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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Kenley Jansen finds relief in role as Dodgers' closer — The big righty has matured and become a late-inning force — CHICAGO — It was a running gag with the Dodgers earlier this season. They would stretch a three-run lead to four, eliminate a save situation, then rush to the bullpen monitor …
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Pedro Moura / Los Angeles Times:
Yasmani Grandal responds to his doubters — Dodgers catcher Yasmandi Grandal pumps his fist as Cubs pinch hitter Miguel Montero strikes out in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the NLCS. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) — Between Clayton Kershaw's two starts in the National League division series …
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Dodgers managed to walk their way into trouble
Dodgers managed to walk their way into trouble
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ESPN:
MLB wants international draft in new CBA with players — TORONTO — Major League Baseball is pushing for an international draft as a centerpiece of change in the next collective bargaining agreement with the players' association, according to sources familiar with the proposal.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
MLB Pushing For International Draft In CBA Negotiations — Major League Baseball is pushing hard to implement an international draft in the current wave of collective bargaining negotiations with the MLB Players Association, reports ESPN's Buster Olney. The international draft …
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks name Mike Hazen general manager — After years of moves that raised eyebrows around baseball, the Diamondbacks on Sunday made one that left most everyone impressed. By hiring Mike Hazen as their new general manager, they landed a respected, up-and-coming GM away from one of the game's top franchises.
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Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Diamondbacks Hire Mike Hazen As Executive VP, General Manager
Diamondbacks Hire Mike Hazen As Executive VP, General Manager
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Damian Holbrook / TV Insider:
It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Turns 50 — After five decades, poor Linus Van Pelt is still waiting in that pumpkin patch. Good grief, indeed! — It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Charles Schulz's Peanuts special that turned a gourd into an icon, is honoring its 50th year …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Glen Powell Teaming for ‘Captain Planet’ Movie (Exclusive) — The ‘Scream Queens’ star and writing partner Jono Matt are in talks to pen the screenplay for Paramount. — Paramount and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions are teaming to recruit Captain Planet to take pollution down to zero.
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Paul Hoynes / Plain Dealer:
Golden age of relievers carries Cleveland Indians to within one win of World Series — TORONTO - This is a dangerous time to be a starting pitcher for the Indians. It might be a line drive back to the mound that breaks a hand, a strained forearm or an unexpected drone attack.
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August Fagerstrom / FanGraphs Baseball:
How Josh Tomlin Beat Two of Baseball's Best
How Josh Tomlin Beat Two of Baseball's Best
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USA Today:
Dodgers' Adrian Gonzalez refused to stay at Donald Trump's hotel in Chicago — Trump International Hotel and Tower didn't host the Los Angeles Dodgers on their stay in Chicago for Games 1-2 of the National League Championship Series, the skyscraper where the team stayed earlier in the season.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mariners Announce Surgeries For Steve Cishek, Taijuan Walker, Tony Zych — The Mariners announced that three important members of the team's pitching staff recently underwent surgery. Reliever Steve Cishek had his torn hip labrum repaired, starter Taijuan Walker had a bone fragment removed …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Changes to coaching staff, roster still ahead for Cardinals — ST. LOUIS • With a few keystrokes last week the Cardinals tightened their 40-man roster by removing two catchers, Michael Ohlman and Alberto Rosario, and reliever Mitch Harris. — The moves are just beginning.
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CBS Local Sports:
Interview With James Ellsworth, WWE's Most Unlikely Star — It's around 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. James Ellsworth, WWE's most unlikely star, is sitting in a Baltimore airport waiting to board a plane headed for Denver. In a little over 24 hours he'll be wrestling for the WWE World Championship.
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