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Alex Speier / The Boston Globe:
Red Sox fire pitching coach Dave Bush and infield coach Carlos Febles — The Red Sox have fired pitching coach Dave Bush and third base coach/infield instructor Carlos Febles. — Bush had been the pitching coach since the 2020 season, following three years as a Red Sox minor league pitching coordinator.
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ESPN:
Red Sox fire pitching coach Dave Bush, 3B coach Carlos Febles — The Boston Red Sox fired pitching coach Dave Bush and third-base coach Carlos Febles on Monday as the team tries to rebuild after a third last-place finish in four seasons. — Bush had been the Red Sox's pitching coach since …
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Austin Riley's home run, Michael Harris' amazing catch rescues Braves in Game 2 of NLDS — Once again, it seemed the Atlanta Braves' regular season dominance was no match for the Philadelphia Phillies' playoff brilliance. — Yet down to their last four outs before falling into a hole …
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Martin Frank / delawareonline:
How Phillies beat Braves behind manager's risky moves, Turner's unreal play in NLDS Game 1 — It seemed so unorthodox, and yet, it worked so magnificently. — That's because Phillies manager Rob Thomson made all the right moves Saturday in Game 1 of the NLDS, and the Phillies beat the heavily favored Atlanta Braves 3-0.
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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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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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
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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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Greg Joyce / New York Post:
Michael King aiming to keep spot in Yankees rotation after late-season taste — Last offseason, Michael King was finishing up his rehab for a fractured right elbow and then beginning a careful buildup for the season as a reliever. — This winter, he will be preparing to take on a full …
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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Does MLB's playoff format already need changes as higher seeds lose advantage? — The five-day layoff between the end of the regular season and start of the Division Series is not the reason the Baltimore Orioles trail the Texas Rangers, two games to none. It is not the reason …
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USA Today:
Recent PlaysPhiAtl — Castellanos lined into a double play, center fielder Harris II to third baseman Riley to first baseman Olson, Harper out. — Top 9th — Realmuto flied out to center fielder Harris II. — Top 9th — Iglesias pitching. — Top 9th — Harper walked. — Top 9th
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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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.
