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Brad Hamilton / New York Post:
HEIR TIME FOR YANKEES — KING GEORGE'S SONS ARE TAKING CHARGE — The Steinbrenner boys have taken the reins, Yankees brass has told The Post. — Hank and Hal Steinbrenner will share leadership of father George's beloved Bronx Bombers in an arrangement to be further ironed out at top-level meetings in Tampa this week.
Discussion:
Baseball Musings, Bugs & Cranks, The Yankee Despiser, The Bronx Block, River Ave. Blues and Pinstripe Alley
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Sports Illustrated:
Will Torre be retained? — Support for manager may be growing in New York — Some Yankees decision-makers have been paying close attention to the reaction of players and fans, and a few people close to the situation are actually beginning to wonder whether Joe Torre is as gone as Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said he would be.
MSNBC:
Steinbrenner relinquishes control of Yankees — N.Y. owner's sons Hank, Hal reportedly to do day-to-day running of team — NEW YORK - The George Steinbrenner era is apparently all but over. — According to a report in the New York Post, the "Boss" has handed over control of the New York Yankees …
Discussion:
6-4-2
Jackie MacMullan / Boston Globe:
No relief in sight for Gagné — Ouch. — The wounds are multiple in the wake of Boston's bewildering 13-6 loss to the Cleveland Indians in 11 innings last night at Fenway Park. The obvious and most damaging byproduct is the Red Sox have suddenly coughed up home-field advantage …
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Steve Buckley / Boston Herald:
It's clearly time to put ineffective Eric on ice … The Red Sox [team stats] had the right idea when they decided to gather a couple of talented youngsters named Kason Gabbard [stats] and David Murphy and use them as currency in their search for a veteran relief pitcher.
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:Sox put a chill on Indians in opener
Discussion:
Dan Shaughnessy Watch
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Confident Diamondbacks defend play — DENVER - Eric Byrnes plopped down in the Coors Field interview room Saturday afternoon, grabbing a pair of microphones on the table and pulling them toward him like pints of suds as if he were ready to opine to the local barkeep.
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Justin / On Baseball and the Reds:
Dusty Baker — Sometime in mid-August, I had a bizarre conversation with a mid-40's check-out clerk at Safeway who saw my Reds hat. He said that he was not a Reds fan, but asked what I thought about the Reds' managing situation, and said he thought that Pete MacKanin had done a heck of a job.
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Dan Connolly / Baltimore Sun:
O's keep Crowley as hitting coach — Club expected to make Kranitz offer for pitching coach vacancy — As expected, the Orioles are holding onto longtime hitting coach Terry Crowley for 2008, while they move aggressively toward filling their recently created pitching-coach vacancy.
Barry Jackson / MiamiHerald.com:
Willis, Cabrera: tough duo to keep — Marlins offseason chatter: — • The Marlins, who are very open to making a major trade, have made pitching their clear-cut No. 1 priority but also will try to sign a veteran free agent catcher who works well with a young staff.
John Delcos / The Journal News:
Castillo could be key to second base stability for Mets — NEW YORK - Luis Castillo stood at home plate, the ball already past him and in the catcher's mitt for strike three. And with it, another Mets season had passed. — As Castillo turned toward the dugout, a question might …
JSOnline:
Cecil Fielder speaks out — The hostility Milwaukee Brewer Prince Fielder has for his father, Cecil, is so pronounced he took the occasion of his hitting 50 home runs earlier this season to say he was motivated to reach levels his father did not. — What should have been a purely celebratory moment …
Detroit Free Press:
JON PAUL MOROSI: Why A-Rod is too rich for the Tigers — Team would have to cut players — Let's suppose Alex Rodriguez really, really wants to be a Tiger. — Let's suppose he opts out of his contract with the New York Yankees. — Let's suppose he decides the high-profile markets …
The Big Lead:
Simmons Gets His Wish: SNL Clowns Dane Cook in Skit — What's the only elixir to cure an Eric Gagne-induced hangover? When your proposed Saturday Night Live skit - one in which your rival is slammed - makes it onto the show. Even though SNL remains a shell of its 90s self …
Kevin Youkilis / Yooooouuuuukkkkk:
Putting a tough loss in the rearview mirror — Was this a tough loss? Sure it was. But you can't dwell on it. It was just a bad inning, and you just move on. You can't worry about the past. This is the playoffs. You can't worry about what you did in your last at-bat or your last time on the mound.
Discussion:
Over the Monster
