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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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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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Bluebird Banter, Halos Heaven, Yahoo! Sports, Associated Press and Let's Go Tribe
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.
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, The Crawfish Boxes, Sports Illustrated and baseballmusings.com
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 …
Randy Miller / New Jersey Online:
Why Giancarlo Stanton is out of Yankees' lineup for Game 2 of ALCS | What it means
Why Giancarlo Stanton is out of Yankees' lineup for Game 2 of ALCS | What it means
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South Side Sox, MLB Baseball News … and Pinstripe Alley
New York Times:
Astros Beat Yankees as Bullpen Battle Ends With One Swing
Astros Beat Yankees as Bullpen Battle Ends With One Swing
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The Crawfish Boxes, MLB Baseball News … and baseballmusings.com
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Astros-Yankees ALCS represents how far Rangers still must go to catch title contenders
Astros-Yankees ALCS represents how far Rangers still must go to catch title contenders
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Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Latest On Giancarlo Stanton
Latest On Giancarlo Stanton
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Phillies will interview Dusty Baker for manager's job — The Phillies have been granted permission by the Giants to interview Dusty Baker for their vacant managerial position. — Baker, 70, who managed the Cubs for four seasons (2003-06) during a 22-year managerial career, will interview later this week, a source confirmed.
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NBCSports.com, MLB Baseball News …, MLB Trade Rumors, Amazin' Avenue, Phillies Nation and The Good Phight
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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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Amazin' Avenue, Phillies Nation and Cubs Insider
Alex Pavlovic / NBCSports.com:
Source: Giants interested in Cubs' Will Venable for managerial opening
Source: Giants interested in Cubs' Will Venable for managerial opening
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McCovey Chronicles and MLB Baseball News …
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
ESPN considers blowing up Sunday night booth around Alex Rodriguez — ESPN will consider breaking up its “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcast team, The Post has learned. — Alex Rodriguez is safe, according to sources. With one more year on his ESPN deal, A-Rod will be back, no matter who else is in the booth.
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MLB Trade Rumors, MLB Baseball News …, Cubs Insider, Bleacher Nation and Sports Illustrated
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
Pete Rose: $100 million lost for betting on Cincinnati Reds, baseball is punishment enough — Among the candid remarks made by Hit King and former Cincinnati Reds great Pete Rose during an interview on the No Filter Sports podcast was his declaration that his lifetime ban from baseball …
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NESN.com
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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Mercury News, Halos Heaven, Daily News and MLB Baseball News …
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Jared Diamond / Wall Street Journal:
Late Angels Pitcher Received Drugs From Team Employee
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 …
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
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.