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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.
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 …
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Sox will face Cleveland — NEW YORK - The Red Sox have an ALCS opponent. — It is the Cleveland Indians, Friday at 7:10 p.m. at Fenway. — The Indians held off the Yankees 6-4 last night at a very quiet Yankee Stadium where a disappointing season ended with yet another Yankee playoff loss …
Jay Cohen / Associated Press:
Yanks remove Rocket from playoff roster — NEW YORK —Roger Clemens was removed from the New York Yankees' division series roster Monday, replaced by left-handed reliever Ron Villone. Under a new rule, Clemens now is ineligible for the AL championship series if the Yankees advance.
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:Youth served as Phil Hughes bails out Roger Clemens
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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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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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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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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
ALDS Game 4: Indians at Yankees — Here are the lineups: — YANKEES — Johnny Damon LF — Derek Jeter SS — Bobby Abreu RF — Alex Rodriguez 3B — Jorge Posada C — Hideki Matsui DH — Robinson Cano 2B — Melky Cabrera CF — Doug Mientkiewicz 1B — Chien-Ming Wang RHP
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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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Ben Grossman / Broadcasting & Cable:
Fox Considers Joe Buck for Late-Night Show — With Jay Leno Likely to Remain in Play if and when Conan O'Brien Takes Over The Tonight Show, the Late-Night Scene Promises to Get Interesting — Could Joe Buck be the next name to enter the late-night world?
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ready, set ... start your Braves rumors — This could be a slow couple of weeks for Braves fans, since the free-agent and trade markets won't heat up until after the postseason and the Braves and Tom Glavine seem determined not to screw up and let slip any sort of earlier-than-permitted negotiations …
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Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
Rockies' gem of a season has been an inside job — OK, so maybe the Rockies are a year or two ahead of schedule in their build-from-within program. — Nobody is complaining, though. — They put on the strongest season-ending drive to land a postseason spot in history …
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Jose Mota said wha?? — By and large, this whole experiment of having playoff baseball on TBS has been interesting... and not all that great. How not all that great, you ask? Well, if you can transcribe what reporter Jose Mota says in this clip, I'll give you a dollar: — Uh, so tripping over his tongue, or what?
