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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Duncan to return as coach through 2012 — The Cardinals and pitching coach Dave Duncan have agreed upon a two-year contract with a mutual option for 2013. The deal represents a departure from the front office's initial sentiment to award only one-year deals to manager Tony La Russa's coaching staff.
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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Eiland not being brought back — Brian Cashman just announced that the team is not bringing Dave Eiland back next season. — “It has nothing to do with what took place in the playoffs,” Cashman said. — Cashman said the decision is not based on performance. He labeled the reason as “private.”
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Yankees fire Dave Eiland
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MLB Daily Dish, Yahoo! Sports and It's About The Money
Ben Shpigel / Bats:
Highlights From Yankees' News Conferences
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Bronx Baseball Daily and Sliding Into Home
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Pitching coach Eiland won't be back
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True Blue LA and Britt's Bird Watch
Mark Feinsand / Blogging The Bombers:
Cashman: Eiland will not return
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Surviving Grady, Pinstripe Alley and IT IS HIGH!
Dan Rosenheck / Bats:
Keeping Score: How Good Are the Giants' Starters? — The San Francisco Giants have so far proved the old adage that pitching wins in the postseason. Despite finishing ninth in the National League in offense, they squeaked into the tournament on the back of a vaunted starting rotation of Tim Lincecum …
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Cash Kruth / MLB.com:
After Lincecum, Giants tweak Series rotation — Cain moved up to Game 2, Sanchez back to Game 3 — SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants announced their rotation for the World Series on Monday, flip-flopping Jonathan Sanchez and Matt Cain to give Cain the Game 2 start.
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Vlad to play right field in Game 1 of Series — Hunter to start Game 4 as Rangers keep rotation the same — SAN FRANCISCO — Vladimir Guerrero will be in right field for the Rangers in Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday, and right-hander Tommy Hunter will be on the mound for Game 4 when the Series returns to Texas.
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George Vecsey / New York Times:
Anything Can Happen in a San Francisco Series — What will it be this time in the gorgeous city shimmering by the bay? Locusts or midges? A misplaced Santa Ana wind? — Or will the last hippie commune come down from the hills and place garlands of flowers on the bats of the Rangers and the Giants?
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
San Francisco DH Options
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Pat Burrell, revived with San Francisco Giants, doesn't want to …
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Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
SF Giants a cast of loveable knuckleheads
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Dan Barbarisi / Projo Sox Blog:
John Farrell introduced as manager of Toronto Blue Jays — The Toronto Blue Jays have officially named Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell to be their new manager, robbing Boston of one of its best assets and potentially helping to create another talented team taking aim at Boston, New York and Tampa.
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Arizona Republic:
Nagy the frontrunner to be next pitching coach — Former All-Star right-hander Charles Nagy has emerged as the leading candidate to become the Diamondbacks new pitching coach, according to multiple baseball sources. — Nagy, 43, spent parts of 14 seasons in the major leagues, nearly all of it with the Cleveland Indians.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Francona: Farrell deserved to manage
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Tony Jackson / ESPN:
Tim Wallach out of Brewers mix — PHOENIX — Tim Wallach has been told by the Milwaukee Brewers that he is no longer a candidate for their managerial vacancy, a development that all but assures Wallach will be the third-base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2011.
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JSOnline:
Scratch Wallach off the list — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — I just heard from a very good source in L.A. that Dodgers Triple-A manager Tim Wallach is not one of the four finalists for the Brewers' managerial job. — It was reported that Wallach was one of the eight …
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MLB.com:
Week 2 AFL Players of the Week — Scorpions' Culberson, Sox's Holt claim honors — PHOENIX, Ari. — Scottsdale Scorpions IF Charlie Culberson (SF) and Mesa Solar Sox RHP Brad Holt (NYM) are the Arizona Fall League's week two player-of-the-week and pitcher-of-the-week, respectively.
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Bill Mitchell / Baseball America:
Laird Returns To AFL
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Associated Press:
All eyes on Werth as Phillies close shop — PHILADELPHIA—Jayson Werth stood in the on-deck circle as the Philadelphia Phillies' season ended on Saturday. The question now is what's on deck for the free agent to be. — Speaking at Citizens Bank Park two days after the San Francisco Giants eliminated …
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ESPN:
Josh Byrnes has 2nd Mets interview — NEW YORK — Josh Byrnes, one of two finalists for the New York Mets' general manager position, completed his second-round interview Monday. The other finalist, Sandy Alderson, is scheduled for a comparable session Tuesday.
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Ryan Howard, A-Rod and Carlos Beltran — The Phillies and Yankees were each eliminated from the post season this past weekend, each game ending with a called strike-three looking, bats on shoulders, and breaking balls breaking. … ~ Mike Vaccaro, New York Post
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