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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Past is inconsequential to Sabathia — Tabbed for Game 1, Yankees ace zeros in on Angels — NEW YORK — The Yankees may have spent the better part of the last decade-plus slapping their foreheads trying to handle the Angels, but those memories do not mean much to the most important man …
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Billy Witz / New York Times:
Laid-Back Practices for Dodgers and Angels — LOS ANGELES — Dodgers Manager Joe Torre looked laid-back late Tuesday afternoon as he sat down at a news conference at Dodger Stadium. Torre, dressed in blue jeans, an untucked dress shirt and a baseball cap from a Hawaiian golf resort, seemed as relaxed as ever.
Mike DiGiovanna / Angels Unplugged:
Scioscia to juggle playoff rotation; Kazmir or Saunders likely to start Game 2 — Angels Manager Mike Scioscia won't announce his playoff rotation until Wednesday, but he said before today's workout today that “in every scenario we've discussed, we'll have a left-hander in Yankee Stadium in Game 1 or 2” …
Mike Puma / New York Post:
Wagner eyes retirement, not 400th career save — Billy Wagner may have thrown his last pitch in the major leagues. — The former Mets pitcher told The Post yesterday he's planning to retire rather than pursue a closer's job — and 400 career saves — next season.
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Agent doubts Billy Wagner will retire — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email the Author — Billy Wagner's agent, Bean Stringfellow, did not take his client's comments about leaning towards retirement too seriously. — “Those comments probably came right after the Red Sox …
Tempny / YES Blog:
Official ALCS start times — Game 1: Friday, October 16, 7:57 p.m. (Angels vs. Yankees) — Game 2: Saturday, October 17, 7:57 p.m. (Angels vs. Yankees) — Game 3: Monday, October 19, 4:13 p.m. (Yankees vs. Angels) — Game 4: Tuesday, October 20, 7:57 p.m. (Yankees vs. Angels)
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Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Girardi: Yankees “definitely considering” a three-man rotation — Joe Girardi just did a conference call with the beat writers and said that while the team won't have its roster/scouting meeting until tomorrow morning, “We are definitely considering going to a three-man rotation in this round.”
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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Arizona Fall League begins — It's hardly a footnote to the American League Championship Series, but it's worth mentioning that the Arizona Fall League begins today. — The Yankees have Ian Kennedy, Mike Dunn, Zach Kroenke, Grant Duff, Colin Curtis, Brandon Laird and Austin Romine playing for the Surprise Raftors.
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:Miller headed to Arizona Fall League
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Robert Snell / Tax Watchdog:
‘Amazin’ debt for Miracle Met Ron Darling — Tax agencies in two states and the IRS have former New York Mets pitcher and TBS analyst Ron Darling caught in a squeeze play. Darling, who helped call the Yankees-Twins game Sunday, owes $544,197 in state and federal taxes, records show.
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves lose scouting director to Nationals — The Braves are losing scouting director Roy Clark, who accepted a job with the Washington Nationals after 20 years in the Braves organization. — After interviewing Monday in Washington, Clark told the Braves Tuesday that he had accepted a post …
Long Island Ducks Game Recap:
CARTER NAMED MANAGER OF SAILFISH — 2009 Ducks manager Gary Carter was today named manager of the Palm Beach Atlantic University Sailfish. The Sailfish compete on the NCAA Division II level, and are a Christian liberal arts college founded in 1968. The move brings the former Ducks skipper …
Devil Fingers / Driveline Mechanics:
2009 Catcher Defense: Filling in the Holes (yet again) — More photos » by Duane Burleson - AP — That Minnesota pretty boy might be in the playoffs, but he's go nuthin on One Man, Five Tools. — Browse more photos » — Even if you aren't a FanGraphs junkie like myself …
Tom Verducci / Sports Illustrated:
Tom Verducci: Here's why it's so hard to close out a game in October … 1. How is Mariano Rivera looking right about now? Not that we didn't already know that the Yankees closer is the best all-time at what he does, but the Division Series, in which closer after closer blew up in the ninth inning …
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Done playing, Sox go to work — Offseason issues begin with Bay — As many times as Jason Bay was asked the question, he never quite answered it. — With the left fielder set to hit free agency this winter, and the Red Sox facing a gaping hole in left field and their lineup without him …
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