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ESPN:
Simulations say ... Red Sox will be champions — The 2007 postseason has produced one of the more intriguing World Series matchups of recent years: the hot-hitting Boston Red Sox, fresh off yet another dramatic ALCS comeback, against the Colorado Rockies, winners of 21 of their last 22 …
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Jay Lindsay / Associated Press:
Yankee Fan Giuliani Backing Red Sox — BOSTON — Sounds like a baseball flip-flop. Rudy Giuliani, a lifelong New York Yankees fan, said Tuesday he's pulling for their most hated rivals, the Boston Red Sox, to win the World Series over the Colorado Rockies.
Sarah Schorno / The Naughty American:
Fenway Vendors Have Their Nuts In Place — BOSTON (TNA) - As the Red Sox prepare for the World Series, the organization will make sure that the field is ready, the uniforms are clean, and their nuts are in place. — "They're pretty meticulous about their nuts, especially for the World Series …
New York Post:
GIULIANI COMMITS BASEBALL BLASPHEMY: HE'S ROOTING FOR RED SOX — Rudy's turned red — and that's sure to have Yankees fans feeling blue. — Even though many New Yorkers are still mourning the Yankees' defeat by the Cleveland Indians two weeks ago during the playoffs …
Jim Keller / Yahoo! Sports:
World Series Notebook for Tuesday, October 23 — BOSTON (Ticker) - Does anybody remember the Colorado Rockies? — You know, the team that won an unprecedented 21 of 22 games to reach the Fall Classic? The first team to start the postseason with seven wins since the 1976 Cincinnati Reds?
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The Griddle
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Dallas Morning News:
Better than a snowball's chance: Rockies in 6 — The Green Monster isn't the only thing monstrous about the modern day Boston Red Sox. — The American League champions are in no danger of replacing the Yankees as the unofficial Evil Empire of baseball even if they beat Colorado …
mlb.mlb.com:
Josh Beckett, RHP (0-0, -.—) — Scouting Report: — Rockies: Francis is one win away from a combined 20 for the regular season and postseason. But he's never pitched in anything as important as Game 1 of the World Series. Francis has been masterful in two postseason starts.
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Baseball Musings
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Floyd wants to end career playing for Marlins again — Free-agent outfielder Cliff Floyd said he is thinking about retiring after 15 seasons. But first he wants to take a swing at ending his career where he had some of his best years - in Florida. — "I would love to come to the Marlins.
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Will Teixeira re-sign? — Braves beat reporter Mark Bowman answers fans' questions — What are the chances the Braves will be able to re-sign Mark Teixeira? If they can't sign him before the Winter Meetings, should the Braves trade him immediately for a starting pitcher?
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Lone Star Ball
Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' Wakamatsu hired as A's bench coach — rdurrett@dallasnews.com — Rangers third base coach Don Wakamatsu accepted the position of bench coach with the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday. — Wakamatsu, 44, was the Rangers' bench coach for four seasons under former Rangers manager Buck Showalter …
Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Pearce earns Spinks Award honors — Topps names Bucs slugger outstanding Minor Leaguer — PITTSBURGH — Steve Pearce began the 2007 season playing first base at high Class A Lynchburg, finished it playing right field at PNC Park, and had an unbelievable season in between that continues to earn him national accolades and awards.
Tim Ott / MLB.com:
actober.com winners announced — Filmmaking trio to be honored at Game 3 of World Series — Dating back to the All-Star break, we asked baseball fans to tap into their inner Steven Spielberg and capture their version of baseball's best playoff moments for the actober.com contest.
Mychael Urban / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Will A's go after free agents? — Beat reporter Mychael Urban answers A's fans' questions — I think the A's are in a good position to make a run at the American League West next year with the current roster. What are the chances of signing Torii Hunter or Andruw Jones?
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Mets Fever
MLB.com:
MLB International and Shanghai Media Group bring World Series to China — Landmark cable television deal extends through the 2009 season — Major League Baseball International (MLBI) and Shanghai Media Group (SMG) reached a groundbreaking, three-year agreement this season …
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Hardball Times
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Mattingly: I'm ready to manage — Don Mattingly was not as polished as Joe Girardi was yesterday. But I personally thought he was very earnest about what he wants to accomplish. — Certainly none of the candidates know the team as well as he does given that he's been on the staff the last four seasons.
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
BOSS' SON NEEDS TO REMEMBER THESE ARE THE YANKEES, NOT THE HANK-EES — HANK Steinbrenner was in a question-asking mood over the weekend when he posed this beauty to this newspaper: "Where was Joe's career in '95 when my dad hired him?" — The Joe is Joe Torre. The dad is George Steinbrenner.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Mitchell investigation raises questions — LIKE THIS STORY? — When I interviewed Paul Byrd about his use of human growth hormone, he had a question of his own for me. — "Isn't George Mitchell with the Red Sox?" — Yes, I replied, he is. — And the mere fact that Byrd raised …
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