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New York Post:
YANKS' PLANS MAY INCLUDE CAMERON — ST. PETERSBURG - General manager Brian Cashman refused to confirm or deny that Mike Cameron is high on the Yankees' list of free-agent signings if the veteran outfielder becomes a free agent. — According to an industry source, the Yankees are waiting …
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Cliff Corcoran / Sports Illustrated:
A closer look at the Phillies-Rays Game 2 matchup … Phillies at Rays — Series: World Series, Game 2; Phillies lead 1-0 — TV: Fox — Starters: Brett Myers (2-0, 5.25) vs. James Shields (1-2, 3.72) — The Phillies did what they needed to do last night, winning Game 1 behind their ace, Cole Hamels.
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Hummel at the Series: Keys to Game 2 — Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick Hummel is covering the World Series for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. From his perspective, here are 3 things we learned from Game 1, and 3 keys to tonight's Game 2 at Tropicana Field: — 3 things we learned from Game 1 of the World Series:
Gordon Edes / Yahoo! Sports:
Lidge is lights out in opener — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The fortunes of the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series have been dependent on their closers. For better and worse. — The enduring memory of the only World Series title in the team's 125-year history is closer Tug McGraw flinging …
Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Today — Advantage Acquired — As scripted, Cole Hamels pitched another beautiful post-season game, going seven innings, mixing his fastball and changeup to keep the Rays off-balance, and pounding the strike zone. He allowed two runs, one a homer on a hanging curve to Carl Crawford …
Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:SportsCast — Follow the latest news out of professional sports …
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ESPN.com:
GM says Braves' prospects not up for Peavy trade — ATLANTA — General manager Frank Wren insists the Braves won't trade their most valued prospects, apparently not even to bring Jake Peavy to Atlanta. — Speculation about the Braves' interest in Peavy has grown since the San Diego Padres confirmed …
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Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Boras states his case for keeping Varitek — The Red Sox and Jason Varitek have not initiated contract discussions, which is not unusual this soon after the season, said Scott Boras, the agent who represents the catcher. — Boras did not offer any specific figures Varitek is aiming for …
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Business Wire:
Tampa Bay Shortstop Jason Bartlett Steals Millions of Free Tacos — Taco Bell(R)'s “Steal A Base, Steal A Taco” World Series(R) Offer Sealed in 5th Inning During Game 1 of 2008 World Series(R) — Hey America, are you ready for some free tacos? Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Jason Bartlett stole free tacos …
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Rob Bradford / Archive:
How Bad It Was For Beckett — Josh Beckett wanted to keep it a mystery. — “It's the same thing I kept telling the coaching staff, the training staff,” said the Red Sox starter following his team's elimination from the American League Championship Series, “I just said, ‘Terrific.’ It was what it was.”
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David Lennon / On the Mets beat:
OK, but who's on first? — The Mets just announced that Razor Shines will replace Luis Aguayo as the third-base coach and Randy Niemann takes over for Guy Conti in the bullpen (bye Pedro). Otherwise, Dan Warthen returns as pitching coach, Howard Johnson holds on as hitting coach and Sandy Alomar is back as bench coach.
NY Daily News:
Madden: Met hate helped Phils — ST. PETERSBURG - It took a half-dozen under-the-radar player moves by Pat Gillick to produce the first Phillies World Series team since 1993, and the Phillie GM characteristically passes off most of the credit to his scouts and assistants.
Alex Eisenberg / Hardball Times:
Breaking Down the Draft: More Requests (Part 3) — Chatwood likely would have gone much higher in last June's draft if he had been two or three inches taller. However, the Angels were able to snag him at 74, their first pick of the draft. — Chatwood's arsenal consists to two potentially plus pitches:
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Video: The Shea Stadium Scoreboard is No More — The following video, sent in from a reader of MetsBlog.com, is of the scoreboard at Shea Stadium being knocked to the ground, and, I will not lie, it is sad and surreal to see: — Ouch...now that is a collapse.
Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
GM Melvin probably will stop at three interviews — St. Petersburg, Fla. - The Milwaukee Brewers' managerial search likely will come down to one of three candidates. — Brewers general manager Doug Melvin confirmed Wednesday that he has interviewed former Oakland manager Ken Macha and former …
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Conor Glassey / Baseball America:
Third-Annual AFL Rising Stars Rosters — The Arizona Fall League's third-annual Rising Stars game will take place tomorrow night (Friday Oct. 24). The players were split into two teams, as chosen by scouting and minor-league directors for all MLB organizations.
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Mike Berardino / Florida Marlins:
Trade front — Talked with a veteran scout this week about the Marlins' cache of potential trade targets. The scout, who has been in contact with his team's upper management about the trade market, did not sound overly impressed with what the Marlins might have to offer. — Some of the scout's thoughts:
