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Jimmy Golen / Associated Press:
‘Not enough wall space for all these wins’: At Fenway Park, another famous wall is the picture of success — Red Sox manager Alex Cora poses in his office in front of the “win wall.” — Alex Cora had an idea before his rookie season as a big league manager: to hang a picture in his clubhouse office from each Red Sox victory.
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Matt Snyder / CBSSports.com:
In order to even World Series, Dodgers could really use a Hyun-Jin Ryu bounce-back outing vs. Red Sox — Ryu had a rough outing in Game 6 of the NLCS — Boston — In a World Series Game 1 loss Tuesday, the Dodgers got a close glimpse of the Red Sox offensive firepower that buried …
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Beyond the Box Score
Joey Levy / ESPN 98.1 FM:
Red Sox take Game 1 of World Series — The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 to take a 1-0 lead in the World Series. — Pitching Struggles — It would be hard to imagine a better pitching match-up than Chris Sale against Clayton Kershaw.
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NBCSports.com, Surviving Grady, The Ringer, Over the Monster and CBS Boston
Martin Fennelly / Tampa Bay Times:
No reverse curse in Tampa Bay: David Price doesn't haunt the Rays — ST. PETERSBURG — Remember the days when David Price was the one who got away? — Remember when the Rays couldn't afford the former Cy Young winner and traded him in the middle of the 2014 season?
Ted Berg / USA Today:
‘That little crystal ball:’ Smart use of ‘rovers’ helping Red Sox toward championship — BOSTON — It's not hard to think of recent examples of starting pitchers excelling in bullpen roles in the postseason. — During the Astros' championship run last year, Lance McCullers Jr. threw four scoreless innings …
Jorge Castillo / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' Dave Roberts on replacing Baez with Wood in the seventh: ‘I really liked Alex in that spot’
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Boston Globe, True Blue LA and MLB Baseball News …
James H. Williams / Orange County Register:
Dodgers' 2018 World Series quest starts today: Live updates from Fenway, photos, stories, matchups and more
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SBNation.com, CBSSports.com, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, NESN.com, Whittier Daily News and Daily Breeze
ESPN:
Bedtime! What Game 1 looked like to kids across four time zones — There was only one baseball game, and it was dramatic. Leads were taken and leads were lost, nails were bitten and a game was won. But there are four time zones in the continental 48, which means that …
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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
Tom Verducci / Sports Illustrated:
Pitching Like a Shell of His Former Self, Clayton Kershaw Crumbles Against High-Powered Red Sox — Clayton Kershaw can still dominate like few other pitchers, but he turned in another postseason clunker on Tuesday night against the Red Sox' elite lineup. — BOSTON — Clayton Kershaw …
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NESN.com and CBS Boston
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
L.A. needs to solve Boston's deep, talented, relentless lineup — BOSTON — The five Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers who appeared in Game 1 of the World Series faced 38 batters, threw 139 pitches and learned over 3 hours and 52 minutes that this is not going to be easy.
Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Red Sox, Dodgers show they're about more than aces as Kershaw-Sale duel fizzles — BOSTON — You would be hard-pressed to create a more alluring World Series Game 1 pitching matchup than Chris Sale versus Clayton Kershaw. You might also be hard-pressed to understand why, as the game unfolded …
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Boston Sports Journal and Over the Monster
Travis Sawchik / FiveThirtyEight:
The 5 Players Who Could Determine The World Series
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Bless You Boys
Peter Schmuck / Baltimore Sun:
Dodgers-Red Sox World Series should be great fun — if you can stay awake for all of it
CBSSports.com:
World Series 2018 odds, picks, predictions for Red Sox vs. Dodgers from proven computer model
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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
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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'
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MLB Baseball News …
Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Five things to know about Mets GM candidate and favorite Doug Melvin — Brewers senior adviser Doug Melvin claims he first started using analytics in 1995, and is up to date with the current trends in the game. — Melvin, 66, became the second finalist to interview for the Mets' general …
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Tom Haudricourt / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Despite painful NLCS loss, Brewers have reasons to be proud as well as optimistic about '19 — You're allowed a mourning period when you come within one game of making the World Series. — Accordingly, as Milwaukee Brewers general manager David Stearns and manager Craig Counsell met …
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MLB Trade Rumors and Metro
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Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Do Braves need to trade for an ace? — The Braves have invested a half-decade in accumulating pitching, but with the team ahead of schedule, it'll consider the pluses and minuses of acquiring a seasoned front-line arm. — It's not a new discussion. Even when the Braves were mired in losing seasons …
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
How time in the Arizona Fall League could put Rangers prospect Martinez on fast track — SURPRISE, ARIZ. — The plan all along for Julio Pablo Martinez, assuming all went well during his first taste of organized baseball in the United States, called for him to finish 2018 in the Arizona Fall League.
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Pinstripe Alley
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
