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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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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.
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.
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.
USA Today:
NLCS Game 7 predictions: Why the Brewers will advance to the World Series  —  The National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers comes down to a do-or-die Game 7 Saturday night.  —  It will be a Game 3 rematch between Dodgers rookie Walker Buehler …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Dodgers starting Walker Buehler vs. Brewers' Jhoulys Chacin in Game 7
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:   NLCS Game 7 puts Dodgers in familiar territory: 'We've been playing for our lives'
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:   Looking for a Game 7 hero? Start with Jhoulys Chacin
USA Today:   Brewers manager Craig Counsell still not apologizing for pulling Wade Miley after one batter
James H. Williams / Orange County Register:
Live updates: NLCS Game 6 between the Dodgers and Brewers
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:   In Milwaukee, Manny Machado is Public Enemy No. 1
ESPN:
Your Friday NLCS guide: Dodgers eye World Series return
Bill Madden / New York Daily News:
Between FBI probe and Manny Machado, a dark cloud hangs over the Dodgers organization  —  No doubt, from the TV ratings standpoint, MLB moguls were rooting hard for a Dodgers-Red Sox World Series.  In their minds, the ka-ching, ka-ching prospect of two of baseball's oldest and revered franchises …
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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
USA Today:
Following illness, Chris Sale will pitch World Series Game 1 for Red Sox
Discussion: WEEI and NBCSports.com
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ESPN:   Boston ace Chris Sale to pitch Game 1, David Price ‘probably’ Game 2
Neil Paine / FiveThirtyEight:
This Might Be The Best Red Sox World Series Team Yet
Discussion: MLB Baseball News … and ESPN
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:   With Boston Red Sox in World Series, Brandon Phillips is four wins from first ring
Gulf News:   Red Sox seal a berth in World Series
Associated Press:   Red Sox get a break before World Series
Stephen Hawkins / Toronto Sun:
JBJ is MVP! Jackie Bradley Jr. wins ALCS prize for Red Sox
ESPN:
Report: Astros star Jose Altuve had knee surgery on Friday  —  Houston Astros star second baseman Jose Altuve underwent surgery Friday on his injured right knee, according to MLB.com.  —  Altuve served as Houston's designated hitter in the final three games of their five-game ALCS loss …
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
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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