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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Beinfest: All options worthy of discussion — NEW YORK — Miguel Cabrera said Sunday he doesn't expect the Marlins to trade him this winter. But will the third baseman be moved to first base next year? Will Hanley Ramirez move to center field? And Kevin Gregg from the bullpen to the starting rotation?
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Notes: Olivo suspended, but appeals — Marlins catcher expresses limited regret over Mets incident — NEW YORK — The major regret that Miguel Olivo has about Saturday's skirmish with the Mets was that his actions involved respected Mets third-base coach Sandy Alomar Sr.
Wayne Coffey / NY Daily News:
Jose Reyes hitless in Mets' season finale to cap slump — All you need to know about the star shortstop's day, and his sorry September, was there for the hearing a few minutes before 4 p.m. at Shea Stadium yesterday. — After Jose Reyes popped out for the fourth time in six innings …
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets lose NL East title to Phillies on season's final day — Jimmy Rollins called it in January. The Mets made it happen in September. — The Mets completed a historic collapse on the season's final day as Tom Glavine, their Hall of Fame-bound pitcher, put them in a seven-run hole before their hitters even had a chance to swing.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Billy Wagner closes controversy with apology — Billy Wagner apologized to Willie Randolph and pitching coach Rick Peterson yesterday morning, after seeing his ill-timed comments to New York magazine in print. The closer was quoted as saying about the bullpen: "We've been throwing four innings a night - for four months!
John Harper / NY Daily News:
Tom Glavine's failure only part of entire team's — If you want to blame Tom Glavine for the final heartbreak in this historic collapse, you have every right because ultimately he's a future Hall of Famer who had a chance to be a savior for the Mets yesterday, and he came up terribly empty.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Padres may pay for saving Peavy — LIKE THIS STORY? — The Padres faced one of those impossible baseball decisions. — Start right-hander Jake Peavy in the final game of the regular season despite his poor history on three days rest. — Or, hold back Peavy so he could pitch …
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Phillies Soak Up the Scene — Victory Over Nationals Completes 'Unbelievable' Surge to NL East Title: Phillies 6, Nationals 1 — With the sun already low and the shadows long, Ryan Zimmerman leaned on a railing Sunday afternoon in the visiting dugout at Citizens Bank Park.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Sponsorships Available. Inside Stadium, That Is. — The Yankees are never known for missing opportunities to make money. Yet when they decided to build a new stadium, they declined the potential riches that could come from selling the rights to the name.
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Michael Schwartz / MLB.com:
D-backs facts and figures — The D-backs reached their fourth postseason in 10 years of existence after winning the National League West, earning home-field advantage through the National League Championship Series in their first playoff berth in five years.
Tom Singer / MLB.com:
Biggest collapses in baseball history — Mets' loss on season's final day is a reminder of past folds — As the inconceivable upshot began to unfold early on Sunday afternoon in Queens with the instant departure of Mets starter Tom Glavine, the guy behind the mike, meeting his sponsor obligations …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Seats Set Up for Playoffs at Shea Offer View of Collapse — The first things the Mets' front office will try to dismantle this off-season will not be the team's coaching staff or its shaky bullpen. The Mets will take apart two auxiliary seating boxes that the organization placed beside each dugout last week.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Jorge Posada manages Yanks to win in regular-season finale — BALTIMORE - With their playoff spot wrapped up, their opponent decided and Game1 another four days away, the Yankees had some fun yesterday during the final game of a grueling regular season. — Joe Torre took the day off …
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Dave Anderson / New York Times:
Time Doesn't Relieve the Pain, or Change the Facts — Fifty years later, historical revisionists have all but beatified Walter O'Malley for absconding to Los Angeles with the Brooklyn Dodgers after the 1957 season. — O'Malley didn't do it, book authors and television shows insist.
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Notes: McCourt vows to stay the course — Owner says Colletti, Little will return, preside over youth — LOS ANGELES — Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said Sunday that general manager Ned Colletti and field manager Grady Little would return for the 2008 season.
