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Hal McCoy / Dayton Daily News:
Jocketty considers offer from Reds — Former Cardinals general manager would take front-office job and become Krivsky's boss. — The Cincinnati Reds are pursuing former St. Louis Cardinals General Manager Walt Jocketty, offering him one of the titles currently held by President …
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards meet with White Sox assistant GM — The Cardinals entered the second phase of their search for a successor to Walt Jocketty, with Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. and President Mark Lamping meeting with Chicago White Sox assistant general manager Rick Hahn in Jupiter, Fla., Friday.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Foulke planning comeback — Keith Foulke, a World Series hero for the Red Sox in 2004 who abruptly retired in February on the eve of spring training with the Indians, is planning a comeback, his agent said last night. Johnny from Burger King, consider yourself warned.
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MLB Trade Rumors
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Jack Curry / New York Times:
A Postseason Fixture, Lofton Is Well Traveled Off the Basepaths, Too — Every time Kenny Lofton of the Cleveland Indians sees the persistently played commercial in which a shipping company talks about sending his baseball equipment here, there and everywhere, he said, he looks away from the television.
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Lady At The Bat
Mike O'Malley / Yahoo! Sports:
Sixth inning: Beckett takes step forward — Mike O'Malley, an actor, writer and fervent Boston Red Sox fan, will be blogging about the Red Sox during their American League championship series matchup with the Cleveland Indians. — Beckett has to keep the pressure on.
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Let's Go Tribe!
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Unbeatable Rockies find yet another way to win … PHOENIX — The names go flying by them now, right out of a Hottest Teams of All Time newsreel. — Boog Powell's 1970 Orioles ... Gabby Hartnett's 1935 Cubs ... . George Brett's 1977 Royals ... Mike Schmidt's 1977 Phillies ... Fred Merkle's 1916 Giants ...
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Bob Baum / Associated Press:
Streaking Rockies beat Arizona 3-2 in 11 — PHOENIX (AP) — Willy Taveras raced toward the gap for a diving catch, then walked to first base to keep the Colorado Rockies streaking toward the World Series. — Jose Valverde walked Taveras on four pitches with the bases loaded in the 11th inning …
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Onslaught — On and on it goes: Ortiz and Ramírez lead Red Sox' rout — Sometime in the last couple of weeks, maybe they've been out of luck, out of sorts, out of whack, out of time, out of money (on second thought, scratch that last one). — But simply out? Not a chance.
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Steve Buckley / Boston Herald:
Sox looking superior — In key areas, Indians outclassed … By the middle innings last night at Fenway Park [map], Game 1 of the American League Championship Series between the Red Sox [team stats] and Cleveland Indians was beginning its slow, steady descent into something about as competitive …
Spencer Fordin / MLB.com:
Mazzone will not return to O's in 2008 — Pitching coach guided Baltimore's hurlers for past two years — BALTIMORE — The Orioles parted ways with pitching coach Leo Mazzone on Friday, allowing the veteran to pursue other opportunities for next season. — Baltimore will still …
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Sources: Mitchell report to reveal big names … Mitchell Commission Plans to Name Players — Since former Senator George Mitchell launched his investigation into baseball's steroid past 18 months ago, the big questions have been whether the final report would name names …
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New York Times, Baseball Prospectus, New York Post, Bugs & Cranks, Can't Stop The Bleeding, SOX & Dawgs, FanHouse and Main Board
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Battle Lines Drawn if Rodriguez Opts Out — Alex Rodriguez hit 42 home runs and had 46 stolen bases in 1998, becoming just the third player in the vaunted 40-40 club. He was set up to soak the Seattle Mariners in salary arbitration, except for one detail: against the advice of his agent …
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WasWatching.com
David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Playoffs Today — The Indians send their second ace to the mound tonight to try to earn a split against the Red Sox. Fausto Carmona comes off a strong September and a strong start against the Yankees to try to stop a team undefeated in the post season. In his way stands Curt Schilling, known for his post-season prowess.
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Balls, Sticks, & Stuff
