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Arnie Stapleton / Associated Press:
Colorado 6, Arizona 4 — DENVER (AP) — Riding a Rocky Mountain High like none other, Colorado is heading to its first World Series. — With their 21st win in 22 games, the relentless Rockies beat the rattled Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 in Game 4 Monday night to sweep the NL championship series at a chilly Coors Field.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
GM Byrnes may have quiet winter — Compared with his other two off-seasons with the Diamondbacks, General Manager Josh Byrnes' winter could be a quiet one. — Two years ago, he traded Javier Vazquez for Chris Young. Last year, there were deals for Doug Davis and Randy Johnson.
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
D-Backs finished off in 4 — DENVER - For once, everyone was right about the Diamondbacks. — Their improbable run through October ended Monday night at Coors Field, where the merciless Colorado Rockies completed a four-game sweep of the National League Championship Series with a 6-4 victory …
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
ROCKIES WIN THE PENNANT — NL champion Colorado, on 21-1 roll, dashes toward first Series — It's impossible to stretch the truth. Hyperbole doesn't fit. — The Rockies, a team that was too young in April, too hurt in August and too far behind in September, are going to the World Series.
Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
Believe it: Rockies are NL champions — Rockies-Diamondbacks box score — Todd Helton's going to the World Series. — And he didn't have to leave town to do it. — He may no longer be the face of the franchise, but he is the foundation that the team has been built around - a championship team.
Tracy Ringolsby / Fox Sports:
Rockies win with home-grown players — Special to FOXSports.com, Updated 4 hours ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — DENVER - One thing about the world of pro sports, the success of a franchise begets imitations. — When the Yankees were running off four consecutive world championships, there was doom and gloom.
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Agent says Mattingly ready to manage Yankees — Don Mattingly's agent refuted a report Tuesday that said he was uncomfortable replacing Joe Torre as the Yankees' manager. — The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., citing a friend of the Yankees bench coach, reported that Mattingly had informed …
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Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
Mattingly says he's not ready to be Yanks' manager — TAMPA, Fla. - Yankees bench coach Don Mattingly has told a member of the Steinbrenner family he does not feel ready for the manager's job and is uncomfortable with replacing Joe Torre, according to a friend of Mattingly.
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Cuffed in Cleveland — Sox trail in series, 2-1, as bats stay quiet — CLEVELAND - Fenway Park was bursting with hubris and expectation Saturday night when Manny Ramírez and Mike Lowell hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning of Game 2 of the American League Championship Series against the Indians.
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Stephanie Storm / Akron Beacon Journal:
Sinkerball helps keep Tribe ahead — Jake Westbrook rides his signature pitch to Game 3 victory — CLEVELAND: It turned Big Papi into a moving target and left Manny a mere mortal. — In inducing David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez and the rest of the big boppers in the Boston Red Sox's lineup …
Steven Goldman / New York Sun:
If Baker Is a Hot Commodity, Torre Deserves a Job — The following isn't an argument for retaining Joe Torre as manager of the Yankees, but a study in contrasts. Yesterday afternoon, the Cincinnati Reds officially named Dusty Baker as the team's new manager.
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New York Post:
SLEEP WITH JETER, PARK FREE — IF Bronx Bomber Derek Jeter wants to keep his sex life a secret, he should learn to tie up any post-tryst loose ends. — Our spy in the lobby of the Shore Club in Miami early Sunday morning spotted "two scantily clad women screaming at the front desk …
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Lowrider: TBS Will See Lowest Rated LCS in History — With TBS finishing up their first MLB postseason broadcasts, they can look back fondly at the Division Series, and look painfully at the NLCS. — As reported last week, Game One of the NLCS between the Rockies and the Diamondbacks …
Scott Miller / CBS SportsLine.com:
Stoneman to step down as Halos GM, move to consultant role — Bill Stoneman, the man who helped orchestrate the only World Series title in Los Angeles Angels history, is relinquishing the role, CBSSports.com's Scott Miller has learned. — Stoneman, 62, is planning to move to a consultant's position with the club.
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Will Leitch / Fair and Foul:
First-Timers — One of the more sublime and lasting pleasures of following a Major League Baseball franchise is looking forward to your young stars of tomorrow. As much fun as it might be to speculate on your team's offseason free agent signings, nothing can quite match the excitement …
John Perrotto / Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times:
Around MLB: Cleveland connections in LCS — BOSTON - Pittsburgh Pirates fans should be able to take heart in this year's League Championship Series. — Three of the four teams still left playing are among the bottom eight in payroll in the major leagues.
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Tom King / Nashuatelegraph.com:Times have changed quickly for Milford's Huntington, the Pirates' new GM
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