Top News:
Josh Thomson / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Rivera: “This is the way we should play.” — On a night that harkened back to Octobers past, the Yankees won 4-1. They took advantage of three errors, scored when they could and rode eight innings from their ace and a ninth from their closer. — “I think the whole team played tremendous,” Mariano Rivera said.
RELATED:
Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
ALCS Game 2: Angels at Yankees — YANKEES — Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (0-0, 1.50 ERA) — ANGELS — WEATHER: Not much better - and probably worse - than yesterday. It's cold and brisk with rain lingering all over the area. In other words, perfect baseball weather. Check out the forecast here.
C. Trent Rosecrans / CNATI:
Price excited to join Reds — Not that the past week was the best time to sight-see in Cincinnati, but for new Reds pitching coach Bryan Price, it was enough to sell him on the job. — “I didn't know a great deal about the whole situation there until I got a chance to fly up there and visit …
RELATED:
Drew Silva / MLB Rumors:
Odds & Ends: Strasburg, Astros, Reds — A few more items before the Angels and Yankees get underway in a cold and rainy New York City... - Dave Perkin of Baseball America dissects Stephen Strasburg's impressive Arizona Fall League debut. The 21-year-old right-hander …
Yahoo! Sports:
Don't call it a sellout - because it wasn't — NEW YORK - The sellout kerfuffle started at 10:17 p.m. The New York Yankees announced the attendance for Game 1 of the American League Championship Series - 49,688 - but didn't call it a sellout, as is standard practice. Someone tweeted that it wasn't a sellout.
RELATED:
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Pricing the Kids Out — The Yankees took the field in gruesome weather Friday night — cold, windy, rainy — for the first game of the American League Championship Series against the clumsily named Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. — The game was played in the new Yankee Stadium …
Discussion:
Mets Today
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
In Baseball, Stuff Happens. Just Deal With It. — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers had two runners on base with no one out in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday, so they ordered Russell Martin to bunt. Squaring around, he let four straight pitches from Chan Ho Park zip past …
Chuck Finder / PBC Blog:
Perry Hill not returning to Pirates; Searage promoted — The Pirates announced this morning that first base coach and infield instructor Perry Hill will not return to the organization next year. — “We made an aggressive attempt to bring Perry back, including exercising his option …
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Thome returns to Philly as key LA cog — Veteran was dealt to make room for rising star Howard — PHILADELPHIA — Jim Thome had played three years of a seven-year contract for the Phillies when they were faced with one of those decisions that set the course of a franchise for years to come.
Discussion:
MLB Rumors
George A. King III / New York Post:
Drug testers back in Bronx for ALCS — Members of MLB's drug testing team might want to rent a room at Yankee Stadium. — For the second time in a week the testing team was at the Stadium last night collecting urine samples from two members of the Yankees and Angels after the Yankees' 4-1 victory in Game 1 of the ALCS.
Discussion:
MLB Daily Dish
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Technology to play big role at new stadium — Jumbotrons, scanners aimed at improving fan experience … MIAMI — At the Marlins' new ballpark, being in your seat isn't the only way to watch all the action. — A trip to the concession stand doesn't mean you will miss, say, a home run.
Discussion:
FishStripes
ESPN:
Cubs to talk to Jaramillo — The Chicago Cubs have received permission from the Texas Rangers to speak with hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo, according to MLB.com. — Jaramillo told people close to him that he would like to go to a team that has a chance to go to the playoffs and win right away …
