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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
ALDS Notes: Glass, Moore, Cueto, Cecil, Andrus, Carter — Last night's exciting end to the American League Division Series set up an intriguing matchup between the Royals and the Blue Jays. And it provides us an opportunity to take a look at some notes on the teams that just finished playing in the ALDS:
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Ugly scene at Rogers Centre in Game 5 can't happen again — FOX Sports — TORONTO — Everyone needs to clean it up. Blue Jays fans. Blue Jays management. Major League Baseball. Everyone. — In the interest of fairness, let's view the ugly fan reaction to a controversial call during …
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Andrew Keh / New York Times:
Baseball Reaches a Flipping Point — Brace yourself, baseball fans, and behold the inexorable rise of the bat flip. — Self-expression has long been a fraught issue in Major League Baseball, where impassivity — the ability to “act like you have been there before” — often feels as highly regarded as power hitting and foot speed.
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Associated Press:
Blue Jays Beat Rangers 6-3 to Win Wild Game 5 — TORONTO — Jose Bautista wiped out the need for protests or umpire reviews with the Toronto Blue Jays' biggest home run since Joe Carter's historic shot. — Toronto earned its first trip to the American League Championship Series since …
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Danny Abriano / Metsblog:
NLDS Game 5: Mets at Dodgers, presented by GEICO — The Mets and Dodgers play Game 5 of the National League Division Series tonight in Los Angeles at 8:07 p.m. ET. The winner will move on to face the Cubs in the NLCS, with Game 1 scheduled for Saturday night. — Tonight's Starting Lineups
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Mets rookie Michael Conforto comfortable against Dodgers' Zack Greinke — LOS ANGELES — Michael Conforto had spent a lot on playoff tickets last Saturday. The Mets rookie and native West Coaster was making his first playoff appearance and his parents and other family members, including cousins, had all come down to Dodger Stadium.
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James Carlton / Fox Sports:
Brewers hire 36-year-old Matt Arnold as vice president and assistant GM — General manager David Stearns announced the biggest move of his young tenure with the Brewers on Wednesday, hiring Matt Arnold as vice president and assistant GM. — Stearns, who officially took …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Molina set for surgery, 3-month rehab — ST. LOUIS • A season-ending exam of catcher Yadier Molina's left thumb confirmed the significant tear he tried to play through and led doctors to immediately schedule surgery on the ligament. — Molina was to have surgery Thursday afternoon …
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yadier Molina To Undergo Thumb Surgery — Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina will undergo surgery to repair the ligament tear in his left thumb this afternoon, tweets MLB.com's Jen Langosch. Following the operation, he'll be shut down from all baseball activity for the next eight to 12 weeks, Langosch adds.
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John Perrotto / Baseball America:
Captain's Catcher Award: Elias Diaz — PITTSBURGH—Like most little brothers, Elias Diaz, as he was growing up in Venezuela, wanted to imitate his big brother. — Diaz's older brother was a catcher. So when Diaz was 6 years old and played his first game, he felt it was only natural …
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Man shot outside AT&T stadium after Cowboys game dies — Richard Sells, 43, was shot in the neck Sunday He was pronounced dead at a Fort Worth hospital Wednesday night — The suspect held a gun to another man's head before shooting Sells, police said … FORT WORTH
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Nick Groke / Denver Post:
COLORADO ROCKIES / MLB — ROCKIES CUT C MICHAEL MCKENRY, LOSE RHP BROOKS BROWN TO THE DODGERS — The relief pitcher showed promise for Colorado, but he's off to L.A. — The Denver Post — Brooks Brown (51) of the Colorado Rockies pitches against the San Francisco Giants in the bottom …
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