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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Homers hurt Dodgers in Game 1 — Lowe allows two long balls in Phils' three-run sixth inning — PHILADELPHIA — One game into the National League Championship Series and the Dodgers know for sure that this isn't the NL Division Series. — The Philadelphia Phillies are not the Chicago Cubs …
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Justin Einhorn / Yahoo! Sports:
Los Angeles at Philadelphia — The acquisition of Manny Ramirez spurred the Los Angeles Dodgers into the playoffs and his offense helped get them into the NL championship series. — The big bats for the Philadelphia Phillies might need to get on track if they are to go any further.
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:Dodgers add Kuo to NLCS roster
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Liz Doup / FloriDUH:
Women getting Mohawk-style bikini wax to support The Rays — Talk about team spirit. — The latest style to sweep the west coast, home of the Rays, is a bikini wax. Mohawk style. — Try waving that around at a game! — Michelle Foster of Skin Deep Spatique says she was inspired by her son's Mohawk, reports
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Chimpanzee Rage / Deuce of Davenport:
Female Rays Fans Getting Mohawks Too...Down There — That's right, for women out there who want to get in on the “Rayhawk” craze that is sweeping all of Tampa Bay in support of their Rays playoff run, there is a way to show their support...a little more discretely...and much to the joy of their significant others.
Sean McAdam / Boston Herald:
Tampa Bay Rays won't say sorry — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The opponents in the American League Championship Series couldn't be more different. — Name the measuring stick - revenues, resources, tradition, fan base, experience - and the Red Sox [team stats] have it all over Tampa Bay.
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Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Bucs' Moss should be ready for camp — Arthroscopic procedure replaces microfracture surgery on knee — PITTSBURGH — It looks as if Pirates outfielder Brandon Moss should be ready to take the field with no limitations in Spring Training after all. — Moss traveled to Vail, Colo. …
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Danielle Sessa / Bloomberg:
Mets Sell Out $500,000 Luxury Suites Amid Wall Street Crisis — Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) — The New York Mets sold out the luxury suites in their new stadium for as much as $500,000 a year, avoiding the financial crisis, said Dave Howard, the team's executive vice president for business operations.
Associated Press:
Ex-big league pitcher, coach Dal Canton dies at 66 — CARNEGIE, Pa. — Bruce Dal Canton, a former high school teacher who turned a good showing at a tryout camp into a lengthy career as a major league pitcher and coach, has died. He was 66. — Dal Canton died Tuesday of esophageal cancer.
ESPN:
Chat with Scouts Inc.'s Keith Law — Welcome to The Show! On Thursday, Scouts, Inc. senior baseball analyst, Keith Law, will stop by to talk some baseball. — Keith was formerly the special assistant to the general manager with the Toronto Blue Jays and has a wealth of knowledge for you to tap into.
Associated Press:
Reds manager Baker will coach his kids' team … SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dusty Baker is going back to youth baseball. — This weekend, Baker will be the fill-in coach for 9-year-old son Darren's 10-and-under traveling tournament team, Hard 90 Pastime out of Roseville, Calif., near the Bakers' Northern California home.
Anthony Rieber / The Final Score:
Baseball Hall to display “treasures” from 2008 season — That's the HOF's word — “treasures” — not mine. — See if you can guess which local team's dead stadium will be honored a wee bit more than the other. Some of the “treasures”: — Derek Jeter's spikes when he set the record …
ESPN.com:
Mets' Burgos to be jailed 3 months awaiting trial — NAGUA, Dominican Republic — New York Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos will be jailed for three months while awaiting trial for a hit-and-run accident that killed two women. — The 24-year-old reliever told The Associated Press …
