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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
World Series won't resume tonight — Mud covers a World Series logo as a rain delay is called during Game 5 on Monday. The game was postponed, again, on Tuesday and is scheduled to continue Wednesday. — Poor weather is expected this evening, so Game 5 is now scheduled to be continued Wednesday night in Philadelphia.
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MLB.com:
Game Five of the 2008 World Series postponed — PHILADELPHIA - Game Five of the 2008 World Series will not resume tonight due to inclement weather. Game Five is now tentatively scheduled to resume on Wednesday evening at 8:37 p.m. (ET), weather permitting. — Commissioner Allan H.
Matt Youmans / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Sports books pay as if Phillies won — ‘House rules’ apply; run line, totals refunded — Despite what appeared to happen Monday night in Philadelphia, the Tampa Bay Rays lost Game 5 of the World Series. At least in the view of Nevada sports books, the Phillies won 2-1.
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MLB FanHouse, Fox Sports, Associated Press, SPORTSbyBROOKS, Barstool Sports and The Final Score
Michael Radano / Phillies:
The angriest place on earth — PHILADELPHIA - Proof that major league baseball is run by a bunch of buffoons came at midnight when the suspended game notes were handed out. — At the bottom of the sheet, the powers that be maybe thought it was cute or even pithy to include Koppett's Law.
ESPN:
Resumption of Series' Game 5 put off until Wednesday at earliest — PHILADELPHIA — The World Series won't resume until Wednesday night at the earliest. — With rain still falling in Philadelphia, Major League Baseball decided not to attempt to complete Game 5 between the Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.
Discussion:
ESPN, Associated Press, Baseball Prospectus, Blogging Baseball and Can't Stop The Bleeding
MLB.com:
Angels exercise 2009 options on Vladimir Guerrero and John Lackey — Club declines 2009 option on Garret Anderson; Gary Matthews Jr., Mike Napoli and Guerrero undergo surgeries — ANAHEIM — The Angels Tuesday announced the club will exercise 2009 options on Vladimir Guerrero and John Lackey …
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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Angels exercise buyout on Anderson — Veteran could be resigned; Vlad, Lackey's options picked up — ANAHEIM — The Angels have exercised a $3 million buyout on Garret Anderson's contract, making him a free agent, while exercising their options to bring back Vladimir Guerrero and John Lackey for the 2009 season.
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
HEYMAN: Angels to bring back Vlad, P Lackey — The Angels exercised the options on the contracts of ace pitcher John Lackey for $10 million and star outfielder Vladimir Guerrero for $15 million, SI.com has learned. — The decision to retain both players at a reasonable cost is not a surprise …
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Halos Heaven
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Will Yankee dollars put Sabathia in a New York state of mind? … PHILADELPHIA — Jimmy Rollins, a friend of superstar free-agent pitcher CC Sabathia dating back to their upbringing outside Oakland, Calif., and one of the best prognosticators in the game considering his lofty and correct predictions …
Glenn Miller / News Press:
Lee County commissioners approve Red Sox agreement — Agreement calls for 30-year deal, Fenway Park replica — The Lee County commission voted 3-1 today to approve an agreement with the Boston Red Sox to build a new spring-training facility for the team in south Lee County.
Sabernomics:
Who Gets Jake Peavy's Surplus? — It turns out that Jake Peavy thinks he does, and I think he's right. — Last week, I discussed how the Padres' ownership of Peavy's contract rights for the next four seasons would allow the team to reap the benefits of the difference between his expected income generation and his salary.
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Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:Sabathia's free agency could set up a big payday for Padres ace
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Much depends on Posada — Yankees beat reporter Bryan Hoch answers fans' questions — I know Jorge Posada says he is healthy, but is there any chance of bringing Pudge Rodriguez back as insurance in case he is not ready to catch? And if bringing Pudge back is out of the question, who will be splitting time with Posada?
Eric Fisher / SportsBusiness Journal:
Tech leaders back sports blog network — Former AOL programming chief Jim Bankoff has secured a mid-seven-figure sum of venture capital for SB Nation, a startup network of sports blogs, from a group of digital media and technology luminaries. — The round of funding was led by Accel Partners …
Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Alvarez showcases talent for Bucs — Top pick impresses coaches with instructional league play — PITTSBURGH — Pedro Alvarez, the Pirates' now-storied first-round Draft pick, recently finished his introductory taste of professional baseball. And needless to say, he left encouraging signs behind.
