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Owen Perkins / MLB.com:
Rookie arms shine in loss to Rockies — Arizona's Petit duels with Colorado's Jimenez on final day — DENVER — The game may not have had playoff implications for the D-backs, but the packed house at Coors Field hung on every pitch as a pair of rookie hurlers put up a gaggle …
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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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Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
Phillies win first NL East title since '93 — Tied for first entering final day, Phils prevail as Mets lose — PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies led, 7-0, before taking the field, thanks to Tom Glavine's first-inning meltdown at Shea Stadium. — Fellow baseball senior citizen Jamie Moyer …
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Rob Maaddi / Associated Press:
Phillies surge to NL East title — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Believe it, Philly. The Fightin' Phils are going to the playoffs. — Considered all-but-out of contention just 2 1/2 weeks ago, the Philadelphia Phillies overcame a huge deficit in the standings, caught the Mets and won their first NL East title since 1993 on the final day.
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.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Marlins hammer Tom Glavine in first inning — Could this be how a Hall of Fame career ends? Or the Mets' season? — Tom Glavine was yanked after recording just one out and the Mets trailed 7-0 after a half-inning this afternoon against the Marlins at Shea. It was the second-shortest outing of Glavine's career.
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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 …
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.
Michael Phillips / MLB.com:
Yanks plate 10 runs in inning vs. O's — Offense explodes against Cabrera, bullpen in fourth frame — BALTIMORE — Jorge Posada led off the fourth inning for the Yankees on Saturday night, and when he came up to the plate again there were still no outs in the inning.
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Marquis' slide continues — 6.21 September ERA could cost righty playoff roster spot — CINCINNATI — The Jason Marquis conundrum might cost Lou Piniella sleep the next two nights. — Marquis was shelled by Cincinnati while getting some work in during the third inning Sunday …
Danny Knobler / MLive.com:
Tigers unlikely to bring back Pudge — CHICAGO — The offseason begins today, and the Detroit Tigers will be looking for a shortstop and at least a part-time left fielder. — And a catcher. — Yes, a catcher, because it appears that the Tigers are prepared to decline their $13 million 2008 option on Ivan Rodriguez's contract.
Chris Duncan / Associated Press:
Astros send retiring Biggio out with win — HOUSTON (AP) — Craig Biggio didn't know when the tears would come on Sunday. Turns out all it took was hearing his children's voices. — The retiring Biggio doubled and scored in the first inning of his final game as the Houston Astros beat …
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Doug Tucker / Associated Press:
Indians win, roll into postseason — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Travis Hafner is going to the playoffs for the first time, and he tuned up for the postseason with another big day at the plate. — Hafner drove in two runs to reach 100 RBIs for the fourth straight year and the Cleveland Indians beat …
John C. Ensslin / Rocky Mountain News:
For Rockies fans, hope holds on — In baseball, hope springs eternal, but usually in the spring before the first games are played. — On a pleasantly cool autumn afternoon at Coors Field today, hope was hanging on like the ivy above the fountains beyond center field.
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Tim Tucker / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
End of an era for TBS, Braves, fans — For three decades, Braves games have been beamed around the country on TBS. They became America's Team — but Sunday, America will watch for the last time. — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — All across America Sunday, thousands of people …
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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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