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Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
Postseason Insider: Beckett says his OK, others think differently — Red Sox right-hander Josh Beckett said he felt fine physically, even if the results were not as strong as he has become expected to produce in the postseason. Red Sox officials agreed. — Scouts, however …
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Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
The surging Rays stage another clubhouse party for the ages — I've never heard of anyone becoming drunk by osmosis, but if such a thing were possible, the Rays clubhouse is the place you'd want to start. I just floated to the surface from the soaked-with-suds visitor's clubhouse …
David Just / MLB.com:
Guillen quick to give Rays their due — White Sox management praises upstart franchise for success — CHICAGO — There's no bigger fan of the Rays organization than White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen. — After playing the final season of his career with Tampa Bay in 2000, Guillen watched the club's development with great interest.
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Royals Review
Amy K. Nelson / ESPN:
Angels seething after being squeezed out of the playoffs … BOSTON — Torii Hunter sat in his chair, mad as hell. John Lackey said he wanted to throw somebody through a wall. Other players privately said they were more than upset, they were angry. — And it's understandable.
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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 …
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 …
Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
Rays clinch, punch ticket to ALCS — Upton powers early lead with pair of solo shots vs. White Sox — CHICAGO — Next on the Rays' agenda: The American League Championship Series. — The Rays bleached the blackout at U.S. Cellular Field on Monday night by taking a 6-2 win over the White Sox …
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Pat Borzi / New York Times:
A First for the Rays After Years in Last — CHICAGO — Cliff Floyd thought he was safe. He found a spot in a hallway, several feet removed from the Champagne- and beer-soaked mayhem of the Tampa Bay Rays' clubhouse, to speak with a small group of reporters. — But another Rays veteran, Eric Hinske, found him.
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Sox vs. Angels, ALDS Game 4 — WALK-OFF FOR LOWRIE (11:31, END 9, 3-2 SOX) — Jed Lowrie rolled the first pitch he saw through the right side for a game-winning single, bringing the Red Sox out of the dugout and the series to a close. Lowrie, who strugglied mightily down the stretch in the regular season, is the hero.
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Baseball Musings
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David Lefort / Boston Globe:Amalie Benjamin Q&A — The Globe's Amalie Benjamin checked …
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SOX & Dawgs, ESPN, Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated and Fire Brand of the …
Jack O'Connell / MLB.com:
Ten Frick Award finalists announced — Nuxhall leads fan voting for baseball broadcasting honors — For the second consecutive year, baseball fans voted overwhelmingly for Joe Nuxhall to be on the ballot for the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence that was announced Monday by the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Joshua Robinson / New York Times:
Memories of Playing on Papa Hemingway's Ball Field — SAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA, Cuba — The mango trees are still here, and so is an airy white bungalow, preserved by the careful hands of historians. But the baseball field under those trees in the shadow of the house is gone, lost to circumstance.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Moose call on next year still on hold — Most baseball insiders believe that Mike Mussina is ready to take his 270 wins and ride off into the sunset. — Of course, the only opinion that matters is Mussina's, and the pitcher hasn't spent much time thinking about his future since the Yankees' season ended nine days ago.
Austin Knoblauch / LA Times Sports Blog:
Lisa Guerrero: Time to end this monkey business? — All in all it's been a rough few days for the monkeys. — On Friday night, the Angels' Rally Monkey let down the home crowd in Anaheim. Although the team triumphed Sunday night in Boston, you can't credit the monkey unless he sneaked into Jared Weaver's suitcase.
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The Final Score
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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