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11:20 PM ET, October 10, 2008

October 10, 2008

11:10 PM

John Hickey / Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Mariners' search for new GM picks up steam

8:30 PM

Franklin McNeil / ESPN: ProElite, Slice-Petruzelli fight under investigation

8:00 PM

Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe: Pregame notes — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — First pitch is in roughly two hours.

7:10 PM

Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk.com: WINSLOW HAS SWOLLEN, UM, PARTS?

6:20 PM

Brooks / SPORTSbyBROOKS: Canseco ‘Detained’ at Mexican Border For Steroids

5:00 PM

Duk / Yahoo! Sports: As if the White Sox didn't have enough image problems ...

4:25 PM

Jim Baumbach / Newsday: Ray Knight, Mets remain apart

4:10 PM

Pete Caldera / NorthJersey.com: Yanks interested in Peavy

4:10 PM

Richie Rich / Home Run Derby: The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten cocky

3:55 PM

Jan Hubbard / Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Dallas Mavericks win, but baseball is the talk

3:35 PM

Wall Street Journal: Out of Left Field: The Errors In Counting Black Ballplayers

2:40 PM

Cliff Corcoran / Sports Illustrated: A closer look at Game 1 in the ALCS, NLCS Game 2

2:40 PM

Awful Announcing: AA Interview With Curtis Granderson

2:25 PM

ESPN: Manuel's mom dies; he'll manage Phils in Game 2

2:20 PM

ESPN: Simulations say ... Rays likely to advance

1:25 PM

Patrick Sullivan / Baseball Analysts: Sox/Rays — The Tampa Bay Rays had a tremendous season …

1:05 PM

Mark Healey / Gotham Baseball: The Heilman Maneuver — Everyone, it seems, has a blueprint …

12:50 PM

JSOnline: Conspicuous by absence — Viewers of baseball on television …

12:05 PM

Sam Mellinger / Mellinger's Blog on the Royals …: Help me build the ultimate Royals roster...please?

10:50 AM

SofaKing / Toronto Star: A.J. Burnett in no hurry to talk to Blue Jays

10:50 AM

Harvey Araton / New York Times: Wearing Dodger Blue With a Pinstripe T-Shirt

10:00 AM

Rick Morrissey / Chicago Tribune: Cuban: Financial crisis will slow Cubs sale

9:45 AM

Bob Nightengale / USA Today: Torre's brother: What Yanks did to Joe ‘was not right’

9:35 AM

Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times: The Boras Constellation Shines Brightly in October

9:30 AM

Sam Donnellon / Philly.com: Burrell turning jeers to cheers

9:15 AM

Jimmy Chuang / Taipei Times: Baseball players suspended in match-fixing probe

8:40 AM

Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports: Rays' numbers game

2:45 AM

Sean McAdam / Boston Herald: Five keys for the Red Sox

2:40 AM

David Sweet / MSNBC: The ‘smart’ choice to win the Series? Tampa

2:35 AM

Justin Einhorn / Yahoo! Sports: Los Angeles at Philadelphia

2:35 AM

Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com: Bucs' Moss should be ready for camp

2:35 AM

Ken Gurnick / MLB.com: Homers hurt Dodgers in Game 1

2:35 AM

Sean McAdam / Boston Herald: Tampa Bay Rays won't say sorry

1:05 AM

Liz Doup / FloriDUH: Women getting Mohawk-style bikini wax to support The Rays

October 9, 2008

8:30 PM

Chicagosports / Hardball: Hendry doesn't know — and doesn't care — who smashed water pipe

7:25 PM

Anthony Rieber / The Final Score: Baseball Hall to display “treasures” from 2008 season

7:15 PM

Chicagosports / RosenBlog: A Sox fan's revenge on a Cubs fan: And that, finally, was that

7:10 PM

Associated Press: Ex-big league pitcher, coach Dal Canton dies at 66

5:00 PM

ESPN: Chat with Scouts Inc.'s Keith Law

4:40 PM

Cliff Corcoran / Sports Illustrated: Previewing tonight's playoff game

4:35 PM

Chimpanzee Rage / Deuce of Davenport: Female Rays Fans Getting Mohawks Too...Down There

