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Jim Salisbury / NBCSports.com:
Phillies' 11-year quest to reclaim World Series trophy leads them to Joe Girardi — Ten years ago, John Middleton walked into the quiet visiting clubhouse at Yankee Stadium, patted Ryan Howard on the shoulder and uttered the words that have since become as much a part of him as his square jaw and large bank account.
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Sports Illustrated, MLB Baseball News … and Amazin' Avenue
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Dylan A. Chase / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies Reportedly To Hire Joe Girardi As Manager — According to a tweet from Todd Zolecki of MLB.com, the Phillies have hired former Yankees and Marlins manager Joe Girardi as their new skipper. The club had recently been rumored to have Girardi among their final three candidates for the job …
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MLB Baseball News …, Phillies Nation, MLB Daily Dish and Bleacher Nation
Chris Chavez / Sports Illustrated:
Report: Cubs to Hire World Series Champion David Ross As Manager — The Chicago Cubs have decided to hire 2016 World Series champion catcher David Ross as their next manager. — The Chicago Cubs will reportedly named former catcher and 2016 World Series champion David Ross as the team's next manager …
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NBCSports.com, MLB Trade Rumors, Cubs Insider, MLB Daily Dish and Viva El Birdos
Associated Press:
TV audience for World Series' Game 1 falls 11.4% from 2018 — MLB, Houston Astros, Washington Nationals — The World Series opener between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros narrowly averted setting a record low. — Washington's 5-4 victory Tuesday night averaged 12,194,000 television viewers …
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ESPN and baseballmusings.com
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Sources: Cubs hiring David Ross as manager
Sources: Cubs hiring David Ross as manager
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Chicago Sun-Times, Royals Review, UPI, USA Today and Daily Herald
Jim Salisbury / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Phillies hire new scouting director Brian Barber away from Yankees
Phillies hire new scouting director Brian Barber away from Yankees
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Fish Stripes, The Good Phight and MLB Trade Rumors
Andy Martino / SNY:
Gerrit Cole to Yankees might be longshot — but expect them to try — Cole more likely for Yanks than Anthony Rendon — Remember last October, when we reported that the Yankees did not plan to strongly pursue Manny Machado, and weren't interested in Bryce Harper at all? — Well, we bring more hopeful news today.
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MLB Trade Rumors, Elite Sports NY and Pinstripe Alley
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
MLBTR Poll: Record Money For Gerrit Cole? — Astros right-hander Gerrit Cole is just moments away from taking the ball against the Nationals in Game 1 of the teams' World Series matchup. It's a well-deserved honor for Cole, who has perhaps been the premier pitcher in baseball this season.
Mark Townsend / Yahoo! Sports:
World Series Game 2: Nationals dominate Astros to take 2-0 lead
World Series Game 2: Nationals dominate Astros to take 2-0 lead
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Sports Illustrated, MLB Baseball News … and baseballmusings.com
Connor Grott / UPI:
World Series: Washington Nationals crush Houston Astros to take 2-0 lead
World Series: Washington Nationals crush Houston Astros to take 2-0 lead
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MLB Baseball News …
Bill Baer / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Nationals, Astros lineups for World Series Game 2
Nationals, Astros lineups for World Series Game 2
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NBCSports.com, Yahoo! Sports and Bluebird Banter
James Wagner / New York Times:
Stephen Strasburg: A King of the Hill Becomes a Lord of the Dance
Stephen Strasburg: A King of the Hill Becomes a Lord of the Dance
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baseballmusings.com
Stephanie Apstein / Sports Illustrated:
Astros Staffer's Outburst at Female Reporters Illustrates MLB's Forgive-and-Forget Attitude Toward Domestic Violence — After the Astros clinched the AL pennant, a staffer looked at female reporters and shouted “Thank God we got Osuna! I'm so f— glad we got Osuna!
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Chandler Rome / Houston Chronicle:
Astros executive Brandon Taubman under fire for Osuna comments — Astros assistant general manager Brandon Taubman yelled in the direction of a group of female reporters during the team's American League Championship Series clubhouse celebration on Saturday, three eyewitnesses …
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USA Today, ESPN, MLB Baseball News …, Sports Illustrated, NBCSports.com, New York Post, Associated Press, NESN.com, Bleacher Nation, Deadspin and Halos Heaven
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB looking into longtime umpire Rob Drake's tweet — Major League Baseball is looking into a since-deleted tweet by longtime major league umpire Rob Drake, according to a league spokesman. — Drake tweeted late Tuesday that he planned to buy an assault rifle “because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way …
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AZ Snake Pit, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, Slate, MLB Baseball News …, Deadspin, New York Post and NESN.com
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Jesse Yomtov / USA Today:
MLB umpire Joe West suing former All-Star Paul Lo Duca for claiming he took bribes
MLB umpire Joe West suing former All-Star Paul Lo Duca for claiming he took bribes
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News …, Halos Heaven and Deadspin
Jason Mackey / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Travis Williams as Pirates president makes plenty of sense — There has been no shortage of Gerrit Cole and Tyler Glasnow jokes made at the Pirates' expense this postseason, with fans pointing out a variety of personnel decisions the club has made recently, ones that have gone horribly wrong.
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Bleacher Nation, DKPittsburghSports.com, Bucs Dugout, MLB Trade Rumors and baseballmusings.com
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Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates, Team President Frank Coonelly Part Ways
Pirates, Team President Frank Coonelly Part Ways
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and MLB Baseball News …
Dylan A. Chase / MLB Trade Rumors:
Padres Expected To Hire Jayce Tingler As Manager — According to a tweet from ESPN's Jeff Passan, the Padres are expected to name Rangers coach Jayce Tingler as their new manager (link). Passan characterizes the hiring as a done deal. — By all indications, this hiring promises to be a pivotal one.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Texas Rangers won't be opening Globe Life Field. These country music superstars will. — The first event scheduled at Globe Life Field is ... not a Texas Rangers baseball game. — The ballclub announced Wednesday morning that the Chris Stapleton All-American Road Show …
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Dallas Morning News
ESPN:
Olney: What scenes from Astros' celebration, Yankees' exit tell us about both teams — The titans of the AL parted with gestures of respect, but the Bombers head into the offseason trying to level up to get past Houston.
Discussion:
Phillies Nation, MLB.com, NESN.com and MLB Trade Rumors