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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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SOX1FAN
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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.
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.
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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Bugs & Cranks, Pinstripes, Pa., WasWatching.com, River Ave. Blues, The Yankees and iYankees
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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.
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)
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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Can't Stop The Bleeding
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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Federal Baseball
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 …
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Where are they now? Former Yank Kevin Maas — Kevin Maas keeps sets of clothes for all types of weather and all types of sports in the trunk of his car these days and often changes en route from his office at Charles Schwab, where he is a financial consultant, to a gym or ballpark …
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River Ave. Blues
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Once Ramírez Picks Up A Bat, He Drops Worries — LOS ANGELES — In the litany of Manny Ramírez controversies, it was not as egregious as reportedly forgetting which knee hurt when he visited a doctor this July. But Ramírez still caused a stir last October …
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Respect Jeter's Gangster
