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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Yanks prez channels Boss: Season a failure … NEW YORK — Abiding by George Steinbrenner's credo of a championship or failure, Yankees team president Randy Levine labeled the 2011 season as unsuccessful. — “We are the Yankees,” Levine told ESPNNewYork.com on Friday as he and the franchise coped …
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Marc Carig / New Jersey Online:
Yankees' CC Sabathia says he's not ready to think about his contract
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Tara Sullivan / Boston Herald:
Yankees' Jorge Posada hears it loud and clear from adoring fans
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Ian O'Connor / ESPN:
Is this the beginning of A-Rod's end?
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Ronald Blum / Globe and Mail:
Tigers send Yankees packing
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Jaime Aron / Globe and Mail:
A year after carrying the Texas Rangers in the AL championship series and into the World Series, Josh Hamilton wonders what he can do for an encore. — Hamilton isn't cocky enough to insinuate he could top his four-homer, eight-walk performance against the Yankees last October.
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Richard Durrett / ESPN:
Wilson-Verlander get ready for ALCS showdown — ARLINGTON, Texas — The pitching rotations for the AL Championship Series came into clearer view Friday. — Derek Holland will start Game 2 for the Texas Rangers, manager Ron Washington confirmed. C.J. Wilson is starting Game 1 on Saturday night in Arlington.
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MLB.com:
Texas follows C.J. with Holland, Lewis, Harrison — Washington not changing rotation after strong Division Series — ARLINGTON — Manager Ron Washington announced that Derek Holland would be the Rangers' Game 2 starter in the American League Championship Series against the Tigers.
Sean McAdam / Comcast SportsNet:
Source: Sveum on Sox' list of managerial candidates … Dale Sveum, part of the Red Sox' coaching staff on the 2004 championship team, is on Boston's list of candidates to replace Terry Francona as manager, a baseball source indicated. — Sveum, who turns 48 next month, was the third-base coach for the Red Sox in 2004 and 2005.
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Michael Silverman / Clubhouse Insider:
Wallach on Red Sox' list of manager candidates
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
White Sox tab Ventura as new skipper
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Associated Press:
Nyjer Morgan lifts Brewers past Diamondbacks 3-2 in 10 — MILWAUKEE - Nyjer Morgan did it again for Milwaukee, delivering an RBI single in the 10th inning to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 Friday in Game 5 and send the Brewers to the NL championship series.
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Geoff Baker / Seattle Times:
Key owner's fortunes sink along with M's — Mariners minority owner Chris Larson has been cast as a savior by some long-suffering Northwest baseball fans. — They envisioned the former Microsoft star programmer, a media-shy multimillionaire, swooping in and rescuing the last-place team …
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Tom Krasovic / insidethepadres:
Lackey — John Lackey, bless his soul, is a pariah in New England. — For the Padres, this shouts opportunity. — Play nice and offer to help the Red Sox rid themselves of the 33-year-old stinkbomb of a pitcher. — Lest you think this blog ingested silly pills …
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James Bailey / Baseball America:
2011 International League Top 20 Prospects — Even without Stephen Strasburg, it was another great year for prospect dreaming in the Triple-A International League. Twenty-six members of Baseball America's preseason Top 100 Prospects list competed with IL clubs at some point during the season …
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Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
Minor League Transactions: Sept. 27-Oct. 3 — This week's transaction trends: Teams officially assign players to fill out their Arizona Fall League rosters (season started Oct. 4), and 34 players who got dumped from 40-man rosters elect free agency. Among the shiny new free agents …
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Grant Brisbee / Baseball Nation:
The New Miami Marlins Logo Is No Longer The Worst Thing Ever — Baseball Nation does not exist to make fun of the Marlins. Really, it doesn't. When the Marlins unveiled their new logo, and it looked like Tron light cycles having an orgy, we had no choice.
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Jim Bowden / ESPN:
Colletti assesses Dodgers personnel — I sat down with Los Angeles Dodgers VP and GM Ned Colletti on Wednesday to talk about the team's 2011 season, which it finished with a record of 82-79 and in third place in the National League West. I asked 10 questions about his personnel evaluation …
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