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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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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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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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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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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.
Murray Chass / New York Times:
G.M. Moves: Old School vs. New Thinking — When general managers hold their annual meeting in three weeks in Orlando, Fla., they will have to wear name tags to identify themselves and the clubs they work for. It has been that kind of crazy period for general managers.
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