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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Red Sox intend to fire Valentine when season ends — Bobby Valentine has been mired in controversy since the season began. (US Presswire) — In a move that will be seen as anticlimactic at this point, Red Sox upper management intends to remove Bobby Valentine as manager soon after the season ends …
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ESPN:
Valentine: Some Red Sox coaches disloyal — NEW YORK — Before managing what will perhaps be his final game as manager of the Boston Red Sox, Bobby Valentine on Wednesday said he felt some of his coaches undermined him at times during what has been a tumultuous season.
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Surviving Grady
David Waldstein / New York Times:
Valentine Hurt After Reading Text Message on Bike — In the final days of one of the most painful seasons of his career, Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine on Tuesday lay entangled with his bicycle at the bottom of a ditch next to the Central Park Reservoir. — On the wet, slippery path …
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Toronto Sun:
SPORTS BASEBALL — Yankees analyst David Cone refers to Ichiro Suzuki's bat as ‘chopstick’ — Yankees batter Ichiro Suzuki hits a single against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, N.Y., Oct. 1, 2012. (RAY STUBBLEBINE/Reuters) — David Cone might have some explaining …
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Associated Press:
Teddy finally wins Presidents Race at Nats game — WASHINGTON (AP) — Teddy wins! Teddy wins! — For the first time, the Teddy Roosevelt mascot won the Presidents Race in the middle of the fourth inning at Nationals Park — a pursuit that drew attention even from a White House spokesman and Sen. John McCain.
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Dan Steinberg / DC Sports Bog:
Teddy wins first Presidents Race — To the list of momentous firsts accomplished during this crazy joyride of a Nationals season — first winning record, first playoff berth, first division title, first injection of Natitude — add this: for the first time, Teddy Roosevelt won the fourth-inning Presidents Race.
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Associated Press:
Nationals down Phillies, wrap up home-field advantage — WASHINGTON — The NL East champion Washington Nationals secured home-field advantage throughout the post-season by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 Wednesday for their majors-high 98th victory, with Ryan Zimmerman homering moments …
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Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Alomar knows he's got stiff competition — CLEVELAND — Sandy Alomar Jr. has served as the interim manager of the Indians for the past five days, but he has yet to sit behind the desk in the manager's office. If he gets the full-time job, Alomar will feel more comfortable shifting to the chair.
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Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
C. Perez says ‘different dynamic’ will boost Tribe
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Miami Marlins' Adam Greenberg returns for his Moonlight Graham moment - and he strikes out against NY Mets ace R.A. Dickey — Mets looking to add veteran arms to bullpen for next season as general manager Sandy Alderson will likely enact a plan far different from last offseason, when he spent big for Frank Francisco.
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Brian Erni / Metsblog:
Final Score: Marlins 4 Mets 3
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Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Mark Walter says Dodgers willing to spend this winter — Chairman Mark Walter says Dodgers still have money for major acquisitions 'if it's right for us,' despite having already added more than $400 million in contracts. — The Dodgers added more than $400 million in player contracts this season …
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Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Towers: We're not far from being a contender — PHOENIX — The D-backs were concluding a disappointing third-place season on Wednesday against the Rockies at Chase Field. And though they will finish around .500, they neither met the expectations of their hierarchy or their fans.
Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Dan Haren finishes 12-13, might not be back with Angels — Team isn't expected to pick up $15.5-million option for 2013. Right-hander was slowed by back trouble in first half of this season.
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csnphilly.com:
Ruiz to play next month, have option picked up — WASHINGTON - When the Phillies' season ends Wednesday afternoon, club officials will turn their attention to constructing the 2013 club. Manager Charlie Manuel would like to see the club chase down a bona fide centerfielder (B.J. Upton?) and add some accomplished bullpen help.
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