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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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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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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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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Edgar Rings-eria! Series MVP is clutch again
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Surviving Grady
Joe Lemire / Sports Illustrated:
Giants capture first title since '54
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Associated Press:
World Series History Can Repeat With MVP Renteria
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ESPN:
Also See — Were you at the game? Did you attend another game recently?
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Associated Press:
Giants make Pat Burrell DH for Game 5
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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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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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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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Mark Feinsand / Blogging The Bombers:
Patterson to talk to Yanks about pitching coach gig
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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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NY Daily News:
Unfortunately, Chuck Greenberg's comments about Yankees fans aren't completely off the mark — ARLINGTON - When Rangers CEO Chuck Greenberg went out of his way to slam Yankee fans Monday, you can't help but think that Cliff Lee plays into this somehow. — Lee's wife had already gone public …
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Ben Shpigel / Bats:
Rangers Owner Rips Yankees Fans, Then Apologizes
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ESPN:
Los Angeles Dodgers exercise option on outfielder Scott Podsednik — The Los Angeles Dodgers exercised the club option for Scott Podsednik on Tuesday, and the outfielder now has 72 hours to accept the contract or become a free agent. — Podsednik was acquired from the Kansas City Royals …
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mdn.mainichi.jp:
Baseball: Rakuten's Iwakuma enters posting system — New York (Kyodo) — Right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma of Japan's Rakuten Eagles, who is aiming to sign with a major league team, entered the so-called posting system on Monday, according to a Major League Baseball official.
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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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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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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 …
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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