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Estrada, Blue Jays Romp in ALDS Opener at Texas, Bautista HR — ARLINGTON, Texas — Marco Estrada took a shutout into the ninth inning, Jose Bautista hit a long, punctuating three-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays opened their AL Division Series rematch with a 10-1 romp over the Texas Rangers on Thursday.
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Frank Pingue / Reuters:
Baseball: Blue Jays Rout Rangers in ALDS Opener — (The Sports Xchange) - Marco Estrada allowed four hits in 8 1/3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays battered Cole Hamels for seven runs and took Game 1 of the American League Division Series 10-1 Thursday. — Toronto, which eliminated …
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Diana Mehta / Globe and Mail:
Man alleged to have tossed beer during Jays game comes forward — The man alleged by police to have hurled a beer can at a Baltimore outfielder during Tuesday's dramatic playoff between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Orioles has come forward. — “I contacted Toronto police earlier this evening …
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Rachel Brady / Globe and Mail:
Orioles' Jones says he and outfielder Kim were targets of racial slurs
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Still Tied — The game between the Orioles and Blue Jays goes …
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Baseball Prospectus, Bluebird Banter and Lone Star Ball
Hanley Ramirez / The Players' Tribune:
A Message to Red Sox Nation — PHOTOGRAPH BY BILLIE WEISS/BOSTON RED SOX/GETTY IMAGES — The playoffs start tonight. You ready? I know you're ready. — I know exactly how you feel right now. You wanna know something? Before I was a Red Sox player, I was a Red Sox fan. For real.
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Something Borrowed: Who to Root for If Your Team Made You Blue — Who to Root for If Your Team Made You Blue — The Wildcard round is in the books. The Division Series loom. And fans of 22 teams sit at home, wondering who they can squint at and see something recognizable as their own.
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Royals Review and Bless You Boys
Associated Press:
Memory Lane: Francona Faces Past as Indians Meet Red Sox — CLEVELAND — When Terry Francona looks across the diamond at Boston's dugout, the Indians manager will have emotions to suppress. It won't be easy. — He's got friends over there — one of his closest in manager John Farrell …
Sam Miller / ESPN:
Out-by-out examination: When Buck should have used Britton — If there's one thing to take away from how the Orioles' Buck Showalter managed the wild-card game Tuesday, it's that you should call your mom right now and tell her you love her — or your spouse, or your son or daughter, or your best friend.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
After Buck Showalter's Plan Fizzled, Questions: How? Why? Huh?
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John Bazemore / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
LEADOFF: Braves' TV ratings plunge 35 percent to fourth lowest — Good morning. LEADOFF brings you today's early buzz in Atlanta sports: — The Braves' improvement on the field in the second half of the season didn't carry over to their TV ratings. — Historically one of baseball's …
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Tomahawk Take, Talking Chop and MiLB News
New York Daily News:
Brian Cashman not expecting free agent splash but stresses need to ‘fortify’ Yankees' pitching staff — The Yankees' offense was the biggest problem in 2016, but when Brian Cashman sits down with the rest of the front office in the coming days and weeks to formulate a winter plan …
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Associated Press:
Manfred: Cards-Astros hacking decision during offseason — NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball plans to have a decision during the offseason on possible discipline stemming from the investigation of a St. Louis Cardinals employee who hacked into a Houston Astros computer system.
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Associated Press:
Nats' Scherzer Wants to Do ‘Exact Same Thing’ vs. Dodgers — WASHINGTON — Max Scherzer remembers being urged to try to slow everything down for his postseason debut five years ago. — Take an extra breath, they said. Be calm as can be, they said. Dial down the intensity, they said.
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Reuters:
Bumgarner's Arm, Gillaspie's Homer Lift Giants Past Mets — (The Sports Xchange) - Conor Gillaspie broke a scoreless tie with a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning on Wednesday as Madison Bumgarner threw a four-hit shutout as the Giants beat the New York Mets 3-0 in the NL wild-card game.
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