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Tom Withers / Associated Press:
Indians hit 4 HRs, rout Yankees 12-3 — CLEVELAND (AP) — At times, it looked like 1995 again. Or 1997. Or 1954. Or 1948. — Back in the playoffs after a six-year absence, the Cleveland Indians came out swinging like Octobers past. — C.C. Sabathia recovered after giving up a homer …
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Tribe scores three — CLEVELAND - The good news is Chien-Ming Wang's sinker is working fine. The bad news is Paul Garko just trickled a single up the middle, just passed Robinson Cano's diving attempt to score Travis Hafner with the tying run here in the bottom of the first.
Rocky Mountain News:
LINCICOME: Phillies are phinished — PHILADELPHIA — It's always sunny in . . . Well, that's what the TV show says anyhow, and it has been nice here, a little warm for the season, causing a bit of a kerfuffle over how the Rockies choose to keep cool. But more on that later.
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Rob Maaddi / Associated Press:
Rockies beat Phils 10-5, take 2-0 lead — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Done chasing that wild-card spot, Kaz Matsui and the relentless Colorado Rockies are playing like champs. — Matsui hit his first career grand slam and drove in five runs, leading the Rockies over the Philadelphia Phillies 10-5 Thursday …
Michael Vega / Boston Globe:
Guerrero hopes to play right field in Game 2 — Vladimir Guerrero, the Angels' All-Star right fielder who was relegated to the role of designated hitter (1-for-4) in Game 1 because of tendinitis in his right triceps, worked out Thursday in right field, shagging fly balls and making throws to the infield.
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Associated Press:
Guerrero likely to play right field; Anderson also to play — BOSTON - Vladimir Guerrero is likely to return to right field for the first time in a month when the Los Angeles Angels play the Boston Red Sox [team stats] in Game 2 of their AL playoff series on Friday.
Bob Baum / Associated Press:
Young, Arizona take 2-0 lead over Cubs — PHOENIX (AP) — These Arizona Diamondbacks are no desert mirage, and the Chicago Cubs are one loss from another season of despair. — Rookie Chris Young hit a three-run homer and Stephen Drew tripled in two more in an 8-4 victory Thursday night …
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Mark Feinsand / Blogging the Bombers:
MIENTKIEWICZ HAS RUN-IN WITH CAMERAMAN — The details aren't completely clear, but Doug Mientkiewicz was apparently run over by a Cleveland cameraman (freelancing for YES) as he got off the team bus at Jacobs Field. — Mientkiewicz was taken to the Yankees clubhouse on a cart …
Sports Illustrated:
Elder Matthews rooting for father-son reunion in World Series — PHILADELPHIA (AP) -No one in Philadelphia calls broadcaster Gary Matthews anything but "Sarge.'' In California, he goes by a different name: Dad. — Matthews has a couple of rooting interests in the postseason.
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ESPN:
Postseason wish: Please, Cubbies, don't win the Series — The Cubs must go down. It must be gruesome, painful and tragic. They must, like Icarus and his wax wings, come tantalizingly close, and then, like Wile E. Coyote and his ubiquitous anvil, plummet to the canyon floor. — Don't get us wrong.
ESPN:
BASEBALL TONIGHT MINUTE — Karl Ravech and John Kruk preview Thursday's Game 1 of the Division Series between the Yankees and the Indians. — IN THE ZONE — Travis Hafner enters the Division Series against the Yankees as the Indians' hottest hitter. Hafner, who struggled for much of the season …
Mike / Squawking Baseball:
Manny Acta Interview — At just 38 years old, Manny Acta has established himself as one of the best, and brightest, managers in baseball today. After taking over a team that many thought would lose well over 100 games, Acta led the Washington Nationals to 73 victories this season, his first as a big league skipper.
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Associated Press:
Padres' Giles has microfracture surgery on knee — SAN DIEGO — Padres right fielder Brian Giles had microfracture surgery on his right knee, which he hurt in mid-April. — Giles played with the injury until being forced onto the disabled list in late May.
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Gaslamp Ball
Steven Goldman / New York Sun:
Rodriguez's Postseason Perception Is Flawed — Lately it has been in vogue for sportswriters to "confess" that they don't root for or against the team they're covering. Instead, they root for a good story. If Derek Jeter goes 2-for-4 in a game, it's barely worth mentioning.
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Jeff Jacobs / Hartford Courant:
Even Pedro And Tiant Weren't This Dominant — BOSTON - Chone Figgins, who led the American League in hitting after May 31, led off the Division Series with a single Wednesday night. Figgins worked the count full before smacking a line drive up the middle and off the glove of a diving Dustin Pedroia.
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