4:00 PM

Janie McCauley / Associated Press: Baker to manage son's youth team

2:45 PM

Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com: Higashioka hopes to hop on fast track

2:05 PM

Danielle Sessa / Bloomberg: Mets Sell Out $500,000 Luxury Suites Amid Wall Street Crisis

1:45 PM

Nick Friedell / Yahoo! Sports: Dennis Eckersley hates when you call his hairstyle a mullet

1:20 PM

George A. King III / New York Post: MOOSE MIGHT NOT QUIT

1:05 PM

ESPN.com: Mets' Burgos to be jailed 3 months awaiting trial

12:40 PM

MLB.com: Twins Exercise Club Option on Mike Redmond

12:35 PM

Ken Gurnick / MLB.com: Dodgers add Kuo to NLCS roster

12:30 PM

Signal to Noise: Pushing The Narratives — The benefit of my current work schedule …

11:45 AM

Patrick Sullivan / Baseball Analysts: Dodgers / Phills — Rob Neyer and David Cohen both make …

11:35 AM

Ken Gurnick / MLB.com: Kuo may replace Saito on NLCS roster

11:30 AM

Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune: Spending spree not in Sox GM Ken Williams' plans

10:55 AM

Mark Sheldon / MLB.com: Reds clear three off 40-man roster

10:40 AM

Steve Lombardi / WasWatching.com: RUSSO: BELTRAN/CANO DEAL IN THE WORKS?

9:15 AM

David S. Cohen / The Good Phight: Ten Things You Might Not Know About the Philadelphia Phillies

8:35 AM

Jim Street / MLB.com: Armstrong opens up about club's future

8:35 AM

John Brattain / Hardball Times: Why the Phillies will beat the Dodgers

8:10 AM

Steve Rubenstein / San Francisco Chronicle: Barry Bonds passes time at UCSF kids hospital

8:00 AM

Joe Sheehan / Unfiltered: Facts About Manny Ramirez

2:30 AM

Ken Gurnick / MLB.com: LA uses same NLDS rotation for NLCS

2:30 AM

Art Martone / Projo Sox Blog: Transcript: Terry Francona's Wednesday press conference

12:45 AM

Sylvia Lim / Bradenton.com: ‘Ray-hawk’ gets Manatee student in trouble

October 8, 2008

11:45 PM

Cliff Corcoran / Sports Illustrated: What We Learned: ALDS … Lester, who made headlines by throwing …

10:40 PM

Tim Marchman / Slate: A Prayer for the Tampa Bay Rays

7:30 PM

Los Angeles Times: Dodgers bullpen might not include Takashi Saito

6:15 PM

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com: Cubs pick up Harden's '09 option

5:55 PM

Joel Sherman / Hardball: Cano, Kuo and Abreu

5:15 PM

Andrew Baggarly / Mercury News: New Giants boss Neukom lays out his vision

3:55 PM

Pizza Cutter / Statistically Speaking: World Famous StatSpeak Roundtable: October 8

3:35 PM

Paul Schwartz / New York Post: RENTAL CAR TROUBLE FOR BURRESS

3:30 PM

Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com: Dodgers, Phillies linked in NLCS lore

3:30 PM

Chicago Tribune: Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag

3:30 PM

MLB.com: Cubs exercise 2009 club option for right-handed pitcher Rich Harden

3:25 PM

Pablo S. Torre / Sports Illustrated: How the economy is affecting sports fans

3:25 PM

Ken Davidoff / Newsday: Union may play role in where Sabathia goes

3:20 PM

Chad Finn / Boston Globe: Francona press conference

3:15 PM

From Sun-Times / Chicago Sun Times: No surgery for Harden; Cubs pick up option for 2009

3:15 PM

Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com: Shapiro: We'll be ‘relentless’ shoppers

3:15 PM

Paul Hoynes / Plain Dealer: CLEVELAND INDIANS — Baseball News, Schedule, Pictures, and More

3:05 PM

Todd Zolecki / Philly.com: Phillies keep same rotation for NLCS

2:40 PM

Tyler Kepner / New York Times: When Philadelphia Was a Winner

1:50 PM

Ian Browne / MLB.com: Mull it over, Skip: Rotation yet to be set

1:35 PM

Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated: Examining baseball's final four (cont.)

