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Cliff Corcoran / Sports Illustrated:
World Series Game 3 preview … Rays at Phillies — Series: World Series, Game 3 — TV: FOX — Starters: Matt Garza (2-1, 3.32 ERA) vs. Jamie Moyer (0-2, 13.50 ERA) — The Phillies won the game they were supposed to win behind Cole Hamels in Game 1.
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Amy K. Nelson / ESPN:
Phillies upset about World Series introductions … PHILADELPHIA — It was just a few minutes before the Phillies were set to take the field for Game 1 of the World Series. Jimmy Rollins was sitting next to 40-year-old Matt Stairs, who was playing in the Fall Classic for the first time in …
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Moyer a pitcher for the ages — At 45, Phillies lefthander is savoring the prospect of his World Series debut — His signing bonus with the Cubs was in the vicinity of $13,000. That's meal money now. But back then, almost a quarter-century ago, it represented a chance for Jamie Moyer, a chance to make it to the big leagues.
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Report: Randolph rejects chance to join Nats staff — Under consideration to be the next manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, Willie Randolph reportedly turned down a chance to return to the NL East in a coaching capacity. — Newsday reported Saturday that Randolph, who was fired as Mets manager in June …
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Source says Willie turned down Nats job — PHILADELPHIA - Willie Randolph turned down an opportunity to join the Washington Nationals' coaching staff, and if he doesn't get the Brewers' managing job, he'll probably sit out the 2009 season, a person familiar with the situation said.
Vincent M. Mallozzi / New York Times:
At Rutgers, Yankee Stadium 101 — Typical first-year courses at Rutgers University include biology, calculus, English literature, history and economics. But 20 freshmen — 19 of them Yankees fans — are enrolled in a research seminar called Yankee Stadium.
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Jesse Spector / NY Daily News:
Smoltz could follow Rocket's path — Could John Smoltz be the next Roger Clemens? — No, the longtime Atlanta Braves ace isn't going to face a Congressional panel, be investigated for perjury or have lurid details of his personal life cause him great embarrassment, but Smoltz could follow …
New Jersey Online:
Newark Bears baseball team on the verge of folding — The Newark Bears, the minor-league team that brought baseball back to the city after a 50-year absence, is on the verge of folding, according to team and Essex County officials. … Marc Berson, a Millburn-based real estate developer …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers coaching staff to return in '09 — Torre to work with same cast that helped send LA to NLCS — LOS ANGELES — The coaching staff of Dodgers manager Joe Torre will return intact for 2009, the club announced Friday. — Hitting coach Don Mattingly, pitching coach Rick Honeycutt …
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Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:
Stock rising for Phils' Madson — If Ryan Madson makes a big score at the salary arbitrator's table this winter, the Phillies can blame pitching coach Rich Dubee. — Madson was one of the stars of the Phils' late-season charge to the National League East title, and he has continued …
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
L.A. vs. N.Y. for top free agents (cont.) — Braves are early leaders for Peavy — Padres ace Jake Peavy is seen as accepting a trade to at least any of his top five choices — the Braves, Cubs, Cardinals, Dodgers or Astros — and perhaps a few others, though his no-trade provision allows him to reject any deal.
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Yankees Say They Would Have Left Bronx if Pushed — WASHINGTON — Randy Levine, the president of the Yankees, told a Congressional hearing Friday that if the city had not issued tax-exempt financing for the team's new stadium, it would have left town. — “It's been no secret for many years” …
Ashby Jones / Wall Street Journal:
The Happy Heckler Can't Be Heard Now in the Din at Tropicana Field — As Tampa Bay Rays Draw a Noisy Throng, Robert Szasz Gets Drowned Out — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For the past six years, the taunts of a lone Tampa Bay Rays fan could be heard echoing across cavernous Tropicana Field …
Sean McAdam / Boston Herald:
Unwritten in pen — Rays go by committee — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - On Opening Night of the 2003 season, the Red Sox [team stats] began an experiment that came to be known as “closer by committee.” — The concept was simple enough: Without an established reliever to nail down the final three outs …
