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12:40 AM ET, October 21, 2016

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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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CBC News:
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 …
Discussion: CBSSports.com and MLB Daily Dish
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.
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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Fox Sports:
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 …
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 …
Mary Kay Cabot / Plain Dealer:
Terrelle Pryor and Joe Haden miss practice 2nd straight practice 'and if they can't run, they won't be able to play'  —  Cleveland Browns wide receiver Terrelle Pryor celebrates his fourth quarter touchdown catch against the Tennessee Titans.  (John Kuntz, cleveland.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.
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.
Roch Kubatko / School of Roch:
Brach undergoes minor procedure on left knee  —  Orioles reliever Brad Brach underwent a minor medical procedure last week involving the meniscus in his left knee.  Nothing complicated and apparently no reason for concern.  —  Ravens team physician Dr. Leigh Ann Curl performed the surgery …
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 …
Justin Barrasso / SI.com:
AJ Styles: I want Shawn Michaels at the Royal Rumble  — AJ Styles told us who he's still dying to wrestle, from Shawn Michaels to a SmackDown rival he's never gotten to face.  —  AJ Styles has the Royal Rumble circled on his calendar.  —  The Rumble returns to the Alamodome in Texas …
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
 
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