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Sabernomics:
The Myth of the Small-Market Series — Even when the current World Series match-up of Giants versus Rangers was just a possibility, I began to hear chatter to the effect of “Bud Selig and Fox are going to hate having two small-market clubs in the World Series.”
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Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
SF Giants a cast of loveable knuckleheads — (10-24) 17:13 PDT — Juan Uribe had a running joke with a couple of reporters toward the end of the regular season. The Giants were in Chicago, where Uribe helped the White Sox win the 2005 World Series, and he said, “This is my town.”
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Stephen Hawkins / Associated Press:
Rangers preparing to face Giants in World Series — ARLINGTON, Texas—Cliff Lee threw a bullpen session and took batting practice Sunday. — The Texas Rangers are getting ready for their first World Series, and the opener will be at San Francisco, where their ace left-hander will be pitching …
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McCovey Chronicles, Church of Baseball and Boston Globe
Associated Press:
In World Series or bust season, Phillies come up short — PHILADELPHIA — Having the best record in baseball meant little in October for the Philadelphia Phillies. — The two-time defending NL champions came up short in a year where nothing less than a World Series title would be considered success.
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Jeff Caplan / ESPN:
Vladimir Guerrero in OF in Game 1 or 2 … ARLINGTON, Texas — Without the benefit of the designated hitter in Games 1 and 2 of the World Series at San Francisco, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington said Sunday he will start Vladimir Guerrero in the field in one of the first two games.
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Lone Star Ball, HardballTalk and MLB
Associated Press:
Uribe's blast helps Giants win NL pennant, World Series berth
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Lookout Landing, USA Today, Boston Globe, Associated Press, MLB Rumors, Boston Globe, Patrick Flood and BBTF's Baseball Primer …
Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Lincecum plans to kick off WS despite relief
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Phillies Nation and HardballTalk
Roy Oswalt / Yahoo! Sports:
Rangers' Molina gets a ring no matter what
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MLB Rumors and Associated Press
Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Tense third inning lights fire under Giants
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Baseball Prospectus and The Good Phight
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Giants NL Champions
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Red Sox Monster, McCovey Chronicles, True Blue LA, Lone Star Ball and Yahoo! Sports
Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Damaso Marte out until all-star break — In a shocking upset, a player has arrived on locker clean-out day. — That player was one of the least likely to be here: Left-handed reliever Damaso Marte who just walked in with his left arm in a sling. I have to assume that means he had the surgery …
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Marte won't throw until July after surgery — Rest, rehab weren't enough to heal labrum tear in shoulder — NEW YORK — Damaso Marte's left arm was in a sling Sunday as he gathered belongings from his Yankee Stadium locker, having undergone surgery that figures to keep him out of action until late next season.
New York Post:
Yankees need uptight Girardi to lighten up — Tweet — Joe Girardi and the Yankees have no place else to turn, so they will return to each other. — Sometime in the next week, I suspect, Girardi will re-up for something in the neighborhood of three years at $10 million. — What alternative does Girardi have?
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HardballTalk, BronxBanterBlog.com, Chicago Breaking Sports and lenNY's Yankees
Boston Globe:
Henry confirms Farrell is new Blue Jays manager — The Toronto Blue Jays have yet to acknowledge that Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell is their new manager. But Red Sox owner John Henry confirmed it last night. — “The Jays are getting a great baseball man and a great person,” Henry wrote in an e-mail to the Globe.
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Tennessean.com:
(2 of 2) — Harold Pointer told The Tennessean on Friday that Britt punched him in the face during the fight, causing an injury that needed four stitches. Pointer's attorney, William Stover, said Metro police interviewed his client over the weekend. — “The police are going to talk …
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NBC Sports and NESN.com
Thomas Zambito / NY Daily News:
Daughter of former Mets coach Eddie Yost suing team after security guard's radio falls on her — One-time Mets coach Eddie Yost's daughter is suing the team after she got plunked by a security guard's radio that fell from from an upper deck. — Alexis Yost Fougere, 45 …
Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
Ten things I didn't know about managers in the postseason — Well, it's the postseason (obviously). That can mean only one thing: time to come out with postseason-related columns. Let's have a postseason one about managers. This is, after all, a subject near to my heart given that I wrote …
