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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
An Error-Plagued Game, but From the Broadcast Booth — No announcer is perfect. A mistake now and then is expected. The best ones realize that they've made errors and often do their best to fix them quickly. — Then there is Chip Caray, TBS's lead baseball announcer …
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Byrd's uplifting outing clinches ALDS — Tribe beats Yanks in Game 4 for first ALCS trip since 1998 — NEW YORK — Overmatched in payroll, but not in perseverance, the Indians have toppled the vaunted Yankees and punched their ticket to an American League Championship Series berth against the Red Sox.
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Pitching-heavy matchup set for ALCS — No shortage of subplots as Red Sox prepare to face Indians — Though the Red Sox are no strangers to the American League Championship Series, they are a little unfamiliar with getting to that stage and seeing someone other than their fiercest rivals staring them in the face.
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Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Indians hand Yankees another early exit — NEW YORK (AP) — Once Grady Sizemore hit a leadoff home run, the Cleveland Indians were headed to the AL championship series while the New York Yankees were braced for a showdown with their boss. — Paul Byrd and the Indians bullpen closed …
Paul Hoynes / Plain Dealer:
Cleveland Indians reach AL Championship Series with Game 4 victory over New York — A Tribe triumphant — New York — When Paul Byrd went to the interview room Sunday night after the Yankees beat the Indians in Game 3 of the American League Division Series, reporters asked him two questions.
Georgeking / New York Post:
IT'S AN INDIAN BUMMER — THE TORRE ERA IS LIKELY OVER AFTER GAME 4 FLOP — According to several people with knowledge of the situation, Joe Torre's fate will be decided in a few days. And when it is, it's highly likely that George Steinbrenner won't ask Torre back to manage.
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Season Over: Yankees Out, and Torre ... Everything changes. Things fall apart. Summer does not last forever, though it seemed that way last night at Yankee Stadium. It was 87 degrees at game time, one last day of warmth, perhaps, for Joe Torre. — For 12 seasons, there was sunshine on his shoulders.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yanks fall to Indians in 4 games; Joe Torre era could be over — Another October, another first-round exit for the Yankees. And while not as shocking as the last two, this likely will be the one that results in massive changes, starting up top with the anticipated end of the Joe Torre era.
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Yankees brass rips Torre over use of Joba — Seems even when Joe Torre manages a winning game, his moves come under scrutiny from above. — According to sources who were there, Torre's decision to bring Joba Chamberlain into Sunday night's Game 3 in the seventh inning prompted moans of consternation …
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Yankees facing major rebuilding job — NEW YORK — For the third consecutive year the Yankees will spend most of October at home, but this is different. — George Steinbrenner, in a surprising return to his trademark bluster, told The Record of Hackensack, N.J., on Saturday …
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
DEREK'S FLAT FALL — NO OCTOBER MAGIC FOR USUALLY CLUTCH JETER — Death, taxes, Derek Jeter producing in the postseason. You can remove the last component from that list. — Jeter disappeared for the AL Division Series, just part of the reason the Yankees are headed toward …
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards antsy over La Russa's decision — Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. said Monday that the team's wait on a decision from Tony La Russa whether to return for a 13th season as manager has a limit that may be quickly approaching. — "We need to know something relatively soon …
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Who will close for Texas in '08? — Rangers reporter T.R. Sullivan answers fans' questions — Since the Rangers rotation was a little shaky this year, do you think they should dip into the free agency pool this winter? And if so, who are the top free agents out there?
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Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
For Angels, the evidence is overpowering — Absence of a middle-of-the-lineup home run threat was glaring during division series loss to Boston. Players, and Scioscia, hope to see that need addressed this winter. — There is power in numbers, a point the Boston Red Sox hammered home during …
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