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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.
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Detroit Free Press
USA Today:
Brewers manager Craig Counsell still not apologizing for pulling Wade Miley after one batter — A day after ignoring convention and pulling starting pitcher Wade Miley after facing just one batter in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series, Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell was still answering questions about the move.
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Dodgers starting Walker Buehler vs. Brewers' Jhoulys Chacin in Game 7 — MILWAUKEE — Walker Buehler, who pitched his team to a division title in a one-game tiebreaker at the start of October, will start Game 7 of the National League Championship Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers …
ESPN:
Your Friday NLCS guide: Dodgers eye World Series return
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True Blue LA and MLB Baseball News …
ESPN:
The unlucky legacy of the 2018 Houston Astros — History will remember these Houston Astros as the ones that got unlucky. — Specifically, it will remember the fly ball Jose Altuve hit over the wall in Game 4, the extraordinary leap Mookie Betts made for it, and the way that after the ball …
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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 MLB Baseball News …
ESPN:
Boston ace Chris Sale to pitch Game 1, David Price ‘probably’ Game 2 — With five days before the start of the World Series, Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora has time to line up his pitching rotation. — Cora, speaking Friday on WEEI, confirmed that ace Chris Sale will go in Game 1 …
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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
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
With Boston Red Sox in World Series, Brandon Phillips is four wins from first ring
Nicole Yang / Boston Globe:
How David Price pitched in Game 5 of the ALCS
Discussion:
Bleacher Report, MLB Baseball News … and Over the Monster
Gerry Fraley / Dallas Morning News:
Report: Rangers interested in Boston staffer for hitting coach opening
Discussion:
The Athletic and Lone Star Ball
Chad Finn / Boston Globe:
The Red Sox left no doubt that they deserve to be playing in the World Series
Discussion:
Deadspin and FanGraphs Baseball
Ted Berg / Arizona Republic:
Astros eliminated from ALCS, but don't count them out next October
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USA Today, The Tennessean and CBS News
Stephen Hawkins / Associated Press:
'It's a pretty hollow feeling': What the Astros said about their season coming to an end
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MLB Baseball News …
Matt Snyder / CBSSports.com:
Red Sox vs. Astros score: Boston is World Series-bound thanks to David Price's gem on short rest
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Joe Musgrove Undergoes Abdominal Surgery — The Pirates announced today that righty Joe Musgrove has undergone surgery to address the abdominal issue that bothered him late in the 2018 season. He is expected to be “on or close to a regular schedule” for the coming spring.
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News … and Bucs Dugout
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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 …
