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David Leon Moore / USA Today:
Notes: Ramirez says he's pulling for his ‘boys’ in Boston — LOS ANGELES — Listening to the Boston Red Sox, it doesn't sound as if Manny Ramirez left a lot of friends in the organization when he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. — Listening to the Boston Red Sox …
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Gary Dzen / Boston Globe:
Sox replace Lowell on ALDS roster — From the Red Sox, with more to come on this from our Globe baseball crew at Fenway Park (Update: Bob Ryan tonight wrote about Lowell, and Tony Massarotti checked in earlier today with this piece on Lowell.) — BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox today replaced …
Howard Ulman / Associated Press:
Lowell off Red Sox's postseason roster — BOSTON (AP)—Third baseman Mike Lowell was remove from Boston's first-round postseason roster on Monday because of a right hip strain. — He would be ineligible to play in the AL championship series if the Red Sox advance past their first-round opponent, the Los Angeles Angels.
Michael Vega / Boston Globe:
Scioscia: 'We're going to win,' Part Deux — If it worked for him in Game 3 of the American League Division Series, why would he deviate now? Baseball managers, after all, are creatures of habit. And so, Angels manager Mike Scioscia, wasn't about to back down from what worked …
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Lester's newest moment — Jon Lester has a very important job tonight, the ramifications of which range beyond simply ensuring the Red Sox do not board a plane bound for Anaheim and Game 5 of the ALDS. — Lester, the new ace, is charged with keeping at bay the familiar — yet nearly forgotten …
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Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Sox vs. Angels, ALDS Game 4 — LESTER THROUGH SEVEN (10:38, MID 7, 2-0) — Lester, though only 24, is on his way to further cementing his place in Red Sox history. Like Game 1, he is only getting stronger. Lester got pop-ups from Rivera and Kendrick and got a lazy fly to right from Aybar.
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Joe Pawlikowski / MLB Rumors:
Where Will Atlanta Find A Bat? — By Joe Pawlikowski [October 6 at 10:25am CST] — Mark Bowman of MLB.com has a new mailbag up. The first question leads to a discussion of the Braves adding a bat this off-season. The Braves have $45MM to spend this winter, and could use every penny to fortify their team.
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Steady Torre makes the difference (cont.) — Sveum's status iffy; how about Molitor? — Interim manager Dale Sveum's future with the Brewers hasn't been addressed yet, and while he did a steady job (better than Ned Yost, who was said by Brewers intimates to be disliked by players …
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With Brewers out, CC sweepstakes can begin — Now that the Brewers' season is over, let the CC sweepstakes begin. Ken Rosenthal sets the stage with a jam-packed odds board.
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.
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Keith Law / ESPN:
Addition of cutter has made Danks an elite arm — I've seen a lot of revisionist thinking in the last week regarding the Rangers' trade of the new White Sox ace, John Danks, a deal that two years later has left Texas with almost no return in exchange for one of the 10 best starters in the American League this year.
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Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Braun hopes Sabathia stays — Outfielder says deal can be done — Ryan Braun thinks the Milwaukee Brewers have a good shot at retaining CC Sabathia. — Unfortunately, Braun is not Sabathia's agent. — Based on things Sabathia has said in the clubhouse, Braun said Sunday afternoon …
Toni Ginnetti / Chicago Sun Times:
‘Blackout’ electrifies Sox — Home-field benefits becoming clearer as series goes along — The cowbells in Tropicana Field didn't impress White Sox closer Bobby Jenks at all. — “Dumbest thing I ever saw,” he said Sunday of the fans' rallying tactic. “Just annoying. Minor league.”
Bob Klapisch / Bronx Banter:
Lasting Yankee Stadium Memory #29 — Everyone's got a farewell memory of Yankee Stadium, maybe a personal shrine. I'm no different: as I left the great ballpark for the last time on September 21, I said goodbye to an abstract soft spot in my heart that won't make it across the street.
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