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Scott Miller / Bleacher Report:
Red Sox Say They Caught Dodgers Star Manny Machado Sign-Stealing in World Series — LOS ANGELES — Already in the spotlight in October for an assortment of reasons, Manny Machado undoubtedly will receive extra attention from the Boston Red Sox on Friday night if he reaches second base in Game 3 of the World Series.
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MLB Baseball News …, NBCSports.com, Daily Mail, WEEI, The Sports Daily, NESN.com and CBS Boston
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Associated Press:
No DH means Red Sox will have some decisions to make as World Series shifts to LA — LOS ANGELES — While the Red Sox wait to see whether J.D. Martinez can start Game 3 of the World Series, this much is true: Don't take any bets on Boston shifting a star outfielder to the infield. — “Mookie Betts at second?
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CBS Boston
Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Could this Red Sox team be legendary? — LOS ANGELES — Just how good are these Boston Red Sox? Are they, dare we say, great? — When a team wins 108 games and then underscores that by dominating the postseason, it's fair to ask whether that team is among the all-time greatest.
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Facing 2-0 hole, Dodgers' resilience being put to test again — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers, in desperation mode as the World Series shifts to their ballpark, don't need to look far for comfort as they face a 2-0 deficit. They can get it from their manager, Dave Roberts …
USA Today:
Tommy Lasorda offers hope Dodgers can come back against Red Sox — BOSTON - The Los Angeles Dodgers' last World Series title 30 years ago is remembered for Kirk Gibson's home run. — Maybe just as unlikely: The Dodgers finished well under .500 the prior two seasons.
Josh Peter / USA Today:
Batboy who helped Kirk Gibson says 1988 World Series home run ‘supernatural experience’ — LOS ANGELES — Mitch Poole sat in the third-base dugout at Dodger Stadium on Thursday afternoon and pointed toward the right-field bleachers. — Thirty years after it happened, Poole said …
ESPN:
Mookie Betts lauded for feeding homeless after World Series Game 2 win — Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts has long provided heroics on the field, and now the likely American League MVP is an all-star off the field as well after being identified in a tweet performing a simple act of kindness for Boston's hungry and homeless.
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Sporting News, KMOX-AM and WEEI
ESPN:
Your World Series Game 3 guide: Dodgers need rookie Walker Buehler to solve Sox — No team in World Series history has come back from a 3-0 deficit. — If the visiting Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 on Friday night, that's exactly what L.A. would be facing …
ESPN:
J.D. Martinez's status for World Series Game 3 uncertain because of ankle injury — Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora wouldn't commit to J.D. Martinez playing right field in Friday's Game 3 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. — EDITOR'S PICKS
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Bleacher Report, Over the Monster and NESN.com
USA Today:
Curt Schilling lashes out after Red Sox snub for World Series first-pitch ceremony
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MLB Baseball News …, Los Angeles Times and Dan Shaughnessy Watch
Maria Torres / Baltimore Sun:
Former Dodger Nathan Eovaldi is weighing down his old team during the World Series
Dave Sheinin / Chicago Tribune:
These World Series games are . . . moving . . . at . . . a . . . glacial . . . pace
Associated Press:
Fenway Park Gave Dodgers Cold Shoulder, Series Shifts to LA
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baseballmusings.com and NESN.com
Matt Snyder / CBSSports.com:
2018 World Series: The Red Sox are steamrolling toward their ninth title with their best team ever
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Bluebird Banter
Ben Walker / Toronto Sun:
Overmatched: Dodgers' moves don't work, down 2-0 in Series
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True Blue LA
ESPN:
Finalists for the 2018 Gold Glove awards — The finalists for the 2018 Gold Gloves were announced Thursday. The winners will be announced on Nov. 4 (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET) on the “2018 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards Presented by Dick's Sporting Goods” show. — Here are the finalists in each league.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wong in the running for his first Gold Glove Award, Molina a ‘finalist’ for his ninth — LOS ANGELES • Whether Cardinals second baseman Kolten Wong can get a grip on the first Gold Glove Award he covets will come down to the evolving and slippery nature of judging sure-handed defense.
Matthew Florjancic / WKYC-TV:
Francisco Lindor, Corey Kluber among Cleveland Indians' finalists for Rawlings AL Gold Glove Awards
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Let's Go Tribe
ESPN:
Doug Melvin out of running to be Mets general manager, report says — The search for the New York Mets' new general manager narrowed on Thursday with former Milwaukee Brewers GM Doug Melvin now no longer in the running for the job, according to a FanCred Sports report.
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Shi Davidi / Sportsnet.ca:
Blue Jays hire Charlie Montoyo as new manager — TORONTO - Impressed by the way the Tampa Bay Rays use data in their decision-making on and off the field, the Toronto Blue Jays hired Charlie Montoyo away from their American League East rivals to be their new manager.
Discussion:
Bleed Cubbie Blue, CBSSports.com, NBCSports.com, Jays From The Couch, Bleacher Nation and MLB Daily Dish
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Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
5 things to know about the Braves youth, free agency — Here's what to know about the Braves on Friday: — 1. The Braves have an MLB-high-tying five Gold Glove finalists. Outfielders Ender Inciarte, Nick Markakis, Adam Duvall, along with first baseman Freddie Freeman and starter Julio Teheran, are eligible for the award.
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals looking for bullpen help — The Cardinals' bullpen this year ranged from undefined to “iffy” to poor to creditable to good — and then back to “iffy,” after the season concluded. — There were a half dozen closers, starting with off-season signee Luke Gregerson …
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Viva El Birdos
