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Tim Britton / New York Times:
Exclusive: Mets' Brandon Nimmo reveals he's dealing with plantar fasciitis — LOS ANGELES — Add injury to insult. — Brandon Nimmo revealed to The Athletic after Sunday night's Game 1 loss in the National League Championship Series that he has been dealing with plantar fasciitis …
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New York Daily News, New Jersey Online, Seymour Tribune, SNY, Deadspin, New York Post and Yahoo Sports
Associated Press:
MLB playoffs averaging 3.33M viewers through division series — NEW YORK — Major League Baseball's postseason is averaging 3.33 million viewers going into the league championship series, an 18% increase over last year's average of 2.82 million. — The division series averaged 3.56 million viewers …
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ESPN and baseballmusings.com
ESPN:
Dodgers tie postseason mark of 33 straight scoreless innings, top Mets 9-0 in NLCS opener — LOS ANGELES — After spending the first seven years of his big league career back East, Jack Flaherty came home. He joined a winning team in the Los Angeles Dodgers and helped make a bit of playoff history.
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Thomas' slam off Skubal helps Guardians by Tigers, into ALCS — CLEVELAND — Guardians center fielder Lane Thomas understands moments like the one presented to him in Game 5 of the AL Division Series on Saturday don't happen often when an ace like Tarik Skubal of the Tigers is on the mound.