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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:
In wee hours, Red Sox clobbered, 13-6 — In a time-honored tradition, the Red Sox and Cleveland Indians staged an epic duel into the wee hours last night at Fenway Park. — The Indians won, 13-6, in 11 innings, and tied the American League Championship Series at one game apiece.
Alex McPhillips / MLB.com:
Lonborg gets his day in the sun — Sox pitcher speaks about Impossible Dream club, 2007 team — BOSTON — No, Jim Lonborg's control didn't desert him on Saturday night at Fenway Park. Not quite. — Minutes after he delivered Game 2's ceremonial first pitch, wide of home plate …
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Sox put a chill on Indians in opener — Beckett cruises to win as bats erupt early — They have assumed their place as America's Team, favorites to win the World Series, and the only legitimate television draw still active in baseball's Octoberfest. — Gone is the agita that walked hand …
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Dan Shaughnessy Watch
ESPN:
Dusty Baker gets three-year deal to manage Reds — Dusty Baker has agreed to a three-year deal to manage the Cincinnati Reds, beginning with the upcoming season, ESPN has learned. — Baker, a former Cubs and Giants manager and current ESPN analyst, will continue to work with ESPN through …
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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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Babes Love Baseball
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 …
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Hot Foot
Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
In rare moment, John Sterling actually criticizes Joe Torre — All that's missing in this Joe Torre media circus is Zippy the Pinhead wearing an interlocking NY tattoo. — This is some freak show - whether it was a suddenly screaming George Steinbrenner threatening to fire Torre in the pages …
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Richie Rich / Home Run Derby:
Boston's FOX 25 blows off the National Anthem before the ALCS — Okay - This might go down as one of the worst displays of TV Sports Journalism in the history of TV Sports Journalism. — Friday night, Boston's FOX 25 was doing their pregame for Game One of the 2007 American League …
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Irv Moss / Denver Post:
Denver: A baseball town — Colorado's distinguished past featured many of the game's future stars — Maybe the most intriguing part of the Rockies' history-making season has been destroying the myth that championship baseball and Denver's mile-high elevation don't mix.
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Bad Altitude
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Steve Phillips: A-Rod has no place with Mets — Steve Phillips regrets one thing about the Mets' short-lived but highly publicized flirtation with Alex Rodriguez seven years ago. The former Mets GM is sorry the "24-plus-one" label assigned to A-Rod because of his agent's demands …
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
For Wren, 'it worked out' — BOSTON - Frank Wren hoped things were going to work out differently in July 1995, when he lost out - by the slimmest of margins - to Chuck LaMar for the Devil Rays' GM job. — But it turned out that things couldn't have worked out any better for Wren, who Thursday was promoted to GM of the Braves.
Jim Molony / MLB.com:
Byrnes: D-backs 'not fazed' by Rox — Outfielder says luck, beneficial calls have propelled Colorado — DENVER — Arizona outfielder Eric Byrnes doesn't share the opinion that Colorado is in command in the National League Championship Series just because the Rockies have built a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
