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Tim Keown / ESPN:
Did Dave Roberts take Rich Hill out to soon? Yes, but you don't know the whole story — LOS ANGELES — Dave Roberts destroyed the Dodgers' chances of winning the World Series by managing his pitching staff like a fan who won a contest. He shuffled through his relievers …
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ESPN:
Your World Series Game 5 guide: Can Sox down Kershaw to raise World Series trophy? — After the mayhem the 18-inning marathon of Game 3 wrought on both teams' pitching staffs and the seeming ease with which Boston's bats turned small opportunities into big innings against the Dodgers bullpen in Game 4 …
Discussion:
CBSSports.com, Sporting News and CBS Boston
Ronald Blum / Toronto Sun:
Chris Sale's shouts rally Red Sox to brink of title — LOS ANGELES (AP) The World Series was slipping away when Chris Sale stood in the back of the dugout and started screaming at his teammates. — The Boston Red Sox had just fallen behind the Los Angeles Dodgers by four runs …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Scared straight: Chris Sale motivates Red Sox with rant during Game 4 of World Series — LOS ANGELES — Chris Sale, his eyes burning with rage, couldn't believe what he was seeing Saturday evening, and could no longer keep it inside. — When his Boston Red Sox teammates trudged into the dugout after the sixth inning, he screamed.
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
27 hours, 27 innings: A timeline of a wild two-night stretch of World Series baseball in L.A. — LOS ANGELES — It was 27 innings of madness stretched out over 27 hours at Dodger Stadium and it concluded with a sizable contingent of Red Sox fans hanging out behind the Boston dugout and chanting …
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Dave Roberts explains pulling Rich Hill, says he ‘left everything out there’ — LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers saw a four-run lead turn into a five-run deficit in the final three innings in Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday night, prompting a 9-6 loss and an overwhelming 3-1 series deficit to the Boston Red Sox.
Discussion:
CBS Boston and NESN.com
Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Red Sox rebound, move one win from title with Game 4 rally — LOS ANGELES — Did Chris Sale spark the Boston Red Sox with a profane tirade? Did Yasiel Puig do it by flexing his arms? Or, more likely, was this just what the Red Sox have been doing all season?
Discussion:
Associated Press
Hunter Felt / The Guardian:
World Series 2018 Game 4: Boston Red Sox v Los Angeles Dodgers - live! — In a series featuring a ridiculous number of Cy Young winners, Rich Hill/Eduardo Rodriguez ends up being the pitcher's duel. Who knew? — Red Sox 0-0 Dodgers, bottom 5th — Barnes grounds out and it looks like Hill is batting for himself.
Discussion:
NESN.com, CBSSports.com, baseballmusings.com and NPR
James H. Williams / Orange County Register:
World Series Game 4: Donald Trump reacts to Dave Roberts' decision to pull Dodgers' Rich Hill — Following the Dodgers' loss to the Boston Red Sox in Game 4 of the World Series, reactions poured in, many second-guessing the decisions made by Manager Dave Roberts.
Discussion:
Daily News, Boston Globe, MLB Baseball News …, Whittier Daily News, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and Daily Breeze
Joe Reedy / Toronto Sun:
Red Sox pinch-hitters come up clutch again in World Series — LOS ANGELES (AP) Boston's bench is a big reason why the Red Sox are one win away from their fourth World Series title since 2004. — With the Red Sox regulars being held in check by the Los Angeles Dodgers …
ESPN:
Eduardo Rodriguez to start for Red Sox in World Series Game 4 — The Boston Red Sox will turn to left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez to start Game 4 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. — Nathan Eovaldi had been scheduled to start, but he was called in to pitch six-plus innings …
Discussion:
baseballmusings.com
Jesse Yomtov / USA Today:
World Series records shattered in Dodgers' 18-inning Game 3 win over Red Sox
Discussion:
NESN.com
Tim Keown / ESPN:
By going all in, gambling Red Sox may have doubled their losses
By going all in, gambling Red Sox may have doubled their losses
Discussion:
Surviving Grady and MLB Baseball News …
Jim Alexander / Orange County Register:
Did the Dodgers gain more than one game while playing the equivalent of two?
Did the Dodgers gain more than one game while playing the equivalent of two?
Discussion:
Daily Breeze, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and Whittier Daily News
Heather Tucker / Des Moines Register:
‘Unbelievable’: Red Sox's Eduardo Nunez lived an entire life in Game 3
Joe Reedy / Associated Press:
Christian Yelich, J.D. Martinez win Hank Aaron Awards
Christian Yelich, J.D. Martinez win Hank Aaron Awards
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News … and St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
‘Gut-wrenching’: Dodgers don't have time to soak in monumental Game 3 win
‘Gut-wrenching’: Dodgers don't have time to soak in monumental Game 3 win
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News …
Mike Axisa / CBSSports.com:
Longest World Series game in history: Dodgers, Red Sox set a new record in Game 3
Longest World Series game in history: Dodgers, Red Sox set a new record in Game 3
Discussion:
Bleacher Report, CBS News and True Blue LA
ESPN:
Your World Series Game 4 guide: Dodgers look to ride wave, even series
Your World Series Game 4 guide: Dodgers look to ride wave, even series
Discussion:
Bleacher Report, Bleed Cubbie Blue and CBS Boston
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Max Muncy by moonlight: Game 3 is longest in Series history, full of heroics and the bizarre
Max Muncy by moonlight: Game 3 is longest in Series history, full of heroics and the bizarre
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News …, Over the Monster, True Blue LA and baseballmusings.com
Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Mets to name Brodie Van Wagenen next GM, and agents have questions — The Mets and CAA Baseball co-head Brodie Van Wagenen are finalizing a deal that will name him the next general manager, according to a source. — A press conference is scheduled for next week, possibly as early as Tuesday.
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Brodie Van Wagenen's first Mets test: Selling Wilpons to spend big
Brodie Van Wagenen's first Mets test: Selling Wilpons to spend big
Discussion:
baseballmusings.com
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Mets have deal in principle to hire agent Brodie Van Wagenen as new GM: source
Bill Madden / New York Daily News:
Rays lead the league in producing manager and general manager talent — They traditionally have the lowest payroll and lowest season attendance in baseball which, on the surface, would tend to render the Tampa Bay Rays one of the more irrelevant franchises in baseball.
