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Jay Schreiber / New York Times:
As Yanks and Mets Stumble to Finish, Plenty to Be Decided on Last Day — The Yankees and Mets have had successful seasons but a troublesome final week. Combined, they have lost 10 of their last 11 games going into Sunday afternoon's regular-season finales, and all those defeats …
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Phillies Nation, Let's Go Tribe and The Crawfish Boxes
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Billy Witz / New York Times:
Sputtering Yankees Are Rewarded After a Victory (by Arizona) — BALTIMORE — After Brett Gardner hit a dribbler in front of the plate, he sprinted down the first-base line as always, legs churning and dirt flying, until he ran through the bag. — Arriving just after the ball landed …
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Camden Chat
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Astros earn playoff berth thanks to Rangers — PHOENIX — Forget all of the hype about this Texas Rangers and Houston Astros rivalry. — The Astros just became the Rangers' best friend Sunday afternoon, and certainly their biggest fans. — The Rangers knocked off the Los Angles Angeles …
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Bleacher Report
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers miss first chance to clinch AL West championship
Rangers miss first chance to clinch AL West championship
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Lone Star Ball, Yahoo Sports, WFAA-TV, Fox Sports and Dallas Morning News
Adam Rubin / ESPN:
New York Mets set rotation for NLDS vs. Dodgers — 19m - MLB JACOB DEGROM CLAYTON KERSHAW NOAH SYNDERGAARD MATT HARVEY STEVEN MATZ BARTOLO COLON JONATHON NIESE NEW YORK METS LOS ANGELES DODGERS + more
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Associated Press, CBSSports.com and Inside the Dodgers
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Associated Press:
Max Scherzer strikes out 9 straight en route to 2nd no-hitter of season
Max Scherzer strikes out 9 straight en route to 2nd no-hitter of season
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Faith and Fear in Flushing, ESPN and Bleacher Report
Matt Eisenberg / Metsblog:
Mets lose Game 1 of doubleheader on Harper's homer
Mets lose Game 1 of doubleheader on Harper's homer
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Yahoo Sports, Federal Baseball and Amazin' Avenue
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Padres To Hire New Manager To Replace Pat Murphy — The Padres have formally announced that interim manager Pat Murphy will not return to the team as manager next season, and that they'll look for a new manager to take his place. The decision was widely expected, with a report last night indicating …
Discussion:
Gaslamp Ball and Al's Ramblings
Associated Press:
Miller Ends 24-Start Drought, Braves Beat Cardinals 6-0 — ATLANTA — Shelby Miller's drought-breaking win made the fourth-place Braves feel like celebrating. — Miller ended his 24-start winless streak, holding his former Cardinals teammates to three hits through eight scoreless innings …
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Viva El Birdos and Yahoo Sports
Associated Press:
Salazar, Indians Hold Off Red Sox 3-1 in Season Finale — CLEVELAND — Danny Salazar finished his first season as a full-time starter on a positive note, sending the Cleveland Indians to a 3-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday in their 2015 finale. — Salazar (14-10) gave …
Discussion:
Let's Go Tribe, Surviving Grady and Over the Monster
Associated Press:
Cueto, Royals Secure Home-Field With 6-1 Win Over Twins — MINNEAPOLIS — Salvador Perez added to his career-best home run total, Johnny Cueto tossed five solid innings and the Kansas City Royals secured home-field advantage throughout the postseason by beating the Minnesota Twins 6-1 on Sunday.
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Twinkie Town and Yahoo Sports
Vince Lara-Cinisomo / Baseball America:
Angels Hire Eppler As General Manager — The Angels late Sunday night made official the hiring of Billy Eppler as their general manager, succeeding Jerry Dipoto, who resigned July 1 and was hired as GM of the Mariners last week. — Eppler, 40, steps in for interim GM Bill Stoneman …
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Pinstripe Alley
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
2016 MLB Draft Order — Now that the regular season is over, here's a preliminary look at the 2016 MLB Draft order. This order will change as teams make decisions about extending qualifying offers and signing players who reject such offers. — Teams are given draft picks based on the reverse order of their 2015 records.
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Camden Chat
Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Philbin decision is expected by tomorrow — And just as I hit “publish” on the last item regarding Dolphins coach Joe Philbin, some new information has surfaced regarding the situation. — Per a league source with knowledge of the situation, owner Stephen Ross is now expected to make a decision on Philbin's job status by Monday.
Discussion:
Bleacher Report and The Daily Dolphin
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays Tales: Reviewing a disappointing but interesting season — The Rays' first season under new management ends today in disappointment with a second straight losing record, not particularly successful but certainly interesting as they navigated a seemingly endless string of injuries …
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