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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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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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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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Todd Wills / MLB.com:
Long layoff between starts no big deal to Lee — Rangers ace prepares for Game 1 after eight days' rest — ARLINGTON — If it seems like Cliff Lee is on cruise control when he pitches, it's probably because he's like that all of the time. — He was in that mode Sunday afternoon …
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Roy Oswalt / Yahoo! Sports:
Rangers' Molina gets a ring no matter what
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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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Uribe's blast helps Giants win NL pennant, World Series berth
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Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Lincecum plans to kick off WS despite relief
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Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Tense third inning lights fire under Giants
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Giants NL Champions
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Jayson Stark / MLB:
San Francisco Giants have tall task ahead in trying to close …
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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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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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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 …
CSNCalifornia.com:
A's Announce Curt Young Leaving as Pitching Coach — OAKLAND - The Oakland Athletics announced today that Curt Young has decided not to accept the A's contract offer to return as pitching coach next season. Young, who served as Oakland's pitching coach the past seven years …
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