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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.
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
Jennifer Badie / Baltimore Sun:
Did Manny Machado return to his Baltimore roots during the World Series national anthem? — “O” Manny. — Standing for the national anthem at Camden Yards for hundreds of games may have rubbed off on Dodgers shortstop Manny Machado. — During “The Star-Spangled Banner” …
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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MLB Baseball News …, 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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NBCSports.com, The Ringer, Surviving Grady, Over the Monster and CBS Boston
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
Ted Berg / USA Today:
‘That little crystal ball:’ Smart use of ‘rovers’ helping Red Sox toward championship
Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Red Sox, Dodgers show they're about more than aces as Kershaw-Sale duel fizzles
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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 …
Peter Schmuck / Baltimore Sun:
Dave Roberts outsmarted himself and took the Dodgers out of the World Series opener
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Cubs Insider
Travis Sawchik / FiveThirtyEight:
The 5 Players Who Could Determine The World Series
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Bless You Boys
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
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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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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Al's Ramblings
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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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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 …
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.
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
2018-19 Market Snapshot: Starting Pitchers — This is the final installment in our Market Snapshot series. Let's check in on the array of possibilities for teams looking at rotation improvements. — Teams In Need — There are few teams that won't at least consider some kind of tweaks …
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Al's Ramblings
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 …
