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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Yanks boss: Girardi, others will be keeping jobs — NEW YORK — Even with the New York Yankees having relinquished a 10-game lead in the AL East, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said manager Joe Girardi's job, nor anyone else's, is in danger. — “Jobs are not riding on this,” Steinbrenner said …
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Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Pedroia and Ellsbury not starting vs. Yankees — NEW YORK — This probably didn't play real well in the clubhouse of the Baltimore Orioles, who are trying to beat out the New York Yankees for the AL East title, but the Red Sox took on the Yankees Monday night without either Dustin Pedroia or Jacoby Ellsbury in the starting lineup.
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Boston Globe
R.B. Fallstrom / Globe and Mail:
Reds manager Dusty Baker returns from mini-stroke — Dusty Baker missed the Cincinnati Reds' division-clinching win. He watched Homer Bailey's no-hitter on TV. — Back for his first full day on the job Monday after recovering from a mini-stroke in Chicago, the veteran manager takes it as a sign there'll be more good news ahead.
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Red Reporter
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Aaron Fitt / Baseball America:
2012 New York-Penn League Top 20 Prospects — The new Collective Bargaining Agreement made negotiations with drafted players a simpler process, causing many college draftees to sign earlier than in the past and get started on their pro careers in the short-season New York-Penn League.
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River Avenue Blues and Bucs Dugout
Clark Goble / MLB.com:
Astros already making preparations for move to AL — HOUSTON — Nearly 11 months ago, Major League Baseball approved Jim Crane's ownership bid and gave truth to the rumor: The Astros would move to the American League West in 2013. — Back then, the ramifications of switching leagues …
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Scherzer feels good after latest throwing session — MINNEAPOLIS — Max Scherzer threw again Sunday morning, this time a 10-minute session from about 100 feet with all his pitches. He came out of it feeling pretty good about his readiness for this coming week, whether he starts Wednesday …
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HardballTalk and MLB Daily Dish
Associated Press:
O's Markakis to have pins removed in a week — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Baltimore Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis has had his broken left thumb examined and it was determined that his surgically inserted pins will remain in place for another week. — Markakis underwent the examination Monday.
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Yahoo! Sports and ESPN
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies' Bill Geivett, Jim Tracy to meet this weekend in Denver — LOS ANGELES — A meeting this weekend in Denver between Bill Geivett, the Rockies' director of major-league operations, and manager Jim Tracy will go a long way in determining not only whether Tracy returns, but the coaching staff and the club's direction.
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HardballTalk and MLB Rumors
Associated Press:
O's team plane makes emergency landing … The Orioles made an emergency landing on their way to Tampa. (Photo: Joy R. Absalon, US Presswire) — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — 11:40PM EST September 30. 2012 - — The team plane for the Baltimore Orioles had its flight to the Tampa area diverted …
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Steve Melewski and MLB Daily Dish
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David Ginsburg / Globe and Mail:
Orioles beat Red Sox and move closer to playoffs
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Red Sox Monster, Camden Chat, Over the Monster, Boston Globe and Yahoo! Sports
Tim Marchman / Wall Street Journal:
Maybe It's Time to Trade Wright — For nine years now, earnest, reliable David Wright has been the public face of the Mets. His career has spanned four managers, three distinct periods of awful, depressing baseball, two catastrophic late-season collapses and one postseason …
Tom Spousta / New York Times:
Game 2: Rangers 8, Angels 7: Late Rally Carries Angels Past Rangers in First Game of Doubleheader — ARLINGTON, Tex. — The Texas Rangers have proved dominant and resilient during their nearly season-long occupation of first place in the American League West.
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Lone Star Ball, baseballmusings.com and Yahoo! Sports
Toni Ginnetti / Inside the White Sox:
Peavy may be his own agent in contract talks — Jake Peavy will be a free agent for the first time in his career when the White Sox opt out of the final $22 million option year in his contract and pay a $4 million buyout instead. — But Peavy hopes to return to the Sox provided the two sides …
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HardballTalk and MLB Daily Dish
