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LEADING OFF: Dodgers seek sweep; Yanks try to solve Keuchel — A look at what's happening all around the majors today: — BRING OUT THE BROOMS — One win from their first World Series appearance in 29 years, the Los Angeles Dodgers go for a four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Astros bullpen looking to adjust in Game 5 after collapse vs. Yankees — Ken Giles was not going to give in to the crowd or the pressure of the moment. The Astros closer isn't going to second guess himself, maybe just looking to adjust a little. The 2-2 slider he threw to Aaron Judge …
Howie Kussoy / New York Post:
Dallas Keuchel embraces the ‘calmness’ of being Yankees killer … The Astros will have the right starter on the mound to kill the Yankees' momentum. — Three years after knocking them from the playoffs — and less than a week removed from dominating them again — Astros ace Dallas Keuchel …
Steve Gardner / USA Today:
ALCS Game 5 preview: Dallas Keuchel tries to get Astros back on track — NEW YORK — After a pair of crushing losses, the Houston Astros will lean on the left arm of Dallas Keuchel to get them back on track in the American League Championship Series. — With Keuchel and Justin Verlander dominating …
John Harper / New York Daily News:
Yankees' confidence soaring after latest comeback as Stadium rocks like '90s glory days — When it was over and Team Comeback had pulled off its most death-defying feat yet in this thrill-ride of a postseason, you walked away thinking not so much about the clutch hits from Aaron Judge or Gary Sanchez …
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Associated Press:
Judge HR sparks NY, Yanks beat Astros 6-4 to even ALCS at 2
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Scott LauberESPN / ESPN:
Keuchel breathes deep before his task: Take back the Astros' ALCS advantage in Game 5
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Matt Young / Houston Chronicle:
Heartbreaking reason kid who got Carlos Correa's HR ball was sitting in that seat
Larry Fleisher / UPI:
ALCS: New Yankees rally late to even series
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Charlotte Knights / The Charlotte Observer:
Dylan Hernandez: Ethier doesn't waste chance — CHICAGO - Andre Ethier waited six months for this, seven months, really, if you count the end of spring training. — The monotonous therapy sessions, the periods of despondence and frustration, Ethier endured in the unlikely chance he could live …
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Jesse Yomtov / USA Today:
NLCS: Yu Darvish's RBI walk was first by a pitcher in postseason since 1977
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New York Times
Charlotte Knights / The Charlotte Observer:
Dodgers one win away from first World Series since 1988
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Beyond the Box Score
Stefan Stevenson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Yu Darvish's domination has Dodgers on brink of taking 3-0 lead on Cubs
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Bleed Cubbie Blue and True Blue LA
Scott LauberESPN / ESPN:
Red Sox interview third candidate Ron Gardenhire for manager job — Ron Gardenhire became the third — and possibly the final — candidate in the Boston Red Sox's managerial derby. — Gardenhire, who spent this season as the Arizona Diamondbacks' bench coach, interviewed Wednesday …
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
Robin Ventura doesn't want to manage Mets — or anywhere
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Patrick M. O'Connell / Chicago Tribune:
From wacky to somber, Cubs bricks outside Wrigley Field tell personal tales — Mostly, the commemorative brick pavers in the sidewalks outside Wrigley Field are expressions of fondness for family, friends and baseball. — Chicago Tribune — Under foot, the messages are witty and heartfelt, obvious and obscure.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Could Texas Rangers land the big Fish this off-season? — SURPRISE, ARIZ. — This is what a team gets once its season is over — a head-start on the off-season and a week's worth of meetings to figure out who's who and what's what inside the organization and out.
Marc Stein / New York Times:
Carmelo Anthony: Phil Jackson ‘Was Willing to Trade Me for a Bag of Chips’ — OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Russell Westbrook and Paul George were teammates for nearly three months before Carmelo Anthony finally blessed the capital of Oklahoma as a destination worthy of waiving his no-trade clause.
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Eduardo A. Encina / Baltimore Sun:
Adding left-handed upgrade to rotation will be a challenge for Orioles in offseason — The Orioles lose to the Rays, 6-0, in their final game of the season. (Denise Sanders, Baltimore Sun video) — Baltimore Sun sports columnist Peter Schmuck grades the performance of Orioles players.
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School of Roch and MLB Trade Rumors
Chicago Tribune:
How bad has Cubs' hitting been? Actually, the worst in 40 years — The Cubs' offense has been bad this postseason. Historically bad. — Since 1981, most division series winners have outperformed the Cubs through the first three games of the championship series.
Rustin Dodd / Kansas City Star:
40 years ago, George Brett punched Graig Nettles in the ALCS. Then the game continued — The clip is grainy. It is short. It is 3 minutes and 22 seconds, to be precise, and it is amazing. — It is 40 years old, too, its anniversary coming earlier this month, and as the baseball playoffs continue …
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