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Ben Walker / Associated Press:
Lewis shuts down SF, Texas trims WS deficit to 2-1 — 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 on Saturday night and cutting the Giants' Series edge to 2-1.
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Tim Kawakami / Mercury News:
Giants can't turn to Jonathan Sanchez again — ARLINGTON, Texas — Jonathan Sanchez, the Giants' weakest link, shattered again Saturday. — Which heightens the angst and alters the tenor of the entire World Series in a dramatic way. — For now, the weight all piles onto the shoulders …
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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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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.
Richard / SportsJustice:
Now you know why Ed Wade acquired Miguel Tejada, Mike Hampton, etc.
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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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Mark Feinsand / Blogging The Bombers:
Eiland calls ESPN report “absolutely ridiculous” — Dave Eiland has been a man of few words for the past week, choosing to keep his thoughts to himself following Brian Cashman's Monday announcement that he would not return as pitching coach in 2011. — EIland broke his silence on Saturday …
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Source: Joe Girardi, Dave Eiland at odds starting in June
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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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David Waldstein / Bats:
Mets' Offer to Takahashi Is for Only a Year
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Dan Martin / New York Post:
Alderson ‘suspected’ Canseco used steroids
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Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Billy Beane says Sandy Alderson is perfect guy to lead Mets
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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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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 …
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Timing was right for Bautista's breakthrough — Jose Bautista, what do you do for an encore after hitting 54 homers for the Blue Jays in one of the great breakthrough seasons in major league history? — “It's hard to predict,” said Bautista from his Florida home. “I might hit 50 again.
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NY Daily News:
Madden: Nunez to SS key to Yankee future — Now that Cliff Lee has proven to be postseason beatable after all - albeit one series too late for the Yankees - it is worth reviewing the behind-the-scenes circumstances that made him a Texas Ranger. It wasn't just the Rangers giving …
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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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