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NorthJersey.com:
Popper: Wally Backman would get Mets to play hard — The decision likely has already been made in the mind of Sandy Alderson, the Mets' general manager weighing all sorts of qualifications and parameters and picking a manager to lead the Mets forward. — He conducted his final round …
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MetsBlog.com
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Fox Sports:
Melvin can be Mets' drama-free man — 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. — Bob Melvin should be the Mets' next manager. Frankly, the decision is easy. — The last thing the Mets need right now is drama.
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Mike Silva's …, Staten Island & NY Sports and MetsBlog.com
Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Sandy Alderson still evaluating Bob Melvin, Terry Collins, Wally Backman and Chip Hale for Mets post — The Mets' long search for a manager is in its final days, and Bob Melvin, Terry Collins, Chip Hale or Wally Backman will soon become the team's next on-field leader.
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MetsBlog.com and New York Post
Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Baseball executives bet on Bob Melvin as Sandy Alderson's choice …
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MetsBlog.com
Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Ackley earns Arizona Fall League MVP honors — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Anyone who saw Dustin Ackley in April probably could not envision the Mariners' second-base prospect taking home any kind of award for his on-field performance. — The 2009 first-round pick, taken No. 2 overall, seemed lost in the opening month of his pro career.
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Mariners Musings, HardballTalk and Mariners blog
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Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
Bryce Harper to start in Arizona Fall League title game — Bryce Harper will wrap up his first professional season today in Scottsdale, Ariz., by starting for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the championship game of the Arizona Fall League. Harper, the second-youngest player in the history of the AFL …
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Federal Baseball, Minor League Ball and The Nationals Enquirer
Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Lombardozzi selected as AFL's Stenson winner — Nationals prospect rewarded for unselfishness, work, leadership — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Steve Lombardozzi spent parts of six seasons in the big leagues, from 1985-1990. A smallish middle infielder who largely played second base …
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baseballmusings.com
Curt Anderson / NBCSports.com:
EX-YANKEE JIM LEYRITZ ACQUITTED IN FATAL DUI CRASH — Site powered by msnbc.com Latest news: Mexico charges US-born drug suspect ‘La Barbie’
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Ross Newhan / New York Times:
How an Old Writer Learned a New Trick About Stats — With everyone from schoolchildren to retirees, laymen to scholars, seemingly doing a blog, it was a few months ago that my son and I thought we could provide interesting baseball perspectives writing from the same site …
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BBTF's Baseball Primer …
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Stephen Hart / Staten Island Advance:
For Marquis, the ‘Price’ was right for American League Cy Young Award
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The Nationals Enquirer and Fox Sports
Bernie Miklasz / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
90 things to love about Stan Musial — On the grand occasion of Stan Musial's 90th birthday Sunday, we offer our own special gift: a literary cake, topped with 90 reasons why we love The Man, or one for each year: — 1 • Musial is the nicest person we've known.
Spencer Fordin / MLB.com:
Pair of Japanese hurlers sign with Dodgers — Los Angeles inks Nishijima, Takano to Minor League contracts — The Dodgers have gone to the Far East to add to their pitching stockpile. — Los Angeles announced Saturday that it has signed two Japanese amateurs — college arm Kazuki Nishijima …
Ian O'Connor / ESPN:
Trainer: Derek Jeter plans big comeback — The Captain hopes to play at a high level through 2017 — but maybe not at shortstop — If Derek Jeter's contract had expired after the 2009 season, Jason Riley might have been named the American League's Most Valuable Player.
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The Sommer Frieze, The Joy of Sox, NY Daily News and Sports Illustrated
Joe Capozzi / Fish Tank blog:
Florida Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez would love to reunite with friend — pitcher Javier Vazquez — UPDATE: Sorry, folks, I made an error early about Vazquez and money. I have removed it from the blog entry below... Back home in his natIve Puerto Rico, Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez is a popular guy.
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TYU, florida.marlins.mlb.com, MLB Rumors and ESPN
