUCE BOCHY SPEAKS in a low rumble, walks like his shoes are three sizes too small and prefers to talk about anything but himself. He manages a baseball game as if there are actual human beings on the field and not just a collection of numbers designed to dictate all outcomes, big and small.
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Dallas Morning News
Lillian Boyd / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks face criticism for LA hotel stay amid ongoing labor dispute — A union of more than 32,000 hospitality workers criticized the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday for choosing to stay at a hotel facing a labor dispute and boycott. — UNITE HERE Local 11 is a union …
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Yahoo Sports
Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2024 — Matt Swartz has created a model to project salaries for arbitration eligible players, which we've been publishing at MLB Trade Rumors for 13 years. — In the baseball industry, teams and agents determine arbitration salaries by identifying comparable players.
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
D-backs' Gabriel Moreno expected to start in Game 1 vs. Dodgers — LOS ANGELES — Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno, hit in the head by a backswing earlier this week, has not entered concussion protocol and is expected to play in the team's National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
