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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Deadline duds: Big-ticket trades yield October sorrow — They're the remnants of gaudy trade deadline moves that have gone horribly wrong. — The Oakland Athletics and Detroit Tigers, lauded just 10 weeks ago for their brilliant moves at the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline …
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Bleacher Nation and Viva El Birdos
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MLB.com:
MLB Network sets audience records for Dodgers' NLDS Game Two win over Cardinals — Secaucus, N.J., October 5, 2014 - MLB Network's exclusive coverage of the Los Angeles Dodgers' Game 2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals last night set records as the most-watched and highest-rated program in the network's history.
Discussion:
HardballTalk
Rob Neyer / Fox Sports:
DON'T BLAME BRAD AUSMUS FOR THIS ONE? — Hey, we gotta blame somebody! — But whom, exactly, to blame for the Tigers' latest late-innings meltdown? — I wasn't a fan of starting Justin Verlander in Game 2, but he pitched decently. This is basically Verlander circa 2014 …
Discussion:
Bless You Boys
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Associated Press:
Cruz, Orioles Beat Tigers 2-1 for ALDS Sweep — DETROIT — Nelson Cruz, Buck Showalter and an unheralded bunch from Baltimore swept aside Detroit's Cy Young winners. — Cruz sliced a two-run homer for his latest big postseason hit, and the Orioles held off the Tigers 2-1 Sunday to reach …
Discussion:
ESPN, Bless You Boys and Camden Chat
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Orioles sweep sends Tigers into a Yankees-like winter
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors
Pedro Moura / Orange County Register:
Trout troubled by Royals' high heat — Log in Subscribe Today Customer Service eRegister Today's Paper — OC Varsity Lakers Angels Ducks USC UCLA Kings Dodgers Clippers Colleges Tickets NFL More Outdoors MMA and Boxing … KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Mike Trout is the definitive best player …
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baseballmusings.com
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Playoffs Today — It's sweep Sunday as both the Orioles and Royals go for a sweep of their best of five series. The Orioles play an afternoon game at 3:45 EDT in Detroit. Bud Norris takes on David Price. Both pitchers won 15 games in the regular season, Norris losing eight, Price 12.
Discussion:
Baseball Prospectus, Let's Go Tribe and Talking Chop
Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
Hosmer's HR gives Royals 2-0 ALDS lead over Angels
Discussion:
Royals Review, Beyond the Box Score, Halos Heaven and baseballmusings.com
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards notes: Matheny defends Molina — • By Derrick Goold dgoold@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8285 — LOS ANGELES • There was a moment during Game 1's brouhaha on the field between the Dodgers and Cardinals when the yelling had quelled and Cardinals manager Mike Matheny …
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HardballTalk
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Cardinals figure out Kershaw
Discussion:
True Blue LA, Bleed Cubbie Blue and Viva El Birdos
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals bring back the October magic
Discussion:
HardballTalk
Kathleen Gierthe / Kansas City Star:
Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera expected to return on Sunday — After playing catch with Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera during batting practice on Saturday, pitching coach Dave Eiland said Herrera should be available for Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Angels at Kauffman Stadium.
Discussion:
Baseball Prospectus, Royals Review and HardballTalk
Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
Minor League Transactions: Sept. 26-Oct. 2 — 'Tis the season for transactional housekeeping—purging disabled lists, tidying up the 40-man roster—with one byproduct being the triggering of the first wave of minor league free agents, thanks to Article XX(D) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Discussion:
Pirates Prospects
Nick Cafardo / The Boston Globe:
Dave Wallace thrives with the Orioles — It doesn't often happen in baseball that you're hired on merit alone, not because you know somebody. — That's where Dave Wallace's story starts. — Wallace, who oversaw the Red Sox' 2004 pitching staff, was busy grooming Julio Teheran, Mike Minor …
Discussion:
The Good Phight and HardballTalk
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Torii Hunter Possibly Considering Retiring — 8:45pm: Hunter says he plans to keep playing and would like to return to the Tigers, tweets MLive.com's James Schmehl. — 7:59pm: In the aftermath of the Tigers' ouster from the playoffs at the hands of the Orioles Sunday …
Discussion:
HardballTalk and Bless You Boys
Zach Links / MLB Trade Rumors:
Free Agent Profile: Justin Masterson — In 2013, Justin Masterson turned in a career season for the Indians as he pitched to a 3.45 ERA with 9.1 K/9 and 3.5 BB/9, earning an All-Star Game nod and piquing the attention of baseball people everywhere. No one knew where he would wind up after the 2014 season …
Discussion:
Al's Ramblings
Associated Press:
Man beaten in parking lot attack — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Police are looking for three men suspected of brutally beating a man in the Angel Stadium parking lot in what appears to have been an unprovoked attack. — The 43-year-old Huntington Beach man and his relative were walking to a car …
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HardballTalk
