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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 …
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.
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:
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.
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 …
Discussion: Associated Press
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: WEEI and MLB Baseball News …
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 …
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:   In Milwaukee, Manny Machado is Public Enemy No. 1
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:   With Boston Red Sox in World Series, Brandon Phillips is four wins from first ring
James H. Williams / Orange County Register:
Live updates: NLCS Game 6 between the Dodgers and Brewers
Gulf News:   Red Sox seal a berth in World Series
ESPN:
Your Friday NLCS guide: Dodgers eye World Series return
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
Gabe Lacques / Cincinnati.com:   The Milwaukee Brewers aren't bad for baseball - and they'd be worthy foes for the Red Sox
Robert Murray / The Athletic:
‘Something looks a little bit off’: In a postseason of paranoia, some Brewers suspect the Dodgers are stealing signs
Discussion: Brew Crew Ball
Gerry Fraley / Dallas Morning News:
Report: Rangers interested in Boston staffer for hitting coach opening
Discussion: The Athletic and Lone Star Ball
WPLG-TV:   Red Sox beat Astros to reach World Series
ESPN:   Numbers and notes from Red Sox's ALCS win
R.J. Anderson / CBSSports.com:   Red Sox win AL pennant: Six things to know about Boston's latest World Series appearance
BBC:   World Series: Boston Red Sox defeat Houston Astros to win American League pennant
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 …
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
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Ted Berg / Arizona Republic:
Astros eliminated from ALCS, but don't count them out next October
Discussion: CBS News and USA Today
Stephen Hawkins / Associated Press:
'It's a pretty hollow feeling': What the Astros said about their season coming to an end
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Eddie Matz / ESPN:
Alex Bregman says failing to repeat will give Astros ‘an edge’ next season
Discussion: Let's Go Tribe
Associated Press:   Astros move Correa into cleanup spot for ALCS Game 5
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.
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Associated Press:   Pirates pitcher Joe Musgrove has abdominal surgery, out 6 weeks
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 …
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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Rob Bradford / WEEI:
David Price's big change
Discussion: NESN.com
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
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.”
 
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