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Associated Press:
Altuve is Astros DH vs. Red Sox in ALCS Game 3 — HOUSTON (AP) — Six-time All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve is a designated hitter for the Houston Astros in the playoffs for the first time. — Astros manager A.J. Hinch has Altuve as the DH for Game 3 of the American League Championship Series against Boston.
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Danny Picard / Metro:
Metro Exclusive: Astros may have been cheating in Game 1 against Red Sox — MLB acknowledged the incident Tuesday night — Whatever the Houston Astros were trying to do at Fenway Park during Game 1 of the ALCS on Saturday night, they got caught. — In the third inning of the first game …
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Sporting News, MLB Baseball News …, The Sports Daily, Bleacher Nation, Let's Go Tribe, CBS Boston and The Verge
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Nathan Eovaldi, Dallas Keuchel part of ALCS Game 3 intrigue — HOUSTON — Nathan Eovaldi is only the second-best pitcher ever who can throw 100 mph and hails from Alvin, Texas. — That's not an insult. — The other one is Nolan Ryan. — Alvin is a town of 26,000, located 30 miles south of Houston.
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Bless You Boys, baseballmusings.com and MLB Baseball News …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Fueled by Alex Bregman's Instagram post, Red Sox, Steve Pearce make Astros pay — HOUSTON — Boston Red Sox first baseman Steve Pearce, infuriated by Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman's Instagram post, swore they would be the ones talking last. — Pearce, taking a page …
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KHOU-TV
Associated Press:
Bradley's slam helps Red Sox beat Astros 8-2 in ALCS … Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a grand slam, Nathan Eovaldi hushed Houston a day after some social media trash talk and the Boston Red Sox beat the Astros 8-2 on Tuesday to take a 2-1 lead in the AL Championship Series.
Bob Nightengale / KHOU-TV:
Alex Bregman trolls Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi with Instagram post — The Astros third baseman, who faces Boston Red Sox starter Nate Eovaldi on Tuesday night, showed a clip on his Instagram account with the Astros hitting three consecutive homers off Eovaldi earlier this year when he was still with the Tampa Bay Rays.
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USA Today, MLB Baseball News …, The Sports Daily and Lookout Landing
Rob Bradford / WEEI:
Pearce on Bregman: 'We'll see who is talking at the end of the series'
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MLB Baseball News …, Boston Globe, Over the Monster, baseballmusings.com, CBS Boston and NESN.com
Jamie Galvan / KHOU-TV:
LIVE BLOG: Astros aim to take lead in ALCS at Minute Maid
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South Side Sox and The Crawfish Boxes
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Miscues, missed opportunities catching up with Dodgers — LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers navigated the 2018 regular season as a persistent enigma. They were loaded with talent and rich in depth, clearly and significantly superior to the vast majority of their competition.
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New York Times and Cubs Insider
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Associated Press:
Brewers, Dodgers tweak lineups for Game 4 of NLCS — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Infielder Jonathan Schoop is getting his first start for the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. — He is hitting sixth on Tuesday. Schoop replaces Travis Shaw, who started the previous two games.
Associated Press:
Yasmani Grandal hears chorus of boos at Dodger Stadium and Enrique Hernandez rips L.A. fans — When the Dodger Stadium crowd wasn't booing Yasmani Grandal or chanting his backup's name, the fans largely sat in a disappointed hush while the Milwaukee Brewers' pitching staff mowed down their team.
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MLB Baseball News …, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, Associated Press, Brew Crew Ball and True Blue LA
Steve Gardner / USA Today:
Dodgers' Enrique Hernandez turns tables on critics with humorous ‘ED’ tweet to fans
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MLB Baseball News …, Los Angeles Times and The Commercial Appeal
Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Manny Machado still has work to do if he wants to keep the focus on his performance
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Phillies Nation, Bleacher Nation, USA Today, MLB Baseball News … and NESN.com
Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Chili Davis ‘not going to blame myself,’ wishes next Cubs hitting coach better — About the time the Cubs announced the hiring of the sixth hitting coach in eight seasons of Theo Epstein's front office regime, Chili Davis got in his truck and headed out of Chicago on Monday …
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NBCSports.com, Daily Herald, Cubs Insider, MLB Baseball News …, Bleacher Nation and TMZ.com
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs hire Anthony Iapoce from Rangers to replace Chili Davis as hitting coach
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Bleacher Nation and Cubs Insider
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
7 things to know about Cubs hitting coach Anthony Iapoce (it's pronounced 'eye-uh-poh-SEE')
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Bleacher Nation
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Angels tell Anaheim they're opting out of their lease on Angel Stadium — The Angels opted out of their lease with the city of Anaheim on Tuesday, setting the stage for another round of negotiations over whether the team remains in their longtime host city or finds a new home elsewhere in Southern California.
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CBSSports.com, MLB Baseball News … and MLB Trade Rumors
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John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds mum on finalists for managerial job, but new manager will be one of 12 interviewed — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati Enquirer — The Cincinnati Reds have or will shortly narrow the list of managerial candidates from 12 to three or four. — But word on who the finalists are will not come from the Reds.
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Bruce Levine / 670 The Score:
Sources: Giants Interview Cubs' McLeod For GM Job — Jason McLeod has been instrumental in the Cubs' scouting and development system. — MLB — Cubs — (670 The Score) The spoils of winning mean that the bright, respected individuals in your organization may be picked off like fruit from the branch of success.
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Cubs Insider, MLB Baseball News …, McCovey Chronicles and Bleacher Nation
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Associated Press:
Rangers interview Don Wakamatsu in manager search — Rangers bench coach Don Wakamatsu has interviewed for the vacant Texas manager's spot that he filled in an interim role for the final 10 games of the season. — According to people familiar with the details, the Rangers interviewed Wakamatsu …
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Lone Star Ball
Associated Press:
Derek Jeter gets his wish as Marlins' home run sculpture will be removed from outfield — The Miami Marlins' home run sculpture is outta here. — The team won county permission Tuesday to move the kitschy, widely disliked Red Grooms sculpture out of Marlins Park to the plaza outside the ballpark.
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Fish Stripes
