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Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Wobbly Beckett grits it out — Red Sox ace insists oblique not a factor — Josh Beckett insisted his pitches simply missed, just barely, nothing more. Beckett had transformed from baseball's reigning king of the postseason to just another pitcher not, he said, because of the injury …
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Howard Ulman / Associated Press:
Angels, Red Sox tied at 4 in 10th — BOSTON (AP)—Mike Napoli hit two homers and the Los Angeles Angels, trying to avoid another first-round playoff sweep by Boston, were tied with the Red Sox 4-all after nine innings in Game 3 on Sunday night. — The Angels had lost their last 11 postseason games …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:Notes: Sabathia would like a 2nd round as Milwaukee's finest
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Rich Hofmann / Philly.com:
Charlie Manuel out to earn title of “winner” — MILWAUKEE - “Close the door,” Charlie Manuel said. We had walked into the visiting manager's office at Miller Park. It is like most of them - steel desk, black telephone, couple of chairs, impersonal, transient.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Soriano blames flop in postseason on Cubs' make-up — A team of psychiatrists, theologians, numerologists and seamheads could convene at a secret location on the North Side in search of an explanation for the Cubs' latest October meltdown. — But Ryan Dempster said the reason is obvious to anyone paying attention.
Brian Costello / New York Post:
LEFTY LIKELY ON RADAR OF METS, YANKS — MILWAUKEE - CC Sabathia smiled when told Mets fans are dreaming of a starting rotation that begins with him and Johan Santana. — “That sounds good,” the premier free agent pitcher of this winter told The Post. — The 28-year-old's season came …
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Brewers considering run at Sabathia … MILWAUKEE — The rising small-market Milwaukee Brewers are seriously considering a surprise run at keeping superstar pitcher CC Sabathia, but while Sabathia said he enjoyed his time in Milwaukee very much after the Brewers were eliminated by the Phillies …
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Rays' Upton finding power stroke again — CHICAGO — CF B.J. Upton still isn't hitting the ball as often as he would like, going just 3-for-14, a .214 average, in the first three games of the AL Division Series. — But at least he is hitting the ball harder.
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Associated Press:
White Sox still kicking — Cut Rays' lead with Game 3 win — CHICAGO - Thanks to John Danks and the White Sox, Chicago still has one team standing. — Danks pitched another big game to save the season and well-traveled DeWayne Wise delivered a two-run double as the White Sox earned …
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Anita Hassan / Houston Chronicle:
Backe among 8 held after scuffle with police at isle hotel — GALVESTON — Houston Astros pitcher Brandon Backe was among 10 people arrested early Sunday morning during a riot at the San Luis Resort, police said. — FEMA coordinator Jaime Forero was also placed in custody during the incident …
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Where will Atlanta find a bat? — MLB.com reporter Mark Bowman answers fans' questions — Who are the players Braves general manager Frank Wren will most likely look at while trying to find a power-hitting outfielder? — You mean after he's done pursuing Manny Ramirez?
Andrew Beaton / Hot Foot:
My Outrage at Citi Field — I have come to terms with The Collapse Part Deux surprisingly easily. As a general sports fan, I understand that losses are a part of the game and so are devastating ones. As a Mets fan, I realize that those heartbreaking losses will come more often than they do for your average sports fan.
Michael David Smith / FanHouse:
Redskins Owner Dan Snyder Is Fired Up — The Washington Redskins beat the Philadelphia Eagles yesterday, and that has Redskins owner Dan Snyder very pumped up in this video: — For the first couple of seconds of the video, you hear someone yelling, “Whoo! Yeah! 4-1!” and you assume it's a fan or a player or something.
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Kissing Suzy Kolber
Sarah Schorno / Deadspin:
Meet The Man Who Felled Kimbo — And now, a personal pictorial review of the guy who knocked out Kimbo Slice. A self described “goofy homo” whose dream is to open a chain of Smoothie Kings. MORE »