1:35 PM

Buster Olney / ESPN: Call it butterfly season

12:55 PM

Mike Jensen / Philly.com: McCarver outspoken about L.A.'s dread man

12:55 PM

Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe: Rotation set; Matsuzaka to pitch Game 1

12:30 PM

ESPN.com: McCarver: In Boston, Manny's act was ‘despicable’

12:20 PM

By Rick Telander / Chicago Sun Times: Cubs pipe smasher(s?) should confess

12:20 PM

Associated Press: Japan to ban amateurs from leaving freely for MLB

12:05 PM

David Chalk / Bugs & Cranks: The 2008 Red Sox As Bond Villains

12:00 PM

James Janega / Chicago Tribune: Cubs fan's loyalty for sale on eBay

11:55 AM

David Pinto / Baseball Musings: NLCS: Dodgers Versus Phillies

11:50 AM

Larry Stone / Seattle Times: Mariners to begin GM interviews

11:50 AM

Greg Bishop / The Fifth Down: Favre Adds Prank to List of Greatest Hits

11:00 AM

Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times: Marmol injured in car accident; surgery possible for Harden

10:40 AM

David Murphy / Philly.com: Phillies Notebook: Seanez could take Happ's place on Phillies' NLCS roster

10:35 AM

Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe: Zimmer the ultimate common denominator

10:25 AM

Garett Sloane / AM New York: Yankee Stadium goes out on a whimper as planned finale axed

9:40 AM

Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe: Sox' issue: How to spin rotation

9:10 AM

Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune: Harden to visit shoulder specialist

8:35 AM

Kranepool Society: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SKILL SETS

8:35 AM

Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe: Pedroia snapped out of it at key time

8:30 AM

Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News: Yanks decide against a Stadium swan song

6:15 AM

Ross Newhan / Los Angeles Times: Don Mattingly is a big hit with the Dodgers

5:35 AM

Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch: George Kissell: 1920-2008

2:30 AM

UPI: Report: ‘Bull Durham 2’ in the works

2:30 AM

Corey Brock / MLB.com: Padres file grievance against Greene

2:30 AM

New York Post: RIVERA HAS SHOULDER SURGERY

2:30 AM

MLB.com: Royals skipper answers fans' questions during Web chat

2:30 AM

Steve Gilbert / MLB.com: Scherzer taking steps toward '09 in AFL

12:55 AM

Chicago Tribune: Cubs' Carlos Marmol injured in car accident

12:35 AM

Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register: Despite loss, Angels say they are a better team than Boston

12:15 AM

Gary Shelton / St. Petersburg Times: Bring on Boston — In a now familiar sight — but not old …

12:05 AM

Josh Kalk / Hardball Times: Anatomy of a player: Hiroki Kuroda

October 7, 2008

11:45 PM

Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog: Girardi is the subject on WFAN

11:45 PM

mdn.mainichi.jp: Japan baseball execs to introduce ban to curb drift to major leagues

10:40 PM

Billy Witz / New York Times: Ex-Leading Men Are Now Acting as Bit Players for Dodgers

10:40 PM

Steve Conley / MLB.com: Hughes dominates in AFL season debut

10:20 PM

Associated Press: Rockies let go 3 coaches

9:35 PM

David Justice / Yes Network: The Justice Column: Playing virtual GM

9:15 PM

Marty Noble / MLB.com: Mailbag: Where do Mets go from here? — Beat reporter Marty …

8:40 PM

Associated Press: Mets reliever Burgos surrenders in hit-and-run

8:30 PM

Associated Press: Bonds says he relishes ‘freedom’ from baseball

8:10 PM

Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors: Where Could Prince Land? — By Tim Dierkes [October 7 at 4:47pm CST]

7:15 PM

New York Post: HALOS LOSE - AND YANKS DO, TOO

6:40 PM

Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated: Steady Torre makes the difference

5:55 PM

Duk / Yahoo! Sports: The '81 Dodgers sing ‘We Are The Champions’ on Solid Gold

5:40 PM

Brian McTaggart / Houston Chronicle: Market Watch — Splashy acquisitions are unlikely …

