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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Proctor to have surgery on right elbow — Dodgers reliever expected to be ready for Spring Training — LOS ANGELES — Dodgers reliever Scott Proctor, who was left off the National League Championship Series roster after battling arm problems, will undergo right elbow surgery Wednesday.
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Jim Peltz / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers defeat Phillies, 7-2, with big first inning — Blake DeWitt's three-run triple is the key hit in a five-run first as Dodgers take Game 3 on a strong outing by Hiroki Kuroda and cut Philadelphia's series lead to 2-1. Teams nearly brawl in the third inning.
Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES — Colletti walks line between baseball genius and scapegoat — (10-12) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles — Word on the street here a few months ago was that Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti better not sign a long-term lease on his Los Angeles apartment.
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
Shooting from The Lip: Mets, Yanks should stay away from Manny — Both the Mets and Yankees, who are a little desperate these days as they watch the baseball postseason go on without them, should stay away from Manny Ramirez. Let the Dodgers pay him. And have him.
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Close pitches cause benches to clear — Martin plunked, buzzed before Kuroda nearly hits Victorino — LOS ANGELES — Tempers flared and benches cleared during the third inning of Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Sunday, sparking more than a fair bit of animosity between the Dodgers and Phillies.
Associated Press:
Benches clear in Game 3 of NLCS — LOS ANGELES (AP)—Both benches and bullpens cleared Sunday night in Game 3 of the NL championship series, moments after Los Angeles Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda threw a pitch over Shane Victorino's head. — Plate umpire Mike Everitt immediately warned …
Cliff Corcoran / Sports Illustrated:
Previewing NLCS Game 3 … Phillies at Dodgers — Series: NLCS, Game 3 — TV: FOX — Starters: Jamie Moyer (0-1, 4.50 ERA) vs. Hiroki Kuroda (1-0, 0.00) — The Rays pulled out their must-win game in extra-innings last night. Now, the Dodgers arrive home down 0-2 in the NLCS facing not just one …
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Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com:
Scolded at school, fan lauded by Rays — Sharples, 12, meets favorite players after taking suspension — ST. PETERSBURG — On Monday, Zachary Sharples wasn't even allowed to rest his head and take a nap. On Saturday night, the seventh-grader had a hard time believing he wasn't dreaming.
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
A Nation worries about its ace — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - While New England slept, the Tampa Bays Rays evened the American League Championship Series last night, winning a 5-hour-27-minute marathon, 9-8, on B.J. Upton's sacrifice fly in the 11th at 1:35 this morning.
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Rangers' president takes aim at pitchers — egrant@dallasnews.com — SURPRISE, Ariz. - For the 15 years between retiring as the world's greatest living pitcher and taking on the task of reforming the world's worst living pitching staff, Nolan Ryan was - and is - a cattle rancher.
Tony Massarotti / Boston Globe:
Beckett received shot — He had injection for oblique injury — Josh Beckett appears to be progressing toward full health, but team sources confirmed that the Red Sox pitcher required an injection of a painkiller and anti-inflammatory medication after injuring his right oblique during …
Ian / SOX & Dawgs:
Please Don't Quit Your Day Jobs — I am not sure there are really any words to explain this from the end of the TBS postgame coverage after Game 2 of the ALCS between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays. — At least they all agree they were brutal.
The Times-Tribune:
Early guess at the Triple-A and Double-A rotations — A question from the comments: If every pitcher returned( no trades, rule 5 draft) what would the pitching staff at SWB look like. I think if this would happen it's gonna create an even bigger log jam for a lot of these pitchers in AA and AAA.
