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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Braves preparing a pitch for Peavy — Team has talked with Padres to assess trade parameters — ATLANTA — Braves general manager Frank Wren might not have to find his ace by spending top dollar on the free-agent market, but that seemingly depends on what the Padres decide to do with Jake Peavy.
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Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Peavy unlikely to go to Astros — Dodgers, Braves likely front-runners for right-hander — HOUSTON — Jake Peavy became the hottest name on the trade market before the World Series has even started, but it's possible that his future destination could be decided well ahead of the official start of the Hot Stove season.
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MLB Rumors
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Yanks to pursue CC, Lowe, Teixeira … Determined not miss the playoffs for a second straight season in 2009, the Yankees' top executives have decided to pursue many of the game's premier free agents, chief among them starting pitchers CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe, and first baseman Mark Teixeira, among others, this winter.
Bronx Banter:
Bronx Banter: Adjourned — So the Yankees wrapped up their organizational meetings yesterday and they have their offseason plan in place. According to SI.com's Jon Heyman, the plan appears to be get everyone: … All this really tells us is that they Yankees aren't ruling anyone out and do plan to be big spenders this winter.
Harvey Araton / New York Times:
Room for a Longtime Yankees Fan at Fenway — In the house for the late-night miracle of Fenway on Thursday night into Friday morning were Mystique and Aura on a traitorous visit from the Bronx, along with a longtime Yankees fan in a Red Sox cap, in cahoots with a delirious Nation …
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Rays: ALCS Game 5 loss to Red Sox is forgotten — James Shields prepares for his start in Game 6 of the AL Championship Series, the first of two chances at home the Rays have to advance to the World Series. — Times] — ST. PETERSBURG — The route was not the one they would have chosen given …
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Baseball Musings, Baseball Prospectus, Boston Globe, SOX & Dawgs, Projo Sox Blog and Fenway West
Alan Schwarz / New York Times:
Rays Lost a Game, but Not Their Confidence — BOSTON — Joe Maddon wanted this. Not the forehead-smacking, Red Sox-rousting defeat, of course — the 8-7 loss at Fenway Park early Friday morning that sent his Tampa Bay Rays back home for a precarious Game 6 Saturday night.
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MLB FanHouse
Buster Olney / ESPN.com:
GM says Brewers plan to make offer to Sabathia … Doug Melvin, who agreed to a three-year extension this week to remain as general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, said Saturday that the Brewers will make an offer to pitcher CC Sabathia, who will be eligible for free agency after the World Series.
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Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Sveum strikes out — Brewers interim manager told team is looking for more experience — St. Petersburg, Fla. - Dale Sveum went from having a coaching job he loved to getting “the chance of a lifetime” to manage to being unemployed. — Sometimes, working in major-league baseball stinks.
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The Griddle
Associated Press:
Brewers GM says about five candidates on list in hunt for manager — CBSSports.com wire reports — MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin says there are about five candidates on his list as he searches for a new manager. — He said on a conference call Saturday that the search could take weeks.
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Baseball Musings
Associated Press:
Last home run ball hit at Yankee Stadium fails to sell — Want to buy the last ball ever hit out of Yankee Stadium? Well, it's still available. — Not even Yankee pride can overcome the poor economy. — The last ball hit out of Yankee Stadium didn't leave the auction block Saturday …
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John Torenli / MLB.com:
Sutton stays hot for Scorpions — Astros prospect goes 2-for-3 with homer, three runs scored — Astros outfield prospect Drew Sutton continued his torrid hitting in the Arizona Fall League on Friday, going 2-for-3 with a homer and three runs scored as the Scottsdale Scorpions cruised to a 7-3 victory over the Peoria Javelinas.
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Sliding Into Home
