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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wacha's role: Extra-innings reliever — • By Derrick Goold dgoold@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8285 — The role the Cardinals have assigned to righthander Michael Wacha also is one that they would prefer not to use. — A year after being the MVP of the National League championship series …
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards to assess Wainwright's workload
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Rough start for Wainwright, Cardinals
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Associated Press:
ALCS Game 3 now set for Tuesday — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The last two times the Kansas City Royals played a postseason game at home, rain fell after the final out. This time, it started well before the first pitch. — Game 3 of the AL Championship Series between the Royals and Baltimore Orioles …
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Jerry Crasnick / MLB:
Royals' Dyson: ALCS won't return to Camden — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A day after throwing some potential bulletin-board material the Baltimore Orioles' way, Kansas City outfielder Jarrod Dyson ratcheted up his opinion that the Royals are close to taking the fight out of their American League Championship Series opponents.
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Andy McCulloughthe / Kansas City Star:
Royals rally in ninth inning to beat Baltimore 6-4, take 2-0 lead in ALCS — ROYALS — › — ‹ — Inside the Royals dugout, as the temperature descended and 40,000 orange towels whipped around Camden Yards, manager Ned Yost became clairvoyant. — He pulled shortstop Alcides Escobar aside.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
How a Disgruntled Ace Gave the Royals a Full House
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Dan Shaughnessy / The Boston Globe:
Why Red Sox fans should adopt these Orioles
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Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Mets to move in fences at Citi Field, according to team source — The team will move in the right-center and right field fences, with construction expected to begin within the upcoming weeks, possibly after the conclusion of the World Series. After the 2011 season, the Mets brought …
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Jon Roegele / The Hardball Times:
The Strike Zone Expansion is Out of Control — Borderline pitches such as this one are increasingly being called strikes. (via Adam Baker) — The playoffs are here, which means games are scrutinized more than at any other time in the season, with millions of extra eyeballs watching …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Diamondbacks hire Chip Hale as manager — The Arizona Diamondbacks are expected to announce Chip Hale as their new manager Monday, two persons familiar with the decision told USA TODAY Sports. — The persons talked only on the condition of anonymity because the Diamondbacks have not made an official announcement.
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The Detroit News:
Last Slide — In his first extensive conversation about a baseball season that ranked as an irksome blend of success and failure, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus on Sunday defended his bullpen decisions in a three-game playoff wipeout by the Orioles and shared in disappointment that, for many fans, bordered on disgust.
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Chris Iott / MLive.com:
Alex Avila says he is symptom free, remains focused on continuing career with Detroit Tigers — ALDS, Game 3: Detroit Tigers vs. Baltimore Orioles — Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila speaks with manager Brad Ausmus and head athletic trainer Kevin Rand on Oct. 5 during Game 3 of the American League Division Series.
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Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
2014 League Top 20 Prospects Index — Baseball America has been ranking the top prospects in each minor league since 1982. Every year, we talk to managers and scouts to determine the players in each league who [...]
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Associated Press:
Wong Homers in 9th, Cards Edge Giants to Tie NLCS — ST. LOUIS — Kolten Wong hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning and the resilient St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 Sunday night, evening the NL Championship Series at one game apiece.
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