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Wallace Matthews / New York Daily News:
For Mets and Yankees fans, there's really only one team to root for in this World Series — Neither the Yankees nor the Mets are playing baseball anymore this year, but that doesn't mean there's no one to root for when the World Series kicks off in Boston Tuesday night. Quite the contrary, in fact.
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Red Sox, Dodgers ride strong two-strike approaches to World Series — It's the continual conflict of today's baseball: the arsenal of pitchers with high-powered fastballs facing lineups that often go eight or nine deep with power hitters selling out for home runs and the proper launch angle to mash balls over outfield walls.
Neil Greenberg / Chicago Tribune:
Red Sox need to fix one key stat to beat Dodgers in World Series — The Washington Post — The 2018 World Series will feature two of Major League Baseball's top teams. The Los Angeles Dodgers are back in the Fall Classic a year after losing to the Houston Astros in seven games …
Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register:
Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw likely to start World Series opener after closing out NLCS — BOSTON — The same man who threw the last pitch of NLCS Game 7 will probably throw the first pitch for the Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series. — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Sunday …
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Benjamin Hochman / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
In new baseball world, money still has loudest voice — Benjamin Hochman is a sports columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch — We can look back at the 2018 National League Championship Series as this test kitchen for winning in the modern baseball postseason.
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ESPN:
World Series expert picks: Will Red Sox or Dodgers win it all? — The Boston Red Sox had baseball's best record (108-54). The Los Angeles Dodgers are looking for their first title in 30 years. Who is going to come out on top? — With the series starting Tuesday in Boston (8:09 p.m. ET …
Bill Baer / NBCSports.com:
Dodgers plan to tab Clayton Kershaw for Game 1 of World Series
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Chris Taylor's catch preserves Dodgers' World Series hopes: ‘One of the biggest in history’
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel was tipping his pitches. Eric Gagne let Boston know.
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John Tomase / WEEI:
Cora: Red Sox will likely carry 11 pitchers in World Series
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Mike Axisa / CBSSports.com:
Dodgers win NLCS Game 7: Six MLB seasons, six trips to the World Series for the Bellingers
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Halos Heaven
Tim Kurkjian / ESPN:
Three reasons the Red Sox will beat the Dodgers in the World Series
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MLB Baseball News … and Beyond the Box Score
Jay Cohen / Toronto Sun:
Cody Bellinger wins NLCS MVP award for Dodgers
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MLB Baseball News …, Beyond the Box Score, Brew Crew Ball, McCovey Chronicles and Over the Monster
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Cubs have followed Red Sox blueprint for success, but they still have work to do — Chicago Tribune — When the new Cubs regime began interviewing managerial candidates in the fall of 2011, speculation was rampant that President Theo Epstein might hire Terry Francona, his former manager in Boston.
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Joe Knowles / Chicago Tribune:
Matt Davidson thinks he can pitch. Will the White Sox let him? — Chicago Tribune — After making three relief appearances last season — in which he allowed no runs and just one hit — White Sox third baseman and designated hitter Matt Davidson reportedly is working more seriously on his pitching this offseason.
Vinnie Duber / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Report: People around baseball believe Joe Girardi is waiting for managerial job with Cubs or White Sox — Joe Girardi won't be the manager of the — Cincinnati Reds in 2019, perhaps because he has hopes of landing a gig in Chicago. — According to Fancred's Jon Heyman …
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Associated Press:
New manager David Bell tasked with turning around Reds — CINCINNATI — David Bell buttoned his Reds jersey with the No. 25, the same one worn by his grandfather and his father. Buddy Bell stood in the back of the room, watching the scene as a proud papa.
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ESPN:
What's next for Astros, Brewers after their LCS losses — Nobody wants to lose in the League Championship Series round. Losing in the LCS is all the more painful because you're so close to winning the pennant, which would bring you so close to winning the World Series.
New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Patrick Mahomes wears dad's Mets jersey before Sunday night's game — Patrick Mahomes paid homage to his dad before the Chiefs took on the Bengals Sunday night. — The electric Kansas City QB donned his father's Mets jersey, which Pat Mahomes wore for the Amazin's in 1999 and 2000.
Jesse Dougherty / Chicago Tribune:
The Brewers took ‘unorthodox’ a long way, but they could not ride it all the way — The Washington Post — The last time the Milwaukee Brewers made the World Series was in 1982, back when they were led by Paul Molitor, Robin Yount and Cecil Cooper, back when Craig Counsell …
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Terry Pluto / Plain Dealer:
Cleveland Indians: Talkin' lineup changes with Yandy Diaz, Jason Kipnis — ABOUT MICHAEL BRANTLEY & YANDY DIAZ — For a variety of reasons, the Indians are going to have a different looking team next season: — 1. Michael Brantley is a free agent. The Indians have to decide …
Keith Law / ESPN:
More AFL takeaways: Vlad Jr. ready as ever as he waits to be called up — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — I'm writing this as I head home from my week of scouting the Arizona Fall League, which was particularly loaded with high-end talent this year. I filed my first dispatch from Arizona earlier in the week …
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