5:40 PM

Arizona Republic: Arizona Fall League opens Tuesday

5:35 PM

ESPN: ESPN gets rights to 2009 World Baseball Classic

4:50 PM

Wallace Matthews / Newsday: Mets are crazy if they sign Manny

4:20 PM

Associated Press: Mariners bring in D-Backs candidates for GM

3:35 PM

Associated Press: Tiger Stadium still standing thanks to council vote

2:15 PM

George A. King III / New York Post: A.J. DECISION COMING ASAP

2:15 PM

John Harper / NY Daily News: Don't blame Mike Scioscia for calling bunt that squeezes Angels out of playoffs

2:05 PM

Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times: Angels have some important off-season decisions to make

1:25 PM

Tony Jackson / Inside the Dodgers: Playing hooky — Your favorite correspondent skipped …

1:15 PM

Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports: Furcal is Dodgers' return man

1:10 PM

Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors: Manny Looking For Five Years, $85 Million?

12:10 PM

Mark Sheldon / MLB.com: Jocketty: Reds won't re-sign Patterson

12:00 PM

New York Post: TEIXEIRA PERFECT FIT FOR BOMBERS

12:00 PM

11:30 AM

Inside / Boston Herald: Frank Caliendo makes pitch to fans

11:25 AM

Corey Brock / MLB.com: Padres part ways with Bard, Estes

11:25 AM

David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Alabama son Peavy to pitch for Braves? It's possible

11:10 AM

Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe: The old days weren't this good

10:45 AM

Red Sox Monster: Jonathan Papelbon turns Craig Sager's pumpkin suit into fizzy goodness

10:40 AM

Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times: Red Sox send Angels home again

9:35 AM

Austin Knoblauch / LA Times Sports Blog: Lisa Guerrero: Time to end this monkey business?

9:30 AM

Amy K. Nelson / ESPN: Angels seething after being squeezed out of the playoffs

8:30 AM

Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News: Moose call on next year still on hold

5:50 AM

Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News: Postseason Insider: Beckett says his OK, others think differently

5:15 AM

Joshua Robinson / New York Times: Memories of Playing on Papa Hemingway's Ball Field

2:20 AM

T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com: Mailbag: Will Diamond shine for Texas?

2:15 AM

Duk / Yahoo! Sports: The surging Rays stage another clubhouse party for the ages

2:15 AM

Bill Chastain / MLB.com: Rays clinch, punch ticket to ALCS

2:15 AM

David Just / MLB.com: Guillen quick to give Rays their due

2:15 AM

Jordan Bastian / MLB.com: Another first, another Rays celebration

2:15 AM

Jack O'Connell / MLB.com: Ten Frick Award finalists announced

12:20 AM

Pat Borzi / New York Times: A First for the Rays After Years in Last — CHICAGO — Cliff Floyd thought he was safe.

October 6, 2008

11:45 PM

David Leon Moore / USA Today: Notes: Ramirez says he's pulling for his ‘boys’ in Boston

10:50 PM

By Maureen O'Donnell / Chicago Sun Times: Cubs fans erect shrine to futility

10:30 PM

Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe: Sox vs. Angels, ALDS Game 4

9:10 PM

Howard Ulman / Associated Press: Lowell off Red Sox's postseason roster

8:30 PM

Gary Dzen / Boston Globe: Sox replace Lowell on ALDS roster

7:55 PM

Michael Vega / Boston Globe: Scioscia: 'We're going to win,' Part Deux

7:50 PM

Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline: Braun hopes Sabathia stays

6:05 PM

Bob Klapisch / Bronx Banter: Lasting Yankee Stadium Memory #29

5:40 PM

Joe Pawlikowski / MLB Rumors: Where Will Atlanta Find A Bat?

4:55 PM

Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated: Steady Torre makes the difference (cont.)

