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Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
With walk-off thriller, Phils grab 2-1 lead — Ruiz's dribbler plates winning run in ninth inning of Game 3 — PHILADELPHIA — When the rain stopped and the night sky cleared, the Phillies produced World Series thunder. — The pot of gold at the end of this October rainbow sits …
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Rays react to loss — PHILADELPHIA — It was heading toward 2 a.m. when Carlos Ruiz's dribbler — hard to even call it a hit — scored the winning run for the Phillies. It was a fairly ugly sequence, from the hit batter to the wild pitch to the overthrow of second base to the RBI single that finished off Game 3 of the World Series.
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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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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 …
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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 …
Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Sources say ESPN set to break up Morgan-Miller team — Could the 19-year “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcasting partnership of ESPN's Jon Miller and Joe Morgan be coming to an end? And will their ESPN Radio call of the Rays-Phillies World Series be the final chapter?
New York Post:
YANKS' DECISION LOOKING BAD — PHILADELPHIA - Last off season the Yankees refused to include Phil Hughes in a package for Johan Santana. Hughes made that decision look horrendous during the season, and isn't stopping now. — It is not just that two of his four starts in the Arizona Fall League …
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
CC you real soon? — The best free-agent pitcher on the market was such a good hitting prospect at Vallejo (Calif.) High that scouts who followed his every move were unsure until late in his prep career whether he was better as a first baseman. This was a guy, after all …
Mitchel Lichtman / Hardball Times:
A battle between two very poor managers — Warning: The following is especially harsh on the two World Series managers, Manuel and Maddon. If you have a weak stomach or are a friend or relative of theirs, use caution when reading this. — I don't know about you, but as a baseball analyst …
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Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Cubs curse seems to have followed free agent Barrett — When the Padres traded for Cubs catcher Michael Barrett, they underestimated the Billy Goat Curse. — Barrett joined the Padres in June 2007, then experienced a career-worst hitting slump, fielding difficulties, a concussion …
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Phil Rogers / Chicago Tribune:
Brenly perfect fit for Brewers' managerial job — Veteran manager could inherit team with great potential — The Milwaukee Brewers are hard at work interviewing potential candidates for their managerial vacancy, including popular Cubs WGN-TV color man Bob Brenly.
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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George A. King III / New York Post:
BRONX BUMMER: BURNETT MAY NOT WANT TO BE A YANK — PHILADELPHIA - The Yankees are willing to spend big glue to repair their starting rotation. But are they able? — With C.C. Sabathia looking to stay in the NL and liking Southern California, the only way the Yankees land the left-handed stud …
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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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