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Conor Glassey / Baseball America:
Blast From The Past: Edgar Renteria — With the Giants winning the World Series last night and Edgar Renteria being named the World Series MVP, I thought it would be fun to dig up one of Renteria's old scouting reports. This one comes from the Dec. 24, 1995 issue of Baseball America …
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Trophy finds home in San Francisco — Unlikely cast of characters brings first title to Giants since they moved from New York — ARLINGTON, Texas — Barry Bonds ... Willie McCovey ... Orlando Cepeda. — They never got to do what this unlikely cast of Giants — Cody Ross and Andres Torres …
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Edgar Rings-eria! Series MVP is clutch again — In possible swan song, Giants shortstop delivers winning hit — ARLINGTON — The soft-spoken shortstop whose season had been marred by injury and whose long career was clearly coming to a close suddenly spoke up that September day in Chicago.
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Amy K. Nelson / ESPN:
How very sweet it is for Edgar Renteria — In possible final game of his career, Giants' shortstop hits big HR and wins Series MVP — ARLINGTON, Texas — Edgar Renteria's career began on the fields of Barranquilla, Colombia more than 20 years ago. But the way it will likely end …
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ESPN, Associated Press and The House That Dewey Built
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Also See — Were you at the game? Did you attend another game recently?
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Joe Lemire / Sports Illustrated:
Giants capture first title since '54
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
With 2010 World Series Complete, 142 Players Opt for Free Agency — Brian Wilson had barely gotten the last out in the deciding Game 5 of the 2010 World Series, when MLB's Hot Stove season began in earnest. As 2010's season ends, the information passed on by the MLB Players Association shows that baseball season really never ends.
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Baseball Prospectus:
142 Players Become Free Agents Under Article XX B of the Basic Agreement — New York, NY, Monday, November 1, 2010 ... Today, following the final out of the 2010 World Series, the below 142 players became free agents pursuant to Article XX B (2) of the Basic Agreement.
Ben Shpigel / Bats:
Rangers Owner Rips Yankees Fans, Then Apologizes — ARLINGTON, Tex. — With the Cliff Lee free-agency sweepstakes set to begin, one of the Texas Rangers' new owners launched a preemptive strike on Monday by criticizing Yankees fans for their “violent” and “apathetic” behavior during the American League Championship Series.
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NY Daily News:
Unfortunately, Chuck Greenberg's comments about Yankees fans …
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Phil Coffin / Bats:
In Posey and Pitchers, Shades of an Earlier Champion — Buster Posey didn't get called up by the San Francisco Giants this season until May, but he accomplished a lot. Including becoming the first rookie to be the regular starting catcher for a World Series champion in more than 40 years.
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Bill Shaikin / LA Times Sports Blog:
Giants GM: No plans to trade Barry Zito
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Mike Dodd / USA Today:
Hole in middle: Doughnut hitting plaguing Rangers
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McCovey Chronicles, True Blue LA, Lone Star Ball and Yahoo! Sports
Alex Speier / Full Count:
Red Sox to hire Curt Young as pitching coach — According to multiple baseball sources, the Red Sox will hire Curt Young as their next pitching coach, with a formal announcement coming as soon as today. Young will replace John Farrell, who left the Red Sox last week to become the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Dallas Morning News:
Fraley: Vladimir Guerrero's brutal World Series could hurt his chances of returning in 2011 — ARLINGTON - Vlad Guerrero waited 14 seasons for this? — Guerrero's eagerly awaited World Series debut had a fitting final act on Monday night. With one out in the ninth inning …
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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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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Ricciardi will decide soon; Sox will decline Hall option — J.P. Ricciardi will probably know by later this week whether he'll join the Mets or the Red Sox front offices. Both organizations want him as we reported in Sunday Baseball Notes. — Ricciardi said via text …
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Sean Forman / Bats:
Keeping Score: How Good Was the Pitching in the Postseason? — For all the commentary in the regular season that this was the year of the pitcher, I expected to be disappointed by the pitching in the postseason. Rarely do postseasons play out according to the expected narrative …
Bill Center / SignOnSanDiego.com:
Torrealba opts to leave Padres for free agency — Catcher Yorvit Torrealba is one of six Padres who became free agents Monday night with the end of the World Series. — Torrealba, 32, hit .271 with seven homers and 37 RBI in 95 games with the Padres this season.
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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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