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Associated Press:
Lewis, bats finally ring up Giants — Tex message sent — ARLINGTON, Texas - Back in Texas. Back in the World Series. — The Rangers, behind emerging October ace Colby Lewis, came home and threw themselves the biggest tailgate party of them all, beating San Francisco, 4-2, last night and cutting the Giants' Series edge to 2-1.
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Boston Globe, baseballmusings.com and Associated Press
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
How 'bout them Rangers! Texas takes Game 3 — Moreland, Hamilton each go deep to back dazzling Lewis — ARLINGTON — Second baseman Ian Kinsler laughed in the clubhouse when he was asked if this was the real Rangers that showed up at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on Saturday night.
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Now it's a real Series — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — ARLINGTON, Texas - Not only did Rangers manager Ron Washington join Giants counterpart Bruce Bochy on the All-Genius Team last night, but a far more important development transpired.
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Lookout Landing
Richard / SportsJustice:
Now you know why Ed Wade acquired Miguel Tejada, Mike Hampton, etc.
Now you know why Ed Wade acquired Miguel Tejada, Mike Hampton, etc.
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Baseball Prospectus and Lone Star Ball
Dan Martin / New York Post:
Mets' Wright likes GM — Mets on Twitter — Tweet — Sandy Alderson hasn't been on the job long, but he already has at least one fan on the Mets' roster. — “Everyone I've talked to has had great things to say about him,” David Wright said of the new general manager in an e-mail.
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MetsBlog.com
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David Waldstein / Bats:
Mets' Offer to Takahashi Is for Only a Year
Mets' Offer to Takahashi Is for Only a Year
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HardballTalk and MLB Rumors
Dan Martin / New York Post:
Alderson ‘suspected’ Canseco used steroids
Alderson ‘suspected’ Canseco used steroids
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NESN.com and HardballTalk
Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Billy Beane says Sandy Alderson is perfect guy to lead Mets
Billy Beane says Sandy Alderson is perfect guy to lead Mets
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MetsBlog.com, Mets Merized Online and Can't Stop The Bleeding
Steve Popper / NorthJersey.com:
Who's the man for Mets?
Who's the man for Mets?
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MetsBlog.com, MLB.com and HardballTalk
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Dave Eiland blasts ESPNNewYork.com report on his relationship with Yankees skipper Joe Girardi — ARLINGTON - Dave Eiland has been silent since Monday's announcement that he would not return to the Yankees, but the former pitching coach shot down a report that his relationship …
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Source: Joe Girardi, Dave Eiland at odds starting in June — NEW YORK — Although Yankees manager Joe Girardi said he had no prior knowledge that pitching coach Dave Eiland would be fired following the season, a person with knowledge of the relationship between Eiland and Girardi said it went south …
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TYU, Bronx Baseball Daily and HardballTalk
Fox Sports:
Saving Lee for Game 5 is the right move — Ken Rosenthal on why Cliff Lee won't start Game 4. — 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. — The Rangers are making …
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Bruce Levine / ESPN:
Sources: The Arizona Diamondbacks will make a play for Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko. — Paul Konerko may have played his last game as a member of the White Sox. — Konerko, a free agent five days after the 2010 World Series ends, will be an offseason priority of the Arizona Diamondbacks …
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HardballTalk and MLB Rumors
David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Luckily for Rangers, Moreland launched their pitch to switch — toiled in the low minors, the Texas Rangers imagined him as something other than a slugger capable of hitting a huge home run in the World Series — Even after Moreland put up great numbers — .324/.400/.536 …
Robert Emrich / MLB.com:
Harper hits first pro homer in AFL game — First overall pick now batting .353 in four games in the desert — It took four games for Bryce Harper to make his mark in the desert. — Harper went deep for the first time in the AFL, pacing Scottsdale to a 13-9 victory over Peoria on Saturday.
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The Nationals Enquirer
Associated Press:
Bochy: Guillen Off Roster Because of Neck Injury — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said he decided to leave Jose Guillen off the postseason roster before learning of the outfielder's alleged link to a federal investigation into shipments of performance-enhancing drugs.
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Athletics Nation, USA Today, Associated Press and Sports Illustrated
Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Pot charge casts doubt on Cubs' bullpen catcher's job — Cubs bullpen catcher Corey Miller's four-year tenure with the team likely is over after he was busted for marijuana possession Saturday while driving through Lincoln, Neb., earlier this week. His contract with the team expires Monday.
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Deadspin and HardballTalk
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Cory Matteson / Lincoln Journal Star:
Cubs bullpen catcher ticketed during stop that nets 8.4 pounds of pot
Cubs bullpen catcher ticketed during stop that nets 8.4 pounds of pot
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Fanhouse MLB Blog and ESPN
