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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Breaking news: Meacham fired — The Yankees have decided not to renew the contract of 3B coach Bobby Meacham. Brian Cashman just handed down word via media relations director Jason Zillo. — Cashman is in a meeting with his pro scouts at the moment. The hope is to speak to him later.
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Associated Press:
Yankees fire 3B coach, special pitching instructor — NEW YORK — Third-base coach Bobby Meacham and special pitching instructor Rich Monteleone were fired Tuesday by the New York Yankees. — Meacham spent six seasons as a player with the Yankees and was hired last November when Joe Girardi replaced Joe Torre as manager.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Meacham won't be back in 2009 — Former Yankee was third-base coach; Monteleone dismissed — BOSTON — The Yankees will not renew the contract of third-base coach Bobby Meacham, the club announced on Tuesday. — General manager Brian Cashman announced the decision through director of media relations Jason Zillo.
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Green Pinstripes
Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
Yankees to have new third-base coach in 2009 — NOTEBOOK — NEW YORK — The Yankees next year will have their fourth third-base coach in five seasons. — The team announced Tuesday that third-base coach Bobby Meacham will not be brought back after one season on the staff.
Cliff Corcoran / Sports Illustrated:
Previewing today's playoff game … Rays at Red Sox — Series: ALCS, Game 4; Rays lead 2-1 — TV: TBS — Starters: Andy Sonnanstine (1-0, 3.18) vs. Tim Wakefield (10-11, 4.13) — By beating Jon Lester last night the Rays have completely changed the outlook of the ALCS.
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John Perrotto / Unfiltered:
ALCS Game 4 pre-game tidbits — Pre-game tidbits from Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday night between the Rays and Red Sox at Fenway Park: —Red Sox manager Terry Francona reconfigured his lineup after his team lost two games in a row to fall behind 2-1 in the best-of-seven series.
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
History lesson — The narrative of a playoff baseball series is severe, see-sawing tensions like a serial novel. The Red Sox won Game 1 of the American League Championship Series - the Rays were too young and too scared; Josh Beckett and Jon Lester loomed; the series was over.
Red / Surviving Grady:I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again, You're Never Gonna Keep …
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The Bottom Line
Steve Buckley / Boston Herald:Rays quiet ‘friendly’ Fenway
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Boston Globe, Fox Sports, SOX1FAN, 6-4-2, Baseball Prospectus, New York Times and The Heater
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Cancer takes ‘nice, humble’ ex-Cubs pitcher — Former major league pitcher Kevin Foster, who fulfilled a lifelong dream by playing for the Cubs, died Saturday at the age of 39. — The former Evanston High star died in an Oklahoma City hospital after a six-month bout with renal cell carcinoma, his brother, Mark Foster, said.
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ESPN:
Former Cubs pitcher Foster dies of cancer at 39 — CHICAGO — Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Kevin Foster has died of cancer at age 39. — His brother said Foster died in an Oklahoma City hospital on Saturday after a six-month bout with renal cell carcinoma.
Dan Hayes / North County Times:
PADRES: Padres make Peavy available for trade — It has been 10 months since the Padres did everything in their power to keep Jake Peavy from testing free agency, signing him to a $52 million contract extension. But one season and 99 losses later, the team has let it be known …
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Los Angeles Times:
Second-guessing of Joe Torre begins — The Dodgers manager's decisions get a thorough once-over after the 7-5 loss to the Phillies in Game 4 of the NLCS. — T.J. Simers — At times like these, it's hard not to sound like a Steinbrenner. — It's as if Joe Torre suddenly never managed in a big game before, the stage too big.
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Eddie B / Detroit Tigers Thoughts:
Final Elias Rankings - American League Catchers — As a warning, you will know less after reading this post than you did before. I'll start by posting the rankings. I wouldn't put any stock at all into Rodriguez, Zaun, and Olivo's status without reading on.
New York Post:
MEMO TO BOMBERS: GO GET PHILS' GILLICK! — LOS ANGELES - One of the most persistent rumors that circulated among baseball officials during the season was that Pat Gillick was going to move from Philadelphia GM to Mariner president and recruit Brian Cashman to be Seattle's GM.
Matthew Futterman / Wall Street Journal:
As Economy Weakens, Sports Feel a Chill — The crisis in financial markets is sending a chill through the sports industry, cooling the ardor of many longtime season-ticket holders and formerly deep-pocketed corporate sponsors. — Fans have packed the nation's stadiums for the baseball playoffs this fall …
Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
ModernTube: Barack Obama jumps on the Phillies bandwagon — Consideiring that Florida is also a battleground state, I'd say that nominee Barack Obama is limiting himself here by declaring his allegiance for the Phillies. Luckily, there was that time that Joe Biden mentioned the “Devil” …