4:00 PM

Keith Law / ESPN: Addition of cutter has made Danks an elite arm

3:15 PM

Tina Moore / NY Daily News: Woman reunited with dad's ashes, readers give fan sacred Shea dirt

3:10 PM

Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe: Lester's newest moment

3:00 PM

Toni Ginnetti / Chicago Sun Times: ‘Blackout’ electrifies Sox

2:55 PM

David Pinto / Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today — The story is the same as Sunday in the ALDS …

2:40 PM

Fox Sports: With Brewers out, CC sweepstakes can begin

2:35 PM

David Lefort / Boston Globe: Amalie Benjamin Q&A — The Globe's Amalie Benjamin checked …

2:15 PM

Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog: Thoughts on the playoffs (and other other random things)

1:35 PM

Andrew Beaton / Hot Foot: My Outrage at Citi Field

12:55 PM

Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times: Rays' Upton finding power stroke again

12:40 PM

Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune: Soriano blames flop in postseason on Cubs' make-up

12:15 PM

Mark Bowman / MLB.com: Mailbag: Where will Atlanta find a bat?

11:55 AM

Joe Posnanski / Kansas City Star: Royals' GM Moore has had enough

11:00 AM

Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog: A-Rod: Ace recruiter for the Yankees

11:00 AM

Michael David Smith / FanHouse: Redskins Owner Dan Snyder Is Fired Up

10:55 AM

Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe: Wobbly Beckett grits it out

10:40 AM

Brian Costello / New York Post: LEFTY LIKELY ON RADAR OF METS, YANKS

9:45 AM

Rich Hofmann / Philly.com: Charlie Manuel out to earn title of “winner”

9:05 AM

Sarah Schorno / Deadspin: Meet The Man Who Felled Kimbo

5:55 AM

Anita Hassan / Houston Chronicle: Backe among 8 held after scuffle with police at isle hotel

5:00 AM

Dan Duggan / Boston Herald: Big left turn in Red Sox rotation

2:30 AM

Bill Reiter / Kansas City Star: Former MU star pitcher Crow enjoys his break in the action

1:55 AM

Howard Ulman / Associated Press: Angels, Red Sox tied at 4 in 10th

1:10 AM

Associated Press: White Sox still kicking

October 5, 2008

11:55 PM

Bob Nightengale / USA Today: Notes: Sabathia would like a 2nd round as Milwaukee's finest

10:45 PM

Tom Haudricourt / Brewers Blog: Emotional Sheets says goodbyes

9:50 PM

Joe Frisaro / MLB.com: CC leaves door open for return to Crew

8:20 PM

Larry Stone / Seattle Times: Mariners could still get a winner with No. 2 draft pick

7:55 PM

Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated: Brewers considering run at Sabathia

7:40 PM

Kobrien / On the Yankees beat: Red Sox try to close out ALDS

7:40 PM

Art Martone / Projo Sox Blog: Transcript: Mike Scioscia pregame in the interview room

7:15 PM

Nancy Armour / Associated Press: Phillies advance to first NLCS since '93

7:10 PM

Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe: White Sox hold off Rays' party

7:05 PM

David Pinto / Baseball Musings: White Sox Threaten

6:00 PM

Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe: Pregame notes — There is no need to be alarmed about the lack …

5:45 PM

Phil Rogers / Chicago Tribune: No need for Cubs to rush decision on Kosuke Fukudome

5:20 PM

Tyler Kepner / New York Times: Cubs Again Save Their Worst for Last

4:20 PM

Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune: Cubs swept out of playoffs by Dodgers

2:55 PM

Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times: Speedy Rays expect damp field in Chicago

2:35 PM

Associated Press: Bud Selig gets a standing ovation for this strike

2:00 PM

David Pinto / Baseball Musings: Lovable No More — The Cubs choked. This wasn't a typical Cubs bizarre defeat.

1:40 PM

Ken Davidoff / Newsday: Padres' Peavy could be an option for the Yankees

12:50 PM

David Pinto / Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today — Kudos to TBS for spreading today's games out so we can see all of them.

12:30 PM

Sports Illustrated: Why White Sox have best chance to comeback

12:25 PM

Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe: Script is near perfect

11:50 AM

Yahoo! Sports: Cubs' Fukudome heckled at Chicago's O'Hare airport

2:40 AM

Bill Ladson / MLB.com: Cordero agrees to terms with Nats

2:40 AM

Lyle Spencer / MLB.com: Angels' chances hinge on offense

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