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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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Mark Newman / MLB.com:
Pujols wins Clemente Award — Cardinals first baseman honored for play, off-field efforts — PHILADELPHIA — For each of his first eight years in Major League Baseball, Albert Pujols has produced more than 30 home runs and 100 RBIs. That already is twice as long as anyone ever did before …
ESPN.com:
Cardinals' Pujols wins Roberto Clemente Award — PHILADELPHIA — Albert Pujols has an MVP award and a World Series ring. — What the St. Louis slugger really wants is to be remembered for his charity work. — He was on Saturday when he was presented with the 2008 Robert Clemente Award …
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Sports Illustrated:
Rain hits Philly before Game 3 of Series — PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Rain was falling at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday ahead of Game 3 of the World Series, with thunderstorms possible at night. — The tarp covered the infield about three hours before the scheduled first pitch, at 8:35 p.m.
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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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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.
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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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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 …
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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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Holliday, Atkins in trade winds — PHILADELPHIA — While the preference would be to trade infielder Garrett Atkins to land a starting pitcher, the Rockies have made it known to opposing executives that Matt Holliday is available. — Moving Atkins for pitching — the Angels …
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 …
