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Associated Press:
Giants make Pat Burrell DH for Game 5 — ARLINGTON, Texas — San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy has tweaked his lineup again for Game 5 of the World Series. — Struggling Pat Burrell is back in the lineup against the Texas Rangers, but as the designated hitter instead of in left field.
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ESPN, baseballmusings.com, MLB and Associated Press
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Wallace Matthews / MLB:
Rangers CEO criticizes Yankees fans — The CEO of the Texas Rangers called New York Yankees fans “violent,” “apathetic” and “an embarrassment” for their behavior during the American League Championship Series in an interview on Monday with ESPN Radio in Dallas.
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ESPN, Lone Star Ball, HardballTalk and Associated Press
Mike Dodd / USA Today:
Hole in middle: Doughnut hitting plaguing Rangers — ARLINGTON, Texas — As the Texas Rangers stare at elimination in the World Series, there is one glaring hole in their résumé against the San Francisco Giants. — The hole in the heart of the batting order.
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Yahoo! Sports
Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Giants' defense makes all the big plays in Game 3
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baseballmusings.com and Boston Globe
Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com:
Texas stays with winning plan; SF sits Burrell
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Lone Star Ball, Baseball Prospectus and The LoHud Yankees Blog
Jim Salisbury / CSNPhilly.com:
Davey Lopes Will Not Return to Phils in '11 — An important contributor to the Phillies' rise to the top of the National League East is moving on. — Davey Lopes, the Phils' first-base coach from 2007-10, told CSNPhilly.com on Monday he has informed team officials he will not return to the club in 2011.
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NBCSports.com, baseballmusings.com, Phillies Nation, Fanhouse MLB Blog, The700Level.com and The Fightins
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George A. King III / New York Post:
Yankees reach new deal with Long, begin planning offseason — Tweet — ARLINGTON, Texas — According to multiple industry sources, Kevin Long and the Yankees have agreed to a three-year deal that runs concurrent with the pact manager Joe Girardi recently signed.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yanks hitting coach Long agrees to pact — NEW YORK — Kevin Long will continue to dissect swings in the cages with the Yankees, agreeing to a three-year deal to stay on as hitting coach. — A baseball source confirmed the new pact for the 43-year-old Long, whose contract expired on Sunday along with the Yankees' other coaches.
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Fanhouse MLB Blog
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Trade Market For Right-handed Starters — It's a murky trade market for right-handed starters. We can assume certain pitchers with burdensome contracts can be had, but the availability of the more interesting names is unknown. — Bad Contracts — Derek Lowe ($30MM through '12) …
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Free Agent Market For Right-handed Starters — The free agent market for right-handed starters features an array of mediocrity. Let's break it down. — The Best Available — Five healthy right-handed starters jump out from this year's free agent class: Carl Pavano, Bronson Arroyo, Jake Westbrook, Jon Garland, and Hiroki Kuroda.
Donnie Collins / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog:
The official Yankees Rule 5 list — OK...so I did something smart. — I had Mark Newman — the Yankees' senior vice president of baseball operations — scour the list of Rule 5-eligible players I came up with last week for mistakes. Thankfully, he took a few minutes to do that.
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New York Yankees Fan Blog, Bronx Baseball Daily and River Avenue Blues
Bill Ladson / All Nats All the Time:
Listach leaving Nats for Cubs — The Nationals are in need of a third-base coach because Pat Listach is leaving the organization to become the bench coach of the Cubs, according to two baseball sources. An official announcement will be made after the World Series.
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MLB Daily Dish, HardballTalk and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Jack McCaffery / The Times Herald:
It's time for Phillies to move Chase Utley to the outfield — Chase Utley has been haunted by one injury after the next. His defense at second base has gone from acceptable to poor. His offensive production is deteriorating at troubling speed. — So exactly what was so outrageous again …
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Crashburn Alley, HardballTalk and It's About The Money
