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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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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.
Gerry Fraley / Rocky Mountain News:
Seth Smith: the human lucky charm — Rockies began 21-1 run Sept. 16, day he arrived — Late innings are not always the most important innings. Rockies manager Clint Hurdle went for it in the fourth inning Monday night and hit the jackpot. — With the Rockies down 1-0 …
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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Kieran Nicholson / Denver Post:
World Series ticket outlook: It's tricky — Feeling lucky? — That's what it will take, along with cold hard cash or credit, to score tickets to the upcoming World Series. — Now that the Rockies have advanced, World Series tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday.
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 …
Tom Withers / Associated Press:
Westbrook pitches Tribe to 2-1 ALCS lead — CLEVELAND (AP) — Not their best. Not even second best. Jake Westbrook, right at home in the Jake, was exactly what the Cleveland Indians needed. — Westbrook, an often overlooked third wheel in Cleveland's starting rotation …
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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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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
YANKS' NEW WORLD BABY BOSSES TAKE OVER GEORGE — IT turns out George Steinbrenner is more Queen Elizabeth these days than King George. — He rules the Yankees kingdom still, but mainly now as a figurehead. Steinbrenner's court determined there was a value - with fans, media and …
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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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds introduce Baker as manager — Club holds press conference to introduce Cincinnati's skipper — CINCINNATI — If there were some who wondered whether or not Dusty Baker was the right fit to manage Reds, there was at least one common bond shared by both sides. — An absolute desperation to win, and to win quickly.
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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.
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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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Pineiro agrees to deal with Cardinals — The Cardinals continued to complete their pre-free agency checklist Monday by agreeing to terms with starting pitcher Joel Pineiro on a two-year contract, pending completion of a physical, club and industry sources confirmed.
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