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10:05 PM ET, October 24, 2023

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Mark Faller / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks get to experience the best two words in sports: Game 7  —  “The best words in sports.”  —  Game 7.  —  Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly said that after Arizona won NLCS Game 6 at Philadelphia on Monday, bringing its first Game 7 since ... you know.
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Nick PiecoroArizona Republic / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks-Phillies NLCS updates: Zac Gallen ‘available’ for Game 7  —  The National League Championship Series has come down to this: a deciding Game 7 to send either the Arizona Diamondbacks or Philadelphia Phillies to the 2023 World Series.  The climactic game is at 5:07 p.m. Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park and will be shown on TBS.
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Texas Rangers add chapter to ‘intense’ series, force Game 7  —  HOUSTON — Adolis Garcia stood at home plate to watch his ninth-inning grand slam soar toward the Crawford Boxes in left field at Minute Maid Park on Sunday night, and in that moment, the perspective of everyone in the building seemed to shift.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
‘We earned the right’: Underdog Diamondbacks force winner-take-all NLCS Game 7 vs. Phillies  —  PHILADELPHIA — The music was blaring and the Arizona Diamondbacks were singing, but the most beautiful sound of all was outside their clubhouse walls at Citizens Bank Park.  —  Silence.
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks finally break through in Philadelphia, force NLCS Game 7  —  PHILADELPHIA — The Diamondbacks fashioned an identity this year for their ability to make comebacks.  They are one win away from cementing that reputation — and making it one of a World Series team.
Kevin Tresolini / delawareonline:
Philadelphia Phillies head to first Game 7 in franchise history after losing to Arizona
Greg Giesen / delawareonline:
Philadelphia Phillies are a win from the World Series. What to know for Game 6 of the NLCS
Jason Wolf / Arizona Republic:
DBacks' Corbin Carroll, teammates ignore doubters, confident NLCS isn't over
Andrew Baggarly / The Athletic:
Giants to announce Bob Melvin as manager: Sources  —  When it comes to stability and continuity in the manager's office, few franchises can match the San Francisco Giants over the past four decades.  Now the Giants are turning to a three-time Manager of the Year to get them back on track.
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Kevin Acee / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Giants hire away Padres manager Bob Melvin; San Diego plans ‘thorough’ search to replace him  —  The Padres will have a new manager in 2024.  —  Bob Melvin's short tenure, which was long on drama, has concluded, as he has accepted the job managing the Giants.
The Athletic:
Bob Melvin emerges as Giants' top managerial candidate after Padres allow him to interview: Sources
Alex Speier / The Boston Globe:
Craig Breslow emerges as the favorite as Red Sox narrow candidates for head of baseball operations job  —  The field to become the next head of baseball operations for the Red Sox is narrowing — and a favorite has emerged.  —  Multiple industry sources believe that Cubs assistant GM Craig Breslow …
The Athletic:
Dusty Baker tells multiple people that 2023 is his final season as Astros manager: Sources  —  HOUSTON - Dusty Baker has expressed to multiple people inside and outside of the Houston Astros organization that 2023 will be his final season as manager, sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic over the past week.
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KTVU-TV:
San Francisco Giants  —  The San Francisco Giants are poised to hire Bob Melvin as their next manager, according to The Athletic.  —  The San Francisco Giants are considering Boston Red Sox coach Jason Varitek for the manager position, the New York Post reported.
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