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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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Dan Duggan / Boston Herald:
Big left turn in Red Sox rotation — Every time the Red Sox [team stats] have called on Jon Lester [stats] in a big game, the young pitcher has responded. The left-hander will get another opportunity in Game 4 of the Division Series tonight at Fenway Park [map].
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 — MILWAUKEE — CC Sabathia, who perhaps will become baseball's highest-paid pitcher as a free agent this winter, said he would strongly consider returning to the Milwaukee Brewers. — “I loved it here,” said Sabathia …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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Rick Gano / Associated Press:
White Sox beat Rays, avoid elimination — Wise's two-run double gives Chicago 5-3 edge over Tampa Bay — 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 …
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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 »
Bill Reiter / Kansas City Star:
Former MU star pitcher Crow enjoys his break in the action — It's 1 o'clock on a weekday. The regulars are shooting billiards. Beers are being handed to old men and young students. A baseball playoff game is flashing on a television screen. — But the 21-year-old former Mizzou pitcher …
