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John Gibbons to return as Blue Jays manager in 2017: report — Big question is what to do with pending free agents Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion — John Gibbons will return in 2017 to manage the Toronto Blue Jays, according to multiple reports. — Jays president Mark Shapiro confirmed …
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Chris Bahr / Fox Sports:
Jose Bautista is playing mind games with the Indians' rookie pitcher before Game 5 — Ryan Merritt has pitched only 11 innings in the majors — The Blue Jays' win over the Indians in Game 4 of the ALCS kept their slim hopes alive but apparently provided an enormous confidence boost.
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Yahoo Sports, USA Today, Elite Sports NY, MLB Daily Dish, baseballmusings.com and NESN.com
Steve Gardner / USA Today:
What will Indians do for a World Series encore? — TORONTO - Amid the champagne celebration inside the visitors clubhouse at Rogers Centre, Cleveland Indians general manager Chris Antonetti was off to the side watching his players bask in the joy of advancing to the World Series.
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Church of Baseball and Bleacher Report
Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Cubs' John Lackey has plenty of experience and passion to make another postseason start — Chicago Cubs pitcher John Lackey, second from left, laughs during introductions for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Yahoo Sports, Surviving Grady, Halos Heaven, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Viva El Birdos and Bleacher Report
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RIP? Not if you're a Chicago Cubs fan in a playoff year — FILE - This Oct. 25, 2011, file photo, shows the outfield ivy and iconic manual scoreboard at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Wrigley Field has been the site of so much heartbreak that some fans who spend their whole lives waiting …
Mauricio Rubio / Baseball Prospectus:
Slump? What Slump? — The Chicago Cubs, facing a potential 3-1 hole against a team with the best pitcher on the planet still in play for one more game, finally drew breath in Los Angeles. For 21 straight innings the Cubs' offense was suffocated by Rich Hill, Clayton Kershaw, and the rest of the Dodgers' pitching staff.
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Wrigleyville, Bleed Cubbie Blue, True Blue LA, Federal Baseball and Bless You Boys
Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
Dodgers' Julio Urias set to be youngest starter in MLB postseason history
Dodgers' Julio Urias set to be youngest starter in MLB postseason history
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Los Angeles Times, True Blue LA and Bleacher Report
Cincinnati.com:
Reds, Fox Sports Ohio extend partnership through 2032 — About three or four years ago, as Phil Castellini tells it, the Cincinnati Reds began researching an eye-opening idea. With their broadcast deal with Fox Sports Ohio set to expire after the 2017 season, baseball's oldest franchise began looking …
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MLB Trade Rumors, redsminorleagues.com, Redleg Nation and Red Reporter
KOIN-TV:
Gas explosion destroys NW Portland building, 8 injured — PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Three firefighters, 2 police officers and 3 others were injured in a large gas explosion Wednesday morning in Northwest Portland. — The incident happened at NW 23rd Avenue and Glisan Street in the Dosha Salon Spa building.
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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Mike Dyce / SI.com:
Conor McGregor has one wish if he wins a second title belt — Featherweight champion Conor McGregor is on the precipice of history heading into UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden, looking to win the lightweight championship against Eddie Alvarez. Not only would McGregor join a short list …
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MMA Fighting, Bleacher Report, MMAmania.com, FanSided and NESN.com
Sam Miller / ESPN:
Putting Yasmani Grandal's value in the proper frame — In the spring, the Los Angeles Times reporter Bill Shaikin asked Yasmani Grandal what he made of Baseball Prospectus' projection system, PECOTA, forecasting the Dodgers' catcher to be just about as good as any MVP contender in the National League.
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Al Avila: ‘Changes are coming’ to the Detroit Tigers — After a short-by-his-standards introduction this afternoon — talking about how the Detroit Tigers fell short of their goal this past season and how they had a good season but not good enough, and how he wasn't happy about missing the postseason …
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Bless You Boys and Motor City Bengals
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Al Avila: “Changes Are Coming” To Tigers
Al Avila: “Changes Are Coming” To Tigers
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Detroit Free Press, Bless You Boys and MLive.com
New York Daily News:
Bidding for Korean pitcher Hyeon-jong Yang will begin next week: source — PHOENIX — The bidding for Korea's best pitcher will begin next week. — According to an industry source, lefthander Hyeon-jong Yang will be posted by the Kia Tigers on November 17, adding the talented 26-year-old into the starting pitching market.
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