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Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yanks To Pursue Rowand? — A source of mine with Yankee connections had some good info for me today. Much was discussed yesterday in Tampa. — For starters, the Yanks are expected to make "eye-popping" offers to retain Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera before the World Series ends.
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Twins Territory
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Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Pettitte laments loss of Torre — RYE, N.Y. - The Yankees received a reminder Friday that the loss of Joe Torre as manager could have an effect on their ability to retain potential free agents. Mariano Rivera issued an advance warning of that last week, and Andy Pettitte has echoed Rivera's thoughts.
Ian O'Connor / NorthJersey.com:Yanks' front office be damned for ousting Joe
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Bronx Banter
Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:Game 2 against Indians tied Joe Torre up with gnats
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New York Post
Providence Journal:
Ellsbury to replace Coco Crisp — BOSTON — Coco Crisp's postseason struggles, which culminated in three hitless games in Cleveland and was capped by his failure to lay down a sacrifice bunt in the second inning Thursday night, have prompted the Red Sox to make a lineup change.
Discussion:
ESPN, SOX & Dawgs, MLB Columnists, Red Sox Monster, Knuckle Curve, BBTF's Baseball Primer …, The Joy of Sox and Over the Monster
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Ellsbury in; Crisp out — It's official. The lineup has been posted here at Fenway, and it includes Jacoby Ellsbury in Coco Crisp's normal No. 8 slot in the batting order. Other than the centerfielder switch, the lineup is the usual one. — Red Sox — 1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B — 2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
Discussion:
The House That Dewey Built
Jimmy Golen / Associated Press:
Nixon in for Tribe, Ellsbury for Red Sox — BOSTON (AP) — Trot Nixon, the former Red Sox outfielder who helped beat Boston with an extra-inning single in Game 2, was back in Cleveland's starting lineup Saturday night for the sixth game of the AL championship series.
Discussion:
Vegas Watch
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Yankees Say Bowa Can Pursue Seattle Job — Now that Joe Torre is finished as the Yankees' manager, his coaching staff may begin to scatter. Larry Bowa, the third-base and infield coach for the past two seasons, said yesterday that he was considering an offer from the Seattle Mariners.
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Seattle Times:
M's staff begins to take shape — Mariners manager John McLaren's staff is starting to come together: Jim Riggleman has accepted the position of bench coach, and Larry Bowa has been offered the third-base coach job. — Riggleman, the former Cubs and Padres manager who had been the Cardinals …
Discussion:
Lookout Landing
Associated Press:
La Russa expects to return to Cardinals — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals manager Tony La Russa expects to return for a 13th season with St. Louis, and may commit to the team before it selects a new general manager. — La Russa told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he'd be back barring complications …
Discussion:
MY BASEBALL BIAS
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Tony La Russa expects to be back with Cards — Tony's back ... almost. — Cardinals manager Tony La Russa confirmed Friday that he is prepared to return for a 13th season in his current post, barring unforeseen complications in his ongoing talks with team chairman Bill DeWitt Jr.
Paul Meyer / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Manager search: Huntington says he's ready to take 'action' — Neal Huntington is ready to go. — "We're through the 'gathering' [information] process," the Pirate general manager said yesterday. "We're into the 'action' process." — Thing is, the American League Championship Series didn't end Thursday evening.
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:Schilling no doubt will be loaded for bear
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Dan Shaughnessy Watch
Yahoo! Sports:
Boston Red Sox — B: — S: — O: — Other Game Links — Indians hope to make themselves at quirky Fenway — The Green Monster. Pesky's pole. The triangle in dead center. Hardcore, insult-spewing fans breathing down your neck. Fenway Park is a scary place for any visiting team.
Keith Law / ESPN:
Rockies strike it rich with Latin power arms … The Colorado Rockies' run to the World Series was built the way most pennant-winning clubs are built, through good scouting and player development, creating a core of homegrown players who contribute or even star in the big leagues …
Murray Chass / New York Times:
Making Commercials for Seats and for Love — Manny Ramírez and David Ortiz are not the stars of baseball's postseason. Kenny Lofton is not the star of the postseason. Neither is Matt Holliday or Kazuo Matsui. Alex Rodriguez is certainly not the star of the postseason.
Discussion:
Can't Stop The Bleeding
Katie Liesener / Boston Globe:
Sox help Boston literally make a name for itself — (Photo by Charlie Nye/Getty Images for The Boston Globe) — For his firstborn son, George Hill IV wanted the perfect name to capture the family's colorful legacy: His great-grandfather George was a banker who handled finances for the Red Sox.
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Rick Morrissey / Chicago Tribune:
Baker bashers forget the facts — I can't tell you how many people came up to me last week and made light of the Reds' hiring of Dusty Baker. Five? Ten? I lost track after the second joke about the distinct possibility the Cubs would go 15-0 against Cincinnati next season.
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Hernandez undergoes foot surgery — Veteran expected to be ready in time for Spring Training — NEW YORK — Orlando Hernandez, who pitched merely 9 2/3 innings in the final seven weeks of the season because of foot problems, underwent surgery to remove a bunion on the second toe on his right foot on Friday.
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BBTF's Baseball Primer …
