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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
On the edge of elimination — CLEVELAND - Fenway Park and "Sweet Caroline" can't save them now. — A global network of fans, a $143 million payroll, a front office of stat geeks, and a savvy collection of marketing persons and television executives can't help the Boston Red Sox at this hour.
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Red Sox' Ramirez 'not trying to show anybody up' — CLEVELAND - Manny Ramírez crushed a batting practice ball, sending it up about 12 rows into the seats in left-center field. He sent the next one a handful of rows into the seats in left. Then, on the final ball in his set …
Bob Ryan / Boston Globe:
Nothing odd here, and nothing even — CLEVELAND - Is this the time to remember that somebody or other once said, "Momentum is tomorrow's starting pitcher"? — Is this the time to remind people that baseball teams have been coming back from 3-1 deficits in seven-game series for more than 80 years?
Howard Ulman / Associated Press:
Wakefield wilts in Game 4 loss to Tribe — CLEVELAND —Casey Blake hit Tim Wakefield's pitch over the left-field fence — eerily similar to the drive Aaron Boone hit exactly four years earlier. — Another playoff loss for Wakefield and the Red Sox. — Instead of sending Josh Beckett …
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:White-knuckle time — Sox on edge as Wakefield can't stave off third straight loss
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Ben Shpigel / Bats:
Tampa Meetings End With No Decision — Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman left Legends Field around 4 p.m. today to fly back to New York. On his way out, he told reporters that no decision has been made about the future of Manager Joe Torre. — Cashman was headed to the airport …
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Yankee silence doesn't bode well for Joe Torre — Eight days after the Yankees were ousted from the postseason, nine days after George Steinbrenner was quoted as saying that Joe Torre's job was on the line if the Bombers were eliminated, the Yankee high command has still not made a decision on who will manage the team next season.
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Associated Press:
Torre still in limbo after meetings — TAMPA, Fla. — Still no decision on Joe Torre. — The New York Yankees manager remained in limbo Wednesday after a second day of meetings by team hierarchy failed to reach a conclusion. — "All we're worried about is the process of making sure that we come to the right decision.
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Chicagosports / Hardball:
Novoa claimed by Orioles — CLEVELAND — The Baltimore Orioles continue to corner the market on Cubs cast-offs, claiming reliever Roberto Novoa on waivers on Tuesday. — Novoa, who didn't pitch in 2007 after injuring his right shoulder in an off-season automobile crash in the Dominican Republic …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
More On Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation — I've always felt that my knowledge of Type A/B free agents and the accompanying draft pick compensation was lacking. I'll try to do a better job this year keeping up with the vagaries of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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NY Daily News:
George Mitchell's plan surprises MLB union — A lawyer for the MLB Players Association said yesterday that George Mitchell never told the union before last week that he was willing to show players evidence of doping allegations against them, although Mitchell told the Daily News in July that he would …
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Tim Marchman / New York Sun:
There's No Denying Rockies Have Been Lucky — Now that the Colorado Rockies are the National League champions — having won 21 of 22 games, many of them against the toughest competition the league had to offer — I take it that those among us who were unimpressed by them as October began …
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Red Sox acquire Gagne — LIKE THIS STORY? — The Red Sox scored one of the biggest coups at the non-waiver trade deadline Tuesday, acquiring right-hander Eric Gagne from the Rangers. — Gagne, 31, waived his no-trade clause to Boston in exchange for financial considerations.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Duchscherer To The Rotation? — According to Buster Olney, the A's are thinking about moving 30 year-old Justin Duchscherer to the starting rotation. Duke hasn't started a big league game since 2003 (he started 20 in the minors that year). His 2007 season ended in July as he opted for surgery on his arthritic hip.
Joe Posnanski:
Wahoo ... The Indians are one game away from the World Series, there's mayhem and excitement and so much to write about. But for some reason, I'm motivated tonight to write about Chief Wahoo. I wouldn't blame you for skipping this one ... not many people seem to agree with me about how it's past …
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