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Ian O'Connor / ESPN:
Deep in Texas, only Rangers had heart — Yankees weren't tough enough to overcome ALCS foe, so season ended in Arlington — ARLINGTON, Texas — This unmitigated disaster was not shaped merely by a lack of hitting or pitching, but also by a lack of heart.
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MLB and Associated Press
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Associated Press:
All In: Rangers Finally Reach First World Series — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers did a victory lap, sharing the moment with their frenzied fans. They sprayed each other with ginger ale on the field to involve the AL championship series MVP in the celebration, and doused their manager with the contents of a water cooler.
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Boston Globe, Associated Press, Bleed Cubbie Blue and Yahoo! Sports
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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Pinstripe Alley and baseballmusings.com
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
The Y'all Classic! Texas boots Yanks in ALCS — Rangers reach first World Series in franchise's 50 years — ARLINGTON — The Rangers were one out away from franchise history and only Alex Rodriguez, of all people, stood in the way of a dream 39 years in the making …
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BBTF's Baseball Primer …
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees hope to hand Rangers same fate the Bombers suffered against Red Sox in 2004 ALCS — ARLINGTON - Six years ago, the Yankees stood one win away from another trip to the World Series, holding a commanding 3-0 lead over the Red Sox in the American League Championship Series. — That win never came.
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Surviving Grady
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Phil Hughes rocked as Yankees go out with a whimper in ALCS Game 6 loss to Texas Rangers — ARLINGTON - Joe Girardi won't have to change his uniform number next season. — The Yankees' chase for a 28th World Series championship came to a crashing halt Friday night, as the Rangers sent …
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Associated Press and The Joy of Sox
Brian Costa / Wall Street Journal:
The Long Walk From Chicago
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Bronx Baseball Daily and River Avenue Blues
Matthew Futterman / Wall Street Journal:
When the Yankees Lose, So Do You — Early Exits in the Postseason's …
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Lookout Landing, Yahoo! Sports and Pinstripe Alley
NY Daily News:
Lupica: It's time for Alex to be Great
Discussion:
Subway Squawkers, HardballTalk and Texas Rangers
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Nick Swisher sick of Cliff Lee questions
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Subway Squawkers, Pinstripe Alley, Fanhouse MLB Blog, Sliding Into Home, SportsNet NY and HardballTalk
Mike Sielski / Wall Street Journal:
Same Old Ghost Story
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Pinstripe Alley and Tedquarters
David Lennon / Newsday:
Alderson, Byrnes finalists for Mets' GM job — PHILADELPHIA - The Mets named Sandy Alderson and Josh Byrnes on Friday as the two finalists for their vacant general manager's position. After the next round of interviews, the team could have a new GM by the end of next week, with all signs pointing to Alderson as the heavy favorite.
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MetsBlog.com
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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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HardballTalk, Mets Merized Online and MLB Rumors
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Sandy Alderson and Josh Byrnes make the Cut
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MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com
Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Sandy Alderson tours Citi Field, remains favorite to fill Mets GM slot …
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Amazin' Avenue and HardballTalk
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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Full Count, HardballTalk and MLB Rumors
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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.
Richard Griffin / Toronto Star:
Jays manager search: 3 GMs say John Farrell is the guy
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Bluebird Banter, MLB Rumors, Globe and Mail, mlbbuzz and The Joy of Sox
Don Norcross / SignOnSanDiego.com:
Padres seeking top-of-the-order production — The Padres tried nine players in the leadoff spot in 2010. As a group, they failed miserably with a .306 on-base percentage, ranking 28th out of the 30 Major League Baseball teams. — In the No. 2 spot (usually David Eckstein), the production wasn't much better.
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MLB Rumors
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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Bronx Baseball Daily and HardballTalk
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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 …
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
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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CBSSports.com Sports News …, Yahoo! Sports, Philly.com, Phillies Nation and New York Times
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