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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Angels fire manager Brad Ausmus; Joe Maddon expresses interest in job — The Angels fired Brad Ausmus as their manager Monday, the day after the team completed its worst season in 20 years. — The move came one day after the Chicago Cubs parted ways with Joe Maddon, the manager who led …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
As stint with Cubs comes to an end, Joe Maddon has no regrets: 'It's been fabulous' — ST. LOUIS — It wasn't a deeply emotional press conference Sunday, rather more of a celebration. Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein thanked manager Joe Maddon for the past five years, but made it clear change was drastically needed.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Cubs, Maddon parting ways after 5 big seasons — The Chicago Cubs are moving on from Joe Maddon, the manager who led them to their first World Series title in 108 years, team president Theo Epstein and Maddon announced Sunday. — Maddon, 65, is officially a free agent after the Cubs missed …
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MLB Baseball News …, Beyond the Box Score and baseballmusings.com
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
From savior to scapegoat: Why the Cubs are moving on from Joe Maddon — From savior to saying goodbye, the Joe Maddon story in Chicago has had all the elements of a good drama — but it doesn't have the happiest of endings for the manager who was in the dugout for the most successful stretch …
Mark Townsend / Yahoo! Sports:
Cubs and manager Joe Maddon part ways after five seasons
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Bleed Cubbie Blue, MLB Daily Dish and Lone Star Ball
Jordan Bastian / Cubs News:
Maddon, Cubs part ways after five seasons
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MLB Baseball News … and UPI
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Post-Dispatch's Goold helps save man's life at Busch Stadium — Before he chronicled the Cardinals' first division title clinching since 2015, Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold helped save a man's life Sunday at Busch Stadium. — St. Louis-based videographer Mike Flanary, 64 …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals notebook: Wong, still sore, not sure when he'll return — The knot of soreness embedded in his left hamstring has not relented for Kolten Wong, putting him in the uncomfortable bind of choosing what game and when it's worth the risk of further injury to get his ability back in the Cardinals' lineup.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
EARLY HOMERS GIVE CARDS BIG CUSHION — Dexter Fowler, one for his past 26, set a career high Sunday with his 19th homer, a 430-foot blast to center field, in the second inning at Busch Stadium. — That gave the Cardinals a four-run edge over the Chicago Cubs and the Cardinals continued to pile on.
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Janie McCauley / scores.nbcsportsbayarea.com:
Bochy loses to Dodgers 9-0 in final game as Giants manager — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Bruce Bochy spoke to a ballpark filled with thousands of lives he touched in some way and thanked them all straight from the heart, no notes necessary. — Bochy bid an emotional farewell following 2 1/2 decades …
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Jorge Castillo / Los Angeles Times:
Hyun-Jin Ryu clinches ERA title in Dodgers' record-tying 105th win
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NBCSports.com, MLB Baseball News …, Talking Chop, The Ringer, True Blue LA and KTLA
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Orioles Notes: Anderson, Mancini, Hays — Brady Anderson, who formerly served as the Orioles' vice president of baseball operations, is “stepping aside” and leaving the organization, MASNsports.com's Roch Kubatko reports (via Twitter). Anderson, Gary Rajsich and Brian Graham were entrusted …
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MLB Baseball News …, Baltimore Sun and Camden Chat
ESPN:
Houston Astros' Justin Verlander reaches 3,000 career strikeouts, 300 in '19 — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander reached a pair of milestones Saturday night, becoming the 18th major league pitcher with 3,000 career strikeouts and the 19th in the modern era (since 1900) to record 300 strikeouts in a season.
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Joe Reedy / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Verlander gets 3,000th K, Astros clinch home field
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John Romano / Tampa Bay Times:
In the diary of a season, here are five moments that mattered for Rays — A pair of reinforcements helped Tampa Bay overcome injuries and a wobbly bullpen to go 36-18 down the stretch and return to the postseason. — Published Earlier today — TORONTO - The Rays completed …
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The Crawfish Boxes
Lacy Lusk / Baseball America:
Carolina League Top 20 Prospects For 2019 — Neither Frederick lefthander DL Hall nor Lynchburg third baseman Nolan Jones is a finished product by any means. Hall still has trouble commanding his mid-90s fastball and two plus breaking pitches, while Jones might eventually have to move to the outfield.
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Lone Star Ball
Associated Press:
Average time of 9-inning MLB game a record 3:05:35 — NEW YORK — The average time of a nine-inning game reached a record length in the major leagues this season. — Major League Baseball said Sunday the final figure for the 2019 regular season was 3 hours, 5 minutes, 35 seconds.
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Rob Bradford / WEEI:
Source: Red Sox plan on offering Rafael Devers contract extension — Rafael Devers has earned a conversation reserved for a select few in Major League Baseball. — According to a source, the Red Sox are planning on offering Devers a contract extension in the offseason.
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Christopher Smith / Union-News:
Boston Red Sox trading Mookie Betts seems like realistic possibility; Ownership has 'right …
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Boston.com, Over the Monster, MLB Baseball News … and MLB Trade Rumors
