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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
ALCS Game 6 updates — Rangers 6, Yankees 1, Final — That's it for the ALCS. Rangers win, sending them to their first World Series in franchise history. The series win was completely deserved, as the Rangers outplayed the Yankees throughout the entire series.
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Associated Press:
Texas Up 5-1 Through 6 Innings in Game 6 of ALCS — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero put the Texas Rangers nine outs from their first trip to the World Series. — Guerrero drove in a run in the first inning with a groundout, then drilled a two-run double in the fifth …
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Swisher tired of questions about Lee — ARLINGTON — The Yankees were growing weary of repeated questions about Cliff Lee even before they had faced the Rangers left-hander, and Nick Swisher has had enough of the topic. — With Lee's growing reputation for postseason excellence …
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Nick Swisher sick of Cliff Lee questions
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Mike Sielski / Wall Street Journal:
Same Old Ghost Story
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ESPN:
Mets eye Sandy Alderson, Josh Byrnes — The New York Mets have narrowed their search for a general manager to two candidates: longtime former GM and current MLB executive Sandy Alderson and former Diamondbacks general manager Josh Byrnes, the team announced in a statement.
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FOXSports / mlbbuzz:
Sources: Mets wanted experienced GM candidates — The Mets, in selecting Sandy Alderson and Josh Byrnes as the finalists for their vacant general manager's position, determined that they needed an experienced candidate as opposed to a first-time GM, major-league sources said.
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Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Sandy Alderson tours Citi Field, remains favorite to fill Mets GM slot over other five candidates — The first round is finally over in the Mets' GM search. — Sandy Alderson remains a leading candidate after completing the second half of his interview with executives Jeff Wilpon and John Ricco Thursday.
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Sandy Alderson and Josh Byrnes make the Cut
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Sean McAdam / Comcast SportsNet:
Multiple sources: Farrell offered Blue Jays' manager's job — ARLINGTON, Texas — Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell has been offered the job and needs only to come to agreement on a contract to become the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, multiple industry sources said.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
No Hale in Toronto; Farrell will likely be new Jays manager — Looks like Demarlo Hale won't be getting the Toronto job according to a major league source. It appears to be heading John Farrell's way, but no confirmation on that yet. — Update: Hale confirmed he's out.
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Richard Griffin / Toronto Star:
Jays manager search: 3 GMs say John Farrell is the guy
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Luke Adams / MLB Rumors:
Manager Roundup: Blue Jays, Brewers, Pirates
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Robert Macleod / Globe and Mail:
Jays won't confirm that Farrell is new manager
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Sports Illustrated:
October's heroes: Twenty-five who have stepped up in the playoffs … Several players have enhanced their reps this October, though none more so than the top two guys on this list — the unheralded Cody Ross and the much-heralded Cliff Lee. Ross has done what no one expected …
Fox Sports:
Don't even try to predict NLCS outcome — Phillies Roy Halladay and Jayson Werth with Ken Rosenthal after Game 5. — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. Follow him on Twitter. — SAN FRANCISCO
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Matthew Futterman / Wall Street Journal:
When the Yankees Lose, So Do You — Early Exits in the Postseason's Last Two Rounds Have Led to More Spending—and Poaching — For the better part of two decades, most baseball fans in North America have spent the month of October aligning in a league of contempt against the New York Yankees …
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Brian Costello / New York Post:
Bruised Berkman ready to go for Yankees — Tweet — ARLINGTON, Texas — Other than a bruised ego and a sore bottom, Lance Berkman is ready to go tonight in Game 6 of the AL Championship Series. — After taking a hard spill on the Yankee Stadium warning track during Game 5 …
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Rob Neyer / ESPN:
Let's not call the whole (BABiP) thing off — I like potahto... From the mailbag at Bill James' subscriber-only site: — Hey, Bill: You wrote “Please stop saying ‘BABIP’; it's just laziness.” Is saying “ERA,” RBI," “WAR,” and so on any different? If so, why? — Bill: “WAR” is laziness, yes.
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THE BOOK
Brian Costa / Wall Street Journal:
The Long Walk From Chicago — After a Meteoric Rise and a Painful Fall, Yankees Reliever Kerry Wood Is Writing His Own Ending — ARLINGTON, Texas—The pivotal moment of Kerry Wood's career didn't happen at Wrigley Field. And it won't happen at Rangers Ballpark this weekend.
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David Laurila / Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Q&A — Scott Servais … David Laurila: What is it like seeing so many players that came through the system making such a big impact in the postseason? — Scott Servais: It's very gratifying, obviously. It speaks volumes to our scouts identifying guys …
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Lone Star Ball
