For Aaron Boone and Yankees, it's go bold or go home in ALCS  —  HOUSTON — If it wasn't abundantly clear already, Game 2 of the American League Championship Series crystallized the ethos of the New York Yankees: They are not going to sit back and watch the Houston Astros wrest a World Series berth from their lifeless hands.

Sam Fuld Declines To Interview For Managerial Vacancies With Cubs, Mets, Pirates  —  Former big league outfielder Sam Fuld, currently serving as the Phillies' Major League player information coordinator, declined the opportunity to interview with the Cubs, Mets, and Pirates for their managerial vacancies, MLBTR has learned.

Angels employee says cooperating with feds is ‘right thing to do’  —  Los Angeles Angels communications director Eric Kay, who last month told U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents that he provided opioids to Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, said in a statement to Outside the Lines on Sunday that it's …

MLB Playoffs Daily: Cardinals' bats need to wake up against Nationals  —  MLB, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals  —  Having seen their offense stymied for a total of four hits in the first two games of the NL Championship Series, the Cardinals need to get something going offensively.

Mets To Interview Eduardo Perez  —  The Mets will interview former big league first baseman Eduardo Perez as part of their managerial search, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports (via Twitter).  Perez joins former Yankees skipper Joe Girardi, former big league outfielder Carlos Beltran …

Rick Honeycutt Retires From Role As Dodgers' Pitching Coach  —  Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt will not return to that job in 2020, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman told reporters including MLB.com's Ken Gurnick (via Twitter).  Honeycutt is expected to remain in the organization in a special assistant capacity.

Chiefs of Georgia native tribes call tomahawk chop ‘inappropriate’  —  Braves team to talk with Native Americans about future of ritual  —  The Atlanta Braves' front office says it will hold talks with Native Americans during the offseason in deciding whether to keep or axe the 27-year-old tomahawk chop tradition.