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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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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 …
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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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Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
Dodgers' Julio Urias set to be youngest starter in MLB postseason history — LOS ANGELES - As they do before every one of his starts, Julio Urias' parents on Wednesday will say a few prayers asking for his safety and hoping he and his team perform well. — They won't have to plead for their son to remain calm.
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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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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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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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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.
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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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Al Avila: “Changes Are Coming” To Tigers
Al Avila: “Changes Are Coming” To Tigers
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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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Chris Bahr / Fox Sports:
Jake Arrieta explains why he isn't worried ‘at all’ about the Cubs' chances — Arrieta was full of bold statements after the Game 3 loss — The Cubs are playing from behind for the first time all season after losing Game 3 of the NLCS to the Dodgers on Tuesday night.
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Burke Badenhop / MLB Trade Rumors:
A Look Beyond The Tim Tebow Signing — Burke Badenhop made his Major League debut on April 9, 2008 when he tossed a scoreless inning of relief for the Marlins. In the eight years that followed, he pitched 512 1/3 innings of 3.74 ERA ball with the Marlins, Rays, Brewers, Red Sox and Reds.
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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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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
MLB Pushing For International Draft In CBA Negotiations
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