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Jack Curry / New York Times:
Unlikely Star Helps Red Sox Force Deciding Game — The Red Sox were desperate to win and keep their season from vanishing, desperate for a hero. It could have been Curt Schilling, who has dominated in elimination games. It could have been David Ortiz or Manny Ramírez, who have thrived in October, too.
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Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:
Seeing Drew value in J.D. … The most expensive postseason home run in history was a game-changing, heat-seeking laser, and it was worth every last minted nickel. And as J.D. Drew [stats] uncharacteristically raised his fist, when the ball disappeared over the center field wall …
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Over the Monster
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.
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Blogging Baseball
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Scott Boras: Yankee decisions will impact Alex Rodriguez — Joe Torre's messy exit from the Bronx this week and the uncertain status of free agents Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada could impact Alex Rodriguez's decision on whether to opt out of the final three years of his contract, Scott Boras told the Daily News on Saturday.
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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com:
Agent: A-Rod may leave Yankees — Scott Boras, the agent for star baseball player Alex Rodriguez, says turmoil surrounding search for new manager may keep him from staying in New York. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Scott Boras, the agent for star New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez …
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 …
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Zimmer irate after Yankees string out Torre — BOSTON - Don Zimmer feels bad for his good friend Joe Torre. — Bad enough that he called him Thursday night, after his rejection of an incentive-laden offer left him unemployed as the former manager of the Yankees, and offered to help.
Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Insulted Torre appears ready to snub Yanks — RYE BROOK, N.Y. — The conversation between Joe Torre and Yogi Berra occurred in midsummer 2007, sprinkled mostly with baseball-related small talk. Suddenly the Yankee manager asked the Yankee legend a telling question. — "How long were you gone?"
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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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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
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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