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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
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.
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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Surviving Grady, Over the Monster, NBCSports.com, The Ringer 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.
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 …
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
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
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 …
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
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, Whittier Daily News and Daily Breeze
CBSSports.com:
World Series 2018 odds, picks, predictions for Red Sox vs. Dodgers from proven computer model
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CBSSports.com:
Dodgers vs. Red Sox odds: 2018 World Series Game 1 picks, predictions from expert on 23-8 run
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Dodgers' Yasiel Puig embraces spotlight with energized antics: 'That's the way I feel good'
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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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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 …
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?
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 …
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Brew Crew Ball and Bleed Cubbie Blue
