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Kyle Hightower / Toronto Sun:
Dodgers' bullpen can't stop bleeding after Kershaw exit — BOSTON (AP) The first delivery from Ryan Madson was a changeup that bounced past catcher Austin Barnes for a wild pitch, allowing two baserunners to advance. — Things hardly got better from there for the previously dependable Dodgers bullpen.
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Minor League Ball
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Toronto Sun:
Red Sox seek 2-0 World Series lead on Dodgers — BOSTON — Last week, David Price shed his postseason albatross and won the deciding game of his team's American League Championship Series victory over the Houston Astros. — Wednesday night, the left-hander tries to pitch the Boston Red Sox …
Peter Schmuck / Baltimore Sun:
Dodgers-Red Sox World Series should be great fun — if you can stay awake for all of it — The two playoff series that brought the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox together for the 114th World Series produced all sorts of exciting moments and interesting storylines. — Or so I've heard.
James H. Williams / Orange County Register:
Dodgers' 2018 World Series quest starts today: Live updates from Fenway, photos, stories, matchups and more — Redemption should be on the Dodgers' minds for a number of reasons. — The Dodgers are back in the World Series after falling short last year against the Houston Astros in Game 7.
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SBNation.com, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, CBSSports.com, Whittier Daily News and Daily Breeze
CBSSports.com:
World Series 2018 odds, picks, predictions for Red Sox vs. Dodgers from proven computer model — Our advanced computer model simulated the entire 2018 World Series 10,000 times — It has been 102 years since the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers last met in the Fall Classic, and the anticipation was well worth the wait.
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CBS Boston
CBSSports.com:
Dodgers vs. Red Sox odds: 2018 World Series Game 1 picks, predictions from expert on 23-8 run — Adam Thompson enters the World Series on a red-hot MLB picks run — The 2018 World Series is finally upon us, as the Boston Red Sox host the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 from Fenway Park on Tuesday at 8:09 p.m. ET.
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MLB Baseball News …
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Dodgers' Yasiel Puig embraces spotlight with energized antics: 'That's the way I feel good' — BOSTON - As Yasiel Puig prepared to meet the media on the eve of the World Series, front and center was an ESPN Deportes reporter who, just two nights earlier, was drenched by a bucket of water Puig deposited over his head.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Kershaw aims to be first since Gibson in '67 to tame Boston's ‘monster’ — ST. LOUIS • On his way to cover the 1967 All-Star Game out west, Post-Dispatch sports columnist and Hall of Fame baseball writer Bob Broeg took a detour for dinner and a show in Las Vegas.
Associated Press:
Red Sox-Dodgers in '46 World Series? Not part of the program — BOSTON (AP) — It took more than a century for these clubs to finally meet again in the Fall Classic. — They had plenty of stars, especially during baseball's Golden Era — Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson and The Duke of Flatbush, among them.
Ted Berg / USA Today:
Why the Dodgers will win the World Series
Discussion:
True Blue LA, baseballmusings.com and Boston Globe
Barry Svrluga / Chicago Tribune:
The manager gets the spotlight, but the front office runs the show now
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MLB Baseball News …
ESPN:
Your World Series Game 1 guide: Sale-Kershaw is as good as it gets
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MLB Baseball News …, baseballmusings.com, McCovey Chronicles and Associated Press
Jon Meoli / Baltimore Sun:
Staff picks for the World Series between the Dodgers and Red Sox
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baseballmusings.com
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Adrian Gonzalez has ties to Dodgers and Red Sox; guess who he's rooting for?
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baseballmusings.com, MLB Baseball News … and NESN.com
Jesse Yomtov / USA Today:
A history of Manny Machado's beef with the Red Sox: ‘Coward stuff’
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Over the Monster, Boston Globe, baseballmusings.com, Bleed Cubbie Blue and CBS Boston
Associated Press:
‘Energized’ Doug Melvin likely would keep Mickey Callaway as manager — If hired as general manager of the New York Mets, Doug Melvin likely would keep Mickey Callaway as manager. — The former Texas and Milwaukee GM has his second interview Tuesday with the Mets, meeting with owner Fred Wilpon …
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Associated Press:
Stearns: Brewers will stick by core after NLCS loss — MILWAUKEE (AP) — David Stearns doesn't expect wholesale change for the Milwaukee Brewers after they fell a game short of the World Series. — Milwaukee is set to return most of its roster after winning the NL Central in a tiebreaking 163rd game …
Bruce Levine / 670 The Score:
Cubs-Bryce Harper Union Makes Great Sense — Harper will be the premier free agent on the market this winter. — MLB — Cubs — (670 The Score) A future marriage between superstar outfielder Bryce Harper and the Cubs seems inevitable. — After a significant season-long downturn …
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MLB Baseball News … and Bleacher Nation
Associated Press:
Angels new manager Brad Ausmus: Embracing metrics will be key — ANAHEIM, Calif. — During 18 major league seasons as a catcher and four more as a manager, Brad Ausmus developed a strong gut instinct about nearly everything that happens on a baseball field.
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Halos Heaven
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Associated Press:
Braves' Brandon McCarthy can be free agent if he continues career — ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves right-hander Brandon McCarthy, who missed the second half of the season with a knee injury, can become a free agent if he chooses to continue his career. — Major League Baseball and the players' union …
