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MLB.com:
MLB names League Championship Series umpires — Randy Marsh, Tim McClelland to serve as crew chiefs — Major League Baseball has named the two umpiring crews that will officiate the League Championship Series. The National League Championship Series will begin on Thursday, October 11th …
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Rob Bradford / Boston Herald:
Tribe throw 1-2 punch — Sabathia, Carmona have fought long fight … Mark Shapiro sat in the visitors dugout at Fenway Park [map] one rainy day in 2003, predicting that an emotional, 22-year-old mountain of a man named C.C. Sabathia could one day enter baseball's pitching elite.
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Indians rate preferential treatment — The story lines would have been predictable and bombastic had the Red Sox met the Yankees again in the American League Championship Series. Imagine the hysteria if the Sox and Yankees clashed in the playoffs for the first time since the historic hurt …
Jeff Goldberg / Hartford Courant:Picture These First Two Acts — Beckett Vs. Sabathia, Then Schilling-Carmona
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:Taking an overview — Francona tweaks rotation: Schilling will start Game 2
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Associated Press:
Rivera: Torre's status will affect my decision — NEW YORK (AP) — Mariano Rivera isn't happy that Joe Torre might be out as manager of the New York Yankees and said the team's decision will be factored into whether he returns. — "I don't feel good about it," Rivera said Wednesday …
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Sports Illustrated:
Torre decision could take a while — Yankees also need to address A-Rod, Rivera, Posada — NEW YORK — Yankee manager Joe Torre is going to have to wait a few more days before learning his fate, perhaps even through the weekend. — The Yankees' brass is in the process of arranging …
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NY Daily News:
Mariano Rivera wants Joe Torre back — DAILY NEWS STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS — Add Mariano Rivera to the list of Yankee players who want to see Joe Torre back with the Bombers next season. — Rivera isn't happy that Torre, who has guided the Bombers to the postseason in each of his 12 seasons …
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ESPN:
50 greatest moments in LCS history — Baseball is about the unexpected, the surprise, the drama of one pitch or one at-bat deciding a game or a series. Let's hope we get many such moments in this year's League Championship Series. Here are our 50 greatest moments in LCS history (remember …
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Matt Eddy / Baseball America Prospects Blog:
Minor League Transactions — This week's installment considers all transactions reported between Sept. 28-Oct. 5. Last week's transactions available here. — Arizona Diamondbacks — Recalled: RHP Emiliano Fruto, RHP Leo Rosales, RHP Max Scherzer, OF Carlos Gonzalez, OF Alex Romero
Sports Illustrated:
Waiting for the hammer to fall (cont.) — Hank Steinbrenner, who is well-liked by Yankees employees and much more of an Everyman than his buttoned-down younger brother, spoke kindly about Torre and repeatedly said there are "no decisions on anything." But like his dad, Hank is also believed …
Tony Jackson / L.A. Daily News:
Dodgers front office will have busy offseason — After what passes for a week of rest and relaxation in the frenetic lives of Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti and his staff, the front office will get back to business this week when the club's scouts and special assistants come to town for meetings.
Neil Best / Newsday:
Waldman defends her on-air tears — Suzyn Waldman's teary report from the Yankees' clubhouse late Monday night has been a source of amusement on the radio, on the Internet and in print across the continent. — To her, though, there is nothing funny about that.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Teams learn downfall of 3-days rest — LIKE THIS STORY? — If the Rockies activate right-hander Aaron Cook for the National League Championship Series, they probably will use him as a reliever and not as a starter. — Cook, sidelined since Aug. 10 with a strained right oblique muscle …
