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Sunday's postseason scenarios — Here are the postseason scenarios for the four NL games that matter Sunday. Note that the Diamondbacks have clinched the NL West (and top seed in the playoffs) even if they and the Padres finish 90-72 by virtue of winning the season series 10-8. — Padres win
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David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
The Four Way Tie Lives! — The Rockies trounce the Diamondbacks 11-1, gaining a game on the Phillies and the Padres. The four-way tie scenario is still in place as the three games that needed specific outcomes went the right way. Here's what needs to happen tomorrow: — Mets win.
Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Fighting mad Marlins vow to get even today — NEW YORK — At the season's final crossroad, the Mets are bracing for an old-school war with the Marlins, the kind that's borne out of bad blood and bad attitudes on both sides. Say what you want about the Mets' soul-less play in September …
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Tempers flare in Marlins-Mets game — Florida's Olivo ejected for throwing punches at Reyes — NEW YORK — A blowout turned into a blowup in the fifth inning of the Mets' 13-0 rout of the Marlins at Shea Stadium on Saturday afternoon. — Marlins catcher Miguel Olivo was ejected …
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Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:
Sox need to wield clout vs. Angels … Philosophically, what we have here is a complete mismatch of styles. The Red Sox [team stats] generally like to sit back, work the count, play for the big innings. The Los Angeles Angels like to force the issue. — "In a short series …
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Home sweet home for Red Sox — Boston will open its ALDS vs. Angels on Wednesday — BOSTON — For the second night in a row, the Red Sox had to wait for another game to end before learning more about their own postseason situation. Though there were no champagne celebrations this time around …
George King / New York Post:
MATSUI KNEE NEEDS DRAIN; YANKS OPEN ON THURSDAY — Joe Torre insisted Hideki Matsui being sent to New York last night to have his balky right knee drained today isn't that big of a deal. However, the procedure likely will limit Matsui to DH duty against the Indians when the ALDS opens in Cleveland on Thursday night.
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Chien-Ming Wang will start Game 1 of ALDS vs. Indians — BALTIMORE - For the second straight year, Chien-Ming Wang will kick off the postseason for the Yankees, as Joe Torre tabbed him to start this week's playoff opener against the Indians. — Following last night's game …
Mike Puma / New York Post:
WAGNER: WILLIE, RICK 'NOT A LOT OF HELP' — The Mets' bullpen has been a mess for most of the season, and Billy Wagner evidently is tired of the pitchers involved shouldering the blame. In a New York magazine article that hits newsstands tomorrow, Wagner points a finger at Willie Randolph …
Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Today — The Last Day — 1:30 p.m.: Just a disaster for the Mets, as the Marlins rope five hits off of Tom Glavine, throw in some Little League defense, a couple of walks, and a ridiculous 1-2 hit batsman with the pitcher up, and fall behind 5-0 in the top of the first with just one out.
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Giving credit where it's due — One man's ballot for the major awards — The envelope, please . . . Most Valuable Player — AMERICAN LEAGUE 1. Alex Rodriguez, 3B, Yankees. Yes, Magglio Ordonez had a great season, but not like A-Rod. A-Rod had big hits all year …
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NL tiebreaker scenarios — NL playoff tiebreaker scenarios (records through Saturday): — NL East — If New York (88-73) and Philadelphia (88-73) finish with the same record, they would play a tiebreaker game Monday in Philadelphia. — Wild Card — In the event two teams tie …
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Shake-up on deck for O's? — Executive vice president Mike Flanagan and vice president Jim Duquette were sitting in an office on the third floor of the warehouse on the morning of June 18 when another Orioles executive notified them of the report. — It stated that Andy MacPhail …
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
For Tom Glavine, season finale might be the end — Tom Glavine may be on the mound for the final time as a Met today. Or for the final time in his Hall of Fame career. He isn't sure about either. — "Could be. Hopefully not," Glavine said. "Hopefully it's just going to be one of about five …
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