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Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Despite rocky start, Miller Park rocked and Brewers rolled in Game 6 — MILWAUKEE — It's become a trope to call the National League Championship Series a chess match, and it certainly is that. But for Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, this was no little move. It wasn't pushing a pawn ahead a square.
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Do the Dodgers have one more resurgence in them? — MILWAUKEE — When they fell 10 games below .500 to basically put their season on the brink in the middle of May, the Los Angeles Dodgers responded by winning 43 of their next 63 games, thrusting themselves into the race.
ESPN:
MLB Postseason on ESPN Radio — Cancel your Saturday night plans: We've got a Game 7 in the National League Championship Series. One team — the defending NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers or the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers — will head to Boston to play the Red Sox in Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday.
Genaro C. Armas / Toronto Sun:
Dodgers' Machado whiffs on chance to silence Game 6 boos — MILWAUKEE (AP) Manny Machado gestured with hands, appearing to egg on the booing crowd as he retreated down the dugout steps following a first-inning strikeout. — The jeers kept coming for the Los Angeles Dodgers star. So did the outs.
Sarah Langs / ESPN:
MLB Game 7s by the numbers — By winning Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Friday, the Milwaukee Brewers forced a Game 7 showdown against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night. What does that mean in the context of postseason history as the two teams gear …
Associated Press:
Freese leads off for Dodgers with Brewers LHP Miley on mound — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Left-hander Wade Miley will have to face to a right-handed hitter right away in Game 6 as the Milwaukee Brewers try to stave off elimination in the NL Championship Series. — First baseman David Freese …
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Federal Baseball, Brew Crew Ball and South Side Sox
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Brewers boo birds welcome Manny Machado back to Miller Park — MILWAUKEE - Manny Machado, Milwaukee Pariah. — It's an unlikely role, to be sure, but one that Machado tried on for the first time Friday night in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series.
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Manny Machado - the most hated man in Milwaukee - gives boos the silent treatment after Game 6 — MILWAUKEE — On Manny Machado's first night as baseball's villain, he took on a bold strategy: If you don't acknowledge the thunderous boos of 43,619 fans, maybe they didn't happen.
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Looking for a Game 7 hero? Start with Jhoulys Chacin — MILWAUKEE — By the sound of things after the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-2 in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, you might think that lefty reliever Josh Hader was starting Game 7 for Milwaukee on Saturday night.
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
NLCS Game 7 puts Dodgers in familiar territory: 'We've been playing for our lives'
USA Today:
Brewers manager Craig Counsell still not apologizing for pulling Wade Miley after one batter
ESPN:
Boston ace Chris Sale to pitch Game 1, David Price ‘probably’ Game 2
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Associated Press
James H. Williams / Orange County Register:
Live updates: NLCS Game 6 between the Dodgers and Brewers
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Daily Breeze and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
ESPN:
Your Friday NLCS guide: Dodgers eye World Series return
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MLB Baseball News … and True Blue LA
Gabe Lacques / Cincinnati.com:
The Milwaukee Brewers aren't bad for baseball - and they'd be worthy foes for the Red Sox
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Brew Crew Ball, True Blue LA and The Athletic
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: At long last, Chris Sale's dream of pitching in World Series is about to come true — Chris Sale, center, is headed to the World Series with the Red Sox in his second season after the White Sox dealt him to Boston. Sale will start Game 1 on Tuesday night at Fenway Park. (Elsa / Getty) Chicago Tribune
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USA Today:
Following illness, Chris Sale will pitch World Series Game 1 for Red Sox — Red Sox manager Alex Cora confirmed that Chris Sale will start Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday night, his first appearance since being hospitalized with a stomach illness. — Sale started Game 1 of the ALCS …
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WEEI and NBCSports.com
ESPN:
The unlucky legacy of the 2018 Houston Astros
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Associated Press and FanGraphs Baseball
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
With Boston Red Sox in World Series, Brandon Phillips is four wins from first ring
Stephen Hawkins / Toronto Sun:
JBJ is MVP! Jackie Bradley Jr. wins ALCS prize for Red Sox
Discussion:
Phillies Nation and Over the Monster
Associated Press:
Pirates pitcher Joe Musgrove has abdominal surgery, out 6 weeks — PITTSBURGH — Pirates pitcher Joe Musgrove has had abdominal surgery. — Dr. Craig Smith operated in Los Angeles on Friday to repair Mugrove's abdominal wall and address a stress reaction in the pitcher's pelvic bone.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Joe Musgrove Undergoes Abdominal Surgery
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MLB Baseball News … and Bucs Dugout
Kristie Ackert / Baltimore Sun:
Doug Melvin appears to be the ideal GM candidate to bridge the old-school vs. new-school divide within the Mets — Doug Melvin was one of the first people the Mets reached out to when they began looking for a general manager. Back in July, when the feelers were being sent out …
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Girardi bows out of running to be Reds' manager. Is he also out of Rangers' search? — Joe Girardi won't be the next manager of the Cincinnati Reds, and it appears he won't be the Texas Rangers' next manager either. — Girardi told the intrepid Ken Rosenthal that he has pulled …
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Lone Star Ball
Nicole Yang / Boston Globe:
How David Price pitched in Game 5 of the ALCS — “He was more than just brilliant.” — Former Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez hit the nail on the head in describing starter David Price's performance in Game 5 of the ALCS Thursday night. Getting the call two days earlier than initially expected …
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Bleacher Report, MLB Baseball News …, Deadspin and Over the Monster
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Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Dodgers, Brewers show how analytics is changing baseball — LOS ANGELES — You want to know which teams are at the forefront of analytics? Just look around at the teams still playing. — Once upon a time, there was the Oakland Athletics and a sacred tome called “Moneyball.”
