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Nicholas Sakelaris / UPI:
Rays bash A's in AL wild-card playoff, advance to face Astros in ALDS — The Tampa Bay Rays hit four home runs and their pitching held the Oakland Athletics in check during the American League wild-card playoff in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday night. — Rays third-baseman Yandy Diaz smacked …
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Brandon Meyer / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays-Astros division series tickets go on sale today at 4 p.m. — Games 3 and 4 will be played at Tropicana Field. — Updated — Tickets to Games 3 and 4 of the American League Division series between the Rays and Houston Astros will go on sale today, beginning at 4 p.m.
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Janie McCauley / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
A's set sights on division after another wild-card loss — Oakland Athletics might need to find a way to win the AL West to guarantee themselves a long playoff series. — Pulling past the powerful Astros is the next aim for the A's, daunting as it might be.
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Ben Ross / NBCSports.com:
A's elimination-game futility continues in AL wild-card loss to Rays
A's elimination-game futility continues in AL wild-card loss to Rays
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Craig Calcaterra / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Cardinals, Braves face off in NLDS Game 1 — On paper this may be the most evenly-matched of the four Division Series, so it's definitely got that going for it. No alpha teams like the Dodgers or Astros, no historical yips like the Twins have with the Yankees.
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Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Cardinals rally to get the best of the Braves in wild ending to Game 1 of their NLDS series — ATLANTA — It is one of the state of the art stadiums in baseball, a destination area ringed with bars, restaurants and more bars to enhance the fan experience. — Given the Braves lack of success …
Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves' Chris Martin Likely Out For Rest Of Postseason — 10:59pm: Atlanta's “likely” to replace Martin with Teheran, per Bowman. — 9:20pm: The Braves lost Game 1 after a bullpen implosion, and it appears they'll have to go the rest of the playoffs without Martin.
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Connor Grott / UPI:
NLDS: St. Louis Cardinals hold off Atlanta Braves to grab 1-0 series lead
NLDS: St. Louis Cardinals hold off Atlanta Braves to grab 1-0 series lead
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Brodie Van Wagenen, Mickey Callaway to speak ahead of Mets resolution — Brodie Van Wagenen was scheduled to talk to Mickey Callaway on Thursday, with the plan to resolve the Mets managing situation no later than Friday, sources told The Post. — The Mets have yet to publicly indicate whether …
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
Mets fire Mickey Callaway — Goodbye Mickey ball and hello Mickey fall. — Mickey Callaway's shaky two-year Mets tenure ended Thursday with a pink slip. The manager was fired by the Mets, the team announced, allowing general manager Brodie Van Wagenen to pursue his own man for the job.
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ESPN:
Mets dismiss Mickey Callaway after 86-win campaign — Mickey Callaway was the toast of New York when the Mets won 11 of their first 12 games with him as manager in 2018. — Less than two years later, Callaway no longer has a job. — The Mets on Thursday cut ties with the second-year manager despite …
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Matt Martell / Sports Illustrated:
Dodgers vs. Nationals Is an Absolutely Loaded Series — There's a lot riding on the Nationals-Dodgers NLDS. The Dodgers are seeking a third straight World Series berth and their first title since 1988. The Nationals are trying to reach the NLCS for the first time.
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Beth Harris / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Nats' Strasburg back from bullpen, starts Game 2 vs Kershaw
Nats' Strasburg back from bullpen, starts Game 2 vs Kershaw
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Nature:
Two major accretion epochs in M31 from two distinct populations of globular clusters — Subjects — Abstract — Large galaxies grow through the accumulation of dwarf galaxies1,2. In principle it is possible to trace this growth history via the properties of a galaxy's stellar halo3,4,5.
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Corey Seidman / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Last few years would've been so much different if Phillies kept Charlie Morton — Charlie Morton earned the win in Wednesday night's wild-card game between the Rays and the A's. He didn't allow an earned run over five innings, departing with a four-run lead that Tampa Bay's uber-talented bullpen maintained.
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