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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Angels' chances hinge on offense — Halos' lack of timely hitting has Sox in command for Game 3 — BOSTON — Transforming adversity into opportunity is the Angels' new mission statement, as they navigate dire straits on the Atlantic Seaboard after going down twice on the shores of the Pacific.
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Script is near perfect — Beckett set up as the executioner — Josh Beckett, who has been battling a strained oblique, takes a 6-2 postseason record into tonight's start against the Angels. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff) — Before Game 1 of the American League Division Series, Josh Beckett passed along a bit of advice to Jon Lester.
David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Playoffs Today — Kudos to TBS for spreading today's games out so we can see all of them. I understand the strart time of the LAnaheim-Boston game changed to 7:27 from 7:05. — The Phillies play their second match point in Milwaukee at 1:00 PM EDT, send Joe Blanton against Jeff Suppan.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Three-year deal with Yankees tops Bobby Abreu's wish list — Bobby Abreu loves New York. In the coming weeks, that love will be put to the test. — The outfielder will have to decide on his baseball future in the next month or two, as he hits the free agent market for the first time in his 12-year career.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Abreu Wants At Least Three Years — By Tim Dierkes [October 4 at 4:53pm CST] — According to Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News, right fielder Bobby Abreu wants at least a three-year contract as he heads toward free agency for the first time in his career.
David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Lovable No More — The Cubs choked. This wasn't a typical Cubs bizarre defeat. There was no unprecedented come back, no fan knocking the ball away. It wasn't even a hard fought set of games in which luck just went the other way. The Cubs simply stunk in a series in which they should have dominated.
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Retirement one options for Edmonds — LOS ANGELES — If Jim Edmonds has proved nothing else this season — to himself and the Cubs, if not the Cardinals and Padres who sold him short before that — it's that he can still play at a high level. — But whether he wants to do it again next year probably …
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Sports Illustrated:
Why White Sox have best chance to comeback — Cliff Corcoran breaks down today's Division Series games. All games are on TBS; all times are Eastern. — Phillies at Brewers — Series: NLDS, Game 4; Phillies lead 2-1 — Starters: Joe Blanton (9-12, 4.69) vs. Jeff Suppan (10-10, 4.96)
Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Padres' Peavy could be an option for the Yankees — In this baseball winter that will be dominated by free-agent starting pitchers, the most intriguing commodity might be a young, frontline starter who already is signed to a reasonable contract. — Whom would you rather have?
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Cordero agrees to terms with Nats — Righty closer avoids arbitration with one-year deal — WASHINGTON — The Nationals agreed to terms on a one-year, $6.2 million contract with closer Chad Cordero on Friday, avoiding salary arbitration. — Cordero said by phone that he was glad …
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Andrew Vazzano / The 'Ropolitans:
WCBS-AM's Suzyn Waldman singing a tribute to Tom Seaver — This is priceless. — Via The Final Score. — I'm waiting for “THOMAS SEAVER IS IN WILPON'S BAWX!! SEAVER IS IN WILPON'S BAWX!!”
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Manuel Plans to Give Mets a Lesson in Selfless Baseball — On his first official day as the Mets' manager, Jerry Manuel proposed molding his team into the Los Angeles Angels. More of an East Coast version, actually. — Come spring training, Manuel said, he planned to do some …
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Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
New York Yankees' Mariano Rivera to have surgery Tuesday — Closer Mariano Rivera will undergo arthroscopic surgery Tuesday to remove a calcification from the AC joint on top of his right shoulder. The procedure will be performed by David Altchek at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
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Chris Jenkins / Associated Press:
Selig warns owners on high ticket prices — MILWAUKEE (AP)—Given the state of the U.S. economy, baseball commissioner Bud Selig warned team owners Saturday not to “get too cocky” and overprice game tickets. — “Because you do pay a price,” Selig said. — Speaking before Game 3 …
