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Bruce Levine / ESPN:
Source: Mets to interview Rick Hahn — CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox vice president/assistant general manager Rick Hahn will interview for the New York Mets general manager position next week, according to a Major League Baseball source. — The Mets fired Omar Minaya on Monday …
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Mets set sights on Sandy Alderson, White Sox assistant GM Rick Hahn as general manager candidates — MLB Consultant for Dominican Operations Sandy Alderson visits the New York Mets Dominican Summer League facility. He might be more involved with the Mets very soon.
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Byrnes, Alderson believed to be among names on Mets' GM list … The Mets' GM search has about seven names at the top, and it is believed they may include ex-Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes, White Sox assistant GM Rick Hahn, MLB consultant Sandy Alderson, Diamondbacks VP Jerry Di Poto …
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Associated Press:
Yanks head home with 2-0 series lead over Twins — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees stumbled through September and landed in the AL wild-card spot. — As the Minnesota Twins can attest, the Yankees are hardly an underdog in October.
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David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Former Twins great Jack Morris criticizes Francisco Liriano — MINNEAPOLIS — The things one hears riding in elevators. — On my way back from the clubhouses following the New York Yankees victory in Game 1 of the ALDS, I caught a few moments of the Minnesota Twins' radio network postgame show being piped in.
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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Postgame notes: Going against the book
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Tampa Bay Rays catcher Dioner Navarro leaves team after not making playoff roster — ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays told C Dioner Navarro he was not going to be on the roster for the first round of the playoffs. — And Navarro told them he was going home. — The Rays wanted Navarro to remain …
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Fred Goodall / Associated Press:
Baldelli out, Aybar in on Rays roster — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—The Tampa Bay Rays removed designated hitter/outfielder Rocco Baldelli from their playoff roster Thursday and added Willy Aybar. — The move was announced before the AL East champions faced the Texas Rangers in Game 2 of their first-round series.
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Associated Press:
Barry Zito left off Giants' roster — SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants are sending $126 million to the sidelines. Struggling left-hander Barry Zito has been left off the team's playoff roster for its best-of-five National League Division Series against the wild-card Atlanta Braves.
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Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
Zito off roster for this series, source says — The Giants this morning will announce a Division Series roster that does not include pitcher Barry Zito, the team's highest-paid player, a source said Wednesday night, several hours after manager Bruce Bochy said either Madison Bumgarner …
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Amy K. Nelson / ESPN:
MLB players want offseason meeting — PHILADELPHIA — Representatives from the Major League Baseball Players' Association are trying to organize what would be a rare meeting between umpires, players and the commissioner's office to discuss growing concerns about the state of umpiring in Major League Baseball.
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Kuiperfan / Joe Posnanski:
Baseball Thoughts: Day 2 — Well, this will be a different kind of baseball live blog... we're not going to do the minute-by-minute or inning-by-inning thing because, well, we're just not going to do that. — But you can check back throughout the day for baseball thoughts, rants, jokes …
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MLB.com:
Hall chats about new direction with fans — Club president fields questions during online chat … Derrick Hall: Welcome to today's chat. It has been busy around here as you all know, but the dust is beginning to settle. I just came upstairs from watching the Instructional League game here between the D-backs and the Rockies.
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JSOnline:
Samuel on Brewers' radar — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Dan Connolly, baseball writer for the Baltimore Sun, tells me that former Orioles third base coach and interim manager Juan Samuel has spoken informally to the Brewers about their managerial vacancy and hopes to be interviewed for the position.
Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Doctober! No-no for Halladay in playoff debut — Phillies ace joins Larsen with second postseason no-hitter — PHILADELPHIA — Panic washed over Carlos Ruiz as the ball rolled up the length of the bat in front of home plate. — Roy Halladay had pitched a masterpiece through 8 2/3 …
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Ray Parrillo / Philly.com:
Reds complain about strike zone
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