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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.
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.
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
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 …
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:
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.
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:
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.
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
NLCS Game 7 puts Dodgers in familiar territory: 'We've been playing for our lives' — MILWAUKEE - It dawned upon these Los Angeles Dodgers much earlier this season - probably as they lost 26 of their first 42 games, maybe as they jeopardized their playoff chances with a wretched 4-9 stretch in August …
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
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
With Boston Red Sox in World Series, Brandon Phillips is four wins from first ring
ESPN:
Your Friday NLCS guide: Dodgers eye World Series return
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True Blue LA and MLB Baseball News …
Gabe Lacques / Cincinnati.com:
The Milwaukee Brewers aren't bad for baseball - and they'd be worthy foes for the Red Sox
Stephen Hawkins / Toronto Sun:
JBJ is MVP! Jackie Bradley Jr. wins ALCS prize for Red Sox
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Over the Monster
Robert Murray / The Athletic:
‘Something looks a little bit off’: In a postseason of paranoia, some Brewers suspect the Dodgers are stealing signs
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Sporting News and Brew Crew Ball
Gerry Fraley / Dallas Morning News:
Report: Rangers interested in Boston staffer for hitting coach opening
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The Athletic and Lone Star Ball
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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Nicole Yang / Boston Globe:
How David Price pitched in Game 5 of the ALCS
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Bleacher Report, MLB Baseball News … and Over the Monster
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 … and baseballmusings.com
Chad Finn / Boston Globe:
The Red Sox left no doubt that they deserve to be playing in the World Series
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Deadspin and FanGraphs Baseball
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 …
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.”
