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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Having spurned the Yankees as a teenager, Astros' Gerrit Cole has another chance to break New York hearts — NEW YORK — He's the one that got away for the New York Yankees. — The Yankees first laid eyes on him more than a decade ago, fell deeply in love, proposed, and were ready to exchange vows.
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Associated Press, Houston Chronicle, MLB Baseball News … and Baseball Prospectus
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
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.
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Pinstripe Alley, Sports Illustrated and baseballmusings.com
ESPN:
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.
ESPN:
Sources: Forecast rain for Wednesday could alter NLCS, ALCS schedules — The schedule for both the American League and National League Championship Series could be altered because of the forecast of heavy rain in New York on Wednesday, sources told ESPN. — With the possibility …
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Yahoo! Sports, Halos Heaven, Associated Press and Let's Go Tribe
Marly Rivera / ESPN:
Yankees, Astros plan to make Game 4 a bullpen game — NEW YORK — The New York Yankees' bullpen seemingly will need all the extra rest it got in the final weeks of the regular season. — During a workout day Monday, with neither the Yankees nor the Houston Astros actually working …
New York Times:
Astros Beat Yankees as Bullpen Battle Ends With One Swing
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The Crawfish Boxes, MLB Baseball News … and baseballmusings.com
Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Latest On Giancarlo Stanton
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MLB Baseball News … and Pinstripe Alley
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Astros-Yankees ALCS represents how far Rangers still must go to catch title contenders
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Lone Star Ball
Randy Miller / New Jersey Online:
Why Giancarlo Stanton is out of Yankees' lineup for Game 2 of ALCS | What it means
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MLB Baseball News … and Pinstripe Alley
Gerard Gilberto / Tampa Bay Rays on Yahoo! Sports:
ALCS Game 1: Yankees nab commanding road victory against Astros
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Pinstripe Alley, Beyond the Box Score, Over the Monster and The Crawfish Boxes
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
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.
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Phillies Nation, Amazin' Avenue and Cubs Insider
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Alex Pavlovic / NBCSports.com:
Source: Giants interested in Cubs' Will Venable for managerial opening — SAN FRANCISCO — Bruce Bochy spent 25 consecutive years as a big league manager, but it appears the Giants are looking to go the opposite route as they search for Bochy's replacement.
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McCovey Chronicles and MLB Baseball News …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Phillies will interview Dusty Baker for manager's job
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MLB Baseball News …, MLB Trade Rumors, NBCSports.com, Phillies Nation and The Good Phight
T.J. Quinn / ESPN:
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 …
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Halos Heaven, Mercury News, Daily News, MLB Baseball News … and Orange County Register
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T.J. Quinn / ESPN:
Angels employee details team's knowledge of Tyler Skaggs' drug use to DEA
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Halos Heaven, Bleacher Nation, MLB Baseball News … and Sports Illustrated
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
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 …
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Amazin' Avenue
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
The Mets dangers in letting Joe Girardi battle begin
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NBCSports.com, Bleacher Nation, Newsday, Cubs Insider, Amazin' Avenue, Phillies Nation and MLB Trade Rumors
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
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.
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MLB Baseball News …
Ryan Ford / Detroit Free Press:
Here's what the Detroit Tigers can learn from other historic losers — Yes, it was a long season for the Detroit Tigers, as they piled up 114 losses. Still, they're not alone in the 114-loss club; five other MLB teams have lost at least that many since the start of the American League in 1901.
Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's Christenson up for Pirates' manager job; Matt Williams headed to Korea — After the A's second consecutive trip to the postseason, the team's coaching staff is drawing interest for managerial openings. — First, quality control coach Mark Kotsay interviewed for the Giants' position last Monday …
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NBCSports.com, Greensburg Tribune-Review and MLB Trade Rumors
