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Canadian Press:
Duffy, Royals gain ground in AL Central with win over Indians — CLEVELAND - Danny Duffy pitched six shutout innings for his first win in more than a month as the Kansas City Royals moved closer to the top of the AL Central and kept some distance over Cleveland in the wild-card race, beating the Indians 2-0 on Monday night.
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Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
Club 'can't imagine' general manager would be interested in Braves' GM vacancy — Dayton Moore, GM of the Royals, joins MLB Now to discuss the recent hot streak of his Kansas City Royals — CLEVELAND — Royals chairman and owner David Glass said on Monday that he doubts that general manager Dayton Moore …
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Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves Fire Frank Wren — The Braves have fired general manager Frank Wren, the team announced. John Hart, a senior advisor with the club, will become the interim GM and will also be part of a three-man team (along with team president John Schuerholz and former manager Bobby Cox) in charge of finding a permanent general manager.
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CBSSports.com
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Braves weigh changes; longtime GM Frank Wren's role appears in peril
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MLB Trade Rumors, New Jersey Online and MLB.com
Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Rangers To Scout Yasmany Tomas On Wednesday — The Rangers will have a private workout for Cuban outfielder Yasmany Tomas at their Dominican complex on Wednesday, according to a source. — Tomas had his first open showcase yesterday at the Giants' facility in the Dominican Republic and is at the Phillies today for a private workout.
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HardballTalk and Lone Star Ball
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Yasmany Tomas To Work Out For Phillies Today
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The Good Phight and MLB Trade Rumors
TSN.ca:
Ferguson: Judging an MLB manager is never an easy task — Scott Ferguson, TSN 1050 — I've often wondered how to truly judge managers, especially the ones who are getting their first shot at a big league job. How much slack should we cut them? How long before you write them off?
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U.S.S. Mariner and Bless You Boys
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Claim Eury Perez — The Yankees announced that they have claimed outfielder Eury Perez off waivers from the Nationals. Perez was designated for assignment last week when the Nats claimed Pedro Florimon off waivers from the Twins. — The 24-year-old Perez has a very limited big league track record …
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Federal Baseball
Chris Smith / New York Magazine:
Derek Jeter Opens the Door. — <span>The retiring legend offers a photographer access to his private world—the first project in a new career that is all about control.</span> — 21k … It's a steamy Saturday morning, and Jeter is standing in the first-floor dining room of the brick 1830s West Village townhouse he's renting.
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HardballTalk and River Avenue Blues
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays rookie Nathan Karns unfazed by poor results — ST. PETERSBURG — Rookie RHP Nathan Karns didn't think he pitched much differently — or much worse — on Sunday than he did in his dazzling Rays debut in Toronto on Sept. 12. — But the difference in results was dramatic as he threw seven two-hit …
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Patrick Saunders / On the Rox:
Bud Selig forms committee to study MLB's pace of play, time of games — TOPICS — Major League Baseball's wheels turn slowly, but at least they are in motion. — As Nick Groke pointed out in a recent story, criticism is mounting about the slow pace of play and the ever lengthening time it takes to play a nine-inning game.
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Over the Monster and Bleed Cubbie Blue
David Wilson / MLB.com:
Showalter wants starters to get extra day of rest — 9/16/14: Ubaldo Jimenez pitches five innings, allowing two runs on two hits and four walks while striking out six — BALTIMORE — As the Orioles prepare their playoff rotation, manager Buck Showalter is willing to share one detail …
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Red Sox Monster
Paul Hagen / MLB.com:
Seven-time All-Star navigates transition between baseball and life without it — 10/2/12: Scott Rolen jacks a solo home run over the left-field wall to knot the game at 1 in the fourth inning — CLEARWATER, Fla. — Scott Rolen hasn't bothered to file the paperwork that would officially make him a retired player.
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The Good Phight
Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
Kauffman Stadium averages crowd of 24,154 per home game — Kauffman Stadium drew nearly two million fans this season, the most since 1991. — KANSAS CITY — The Royals finished the regular-season home schedule with the biggest attendance since 1991 and not far under the 2 million mark at 1,956,482.
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