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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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Your World Series Game 2 guide: Can the Dodgers tie the series against David Price? — Powered by Eduardo Nunez's three-run home run and Andrew Benintendi's four-hit night, the Boston Red Sox seized a quick lead in the World Series with their Game 1 victory on Tuesday.
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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.
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.
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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CBSSports.com, MLB Baseball News …, USA Today, CBS Boston and NESN.com
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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MLB Baseball News …, NBCSports.com, Surviving Grady, Over the Monster, The Ringer and CBS Boston
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
Phil Rosenthal / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Fox's John Smoltz sees World Series opener differently than some people — Chicago Tribune — Suffice it to say, Fox analyst John Smoltz sometimes sees baseball games differently than other people. — “You could see how close that came to Hembree getting hit,” …
Matt Snyder / CBSSports.com:
In order to even World Series, Dodgers could really use a Hyun-Jin Ryu bounce-back outing vs. Red Sox
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Beyond the Box Score
Jennifer Badie / Baltimore Sun:
Did Manny Machado return to his Baltimore roots during the World Series national anthem?
Ted Berg / USA Today:
‘That little crystal ball:’ Smart use of ‘rovers’ helping Red Sox toward championship
Peter Schmuck / Baltimore Sun:
Dave Roberts outsmarted himself and took the Dodgers out of the World Series opener
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Cubs Insider
Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Red Sox, Dodgers show they're about more than aces as Kershaw-Sale duel fizzles
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Over the Monster and Boston Sports Journal
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, MLB Baseball News … and True Blue LA
Travis Sawchik / FiveThirtyEight:
The 5 Players Who Could Determine The World Series
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True Blue LA
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, Pinstripe Alley, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, NESN.com, Whittier Daily News and Daily Breeze
Peter Schmuck / Baltimore Sun:
Dodgers-Red Sox World Series should be great fun — if you can stay awake for all of it
Ty Bradley / MLB Trade Rumors:
Stearns On Brewers' Offseason, Future Outlook — After a deflating coda to one of the most successful seasons in franchise history, Brewers GM David Stearns held court with the media yesterday to discuss the team's position heading into the 2019 season. Though obviously disheartened …
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Associated Press:
Puerto Rico proud: Cardinals star Molina wins Clemente Award — SHARE URL EMAIL FBMSNGR WHATSAPP SMS — BOSTON (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina has won the Roberto Clemente Award, a fitting honor for the star who grew up on Puerto Rico and idolized the island's late Hall of Famer.
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Associated Press:
Rays agree to $2.61M bonus with Cuban prospect Sandy Gaston — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a $2.61 million signing bonus with 16-year-old Cuban pitching prospect Sandy Gaston, pending a physical. — EDITOR'S PICKS — The hard-throwing right-hander is considered …
Matt Gelb / The Athletic:
Phillies mine Houston's successful system for their next farm director, Josh Bonifay — The Phillies will tap into the brain power of one of the game's most successful and data-driven organizations for their next farm director. — Josh Bonifay, who spent seven of the last eight years …
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MLB Trade Rumors, Phillies Nation and The Good Phight
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 …
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Which is the real Carlos Rodon? Will Dylan Cease get a starting job? 5 offseason questions for the White Sox — Photos of White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon. — Chicago Tribune — This is the second in a series of position-by-position analyses of the White Sox entering the offseason.
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?
