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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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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
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, NESN.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'
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Kershaw aims to be first since Gibson in '67 to tame Boston's ‘monster’
Ted Berg / USA Today:
Why the Dodgers will win the World Series
Discussion:
True Blue LA, baseballmusings.com and Boston Globe
Jesse Yomtov / USA Today:
A history of Manny Machado's beef with the Red Sox: ‘Coward stuff’
Discussion:
Over the Monster, Boston Globe, baseballmusings.com, Bleed Cubbie Blue and CBS Boston
Barry Svrluga / Chicago Tribune:
The manager gets the spotlight, but the front office runs the show now
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MLB Baseball News …
Jon Meoli / Baltimore Sun:
Staff picks for the World Series between the Dodgers and Red Sox
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baseballmusings.com
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
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
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Which team in sports will hire the first female GM? Looks like it's not going to be the Mets — When Brian Cashman finally thought about hiring Kim Ng, he knew there would be some additional considerations. She was smart and baseball savvy. After having worked in the White Sox front office …
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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 …
Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Three facts to know about NY Mets GM candidate Brodie Van Wagenen
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USA Today
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 …
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
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 …
