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mlb.mlb.com - 10/24/2009

Dodgers outline offseason needs

— mlb.mlb.com — By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com 10/23/09 7:49 PM ET LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti... and manager Joe Torre got an early start on the managing of offseason expectations Friday when they said an acquisition of an ace starting pitcher is ... (more) Dodgers outline offseason needs

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bizofbaseball.com - 10/22/2009

TBS Quotes and Interviews from NLCS Game 5

— bizofbaseball.com — The following are quotes and interviews from TBS' coverage of Game 5 of the NLCS, which saw... the Philadelphia Phillies eliminate the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 10-4 rout. ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** TBS MLB on Deck Ernie Johnson, Dennis Eckersley, Cal Ripken and David Well s ... (more) TBS Quotes and Interviews from NLCS Game 5

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subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com - 10/21/2009

Shocker! Tom Verducci slams CC Sabathia, A-Rod, and the Yankees - again

— subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com — Every Sports Illustrated Tom Verducci column ought to have the disclaimer "this author has financial ties with... Joe Torre, so take everything the writer says about the Yankees with a grain of salt." Make that a salt shaker. A day after writing an evisceration of Joe Girardi that he somehow missed ... (more) Shocker! Tom Verducci slams CC Sabathia, A-Rod, and the ...

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Elimination Blues
The Futility Infielder — ... managed from back on his heels throughout the game and indeed the series, failing to give Padilla an earlier hook and notably failing to get pinch-hitter Jim Thome to the plate with the bases loaded even at the expense of one of his trusted but underperforming position players. I suggested in last night's roundtable that one might have trouble finding an active manager with the cojones to bat Thome for one of his regulars, but a Casey Stengel or an Earl Weaver wouldn't have hesitated. Here's Joe's take: ...

Phillies Breakfast Links, October 23, 2009: Rocko the Drunken Mummer, Angels Force Game 6, Throwing Haymakers
The Good Phight — ... Why, oh why, did the Phillies win? Poor Joe Sheehan picks through the detrius over at Prospectus. Apparently Charlie Manuel managed...better! ...