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AL Wild Card: Joe Mauer, Twins seek payback

Associated Press

Minnesota Twins star Joe Mauer remembers well all those October losses to the New York Yankees. In the Twins clubhouse, though, it might as well be ancient history. Back in the playoffs for the first time in seven years, Mauer and the Twins will face the Yankees in the American League wild-card...

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Dodgers mailbag: Who should be National League MVP?
The regular season is over. The Dodgers went 104-58. That’s pretty good! It also falls short of the outsized expectations the team created during the summer, when they were on pace for 116 victories. These are the breaks when you assemble the most talented 40-man roster in the sport with the highest...
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Young girl hit by line drive at Yankee Stadium had facial fractures and bleeding on the brain, father says
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Dodgers set to open playoffs Friday against NL wild-card winner
Angels
Angels head to offseason with a victory and plans to shore up the offense
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Dodgers can finally focus on playoffs after beating Rockies to wrap up regular season

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Baseball notes: Terry Collins resigns as manager of Mets
Associated Press
New York Mets manager Terry Collins resigned Sunday after seven seasons and said he will take a position in the team's front office. “It's been a blast, but it's time,” the 68-year-old Collins said. Collins announced he was stepping down after the Mets lost to Philadelphia 11-0, finishing a 70-92...
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Dodgers don't intend to use Clayton Kershaw on short rest in first round of playoffs
Andy McCullough
In a meeting with Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw in the middle of September, manager Dave Roberts informed Kershaw that the team does not intend to use him on short rest in the first round of the playoffs, bucking a trend from the past four postseasons. With Kershaw lined up for Game 1 on Friday,...

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Ricky Nolasco makes 33rd start for Angels, who must replace his 181 innings next season
Pedro Moura
Ricky Nolasco stepped to the mound sporting an Angels uniform Saturday night for what will almost assuredly be the last time. He wiggled his arm often and winced after each of the Seattle Mariners’ three extra-base hits. In visuals and in its 51/3-inning length, the outing was perfectly typical...
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Dodgers defeat Rockies and will head to playoffs with home-field advantage
Andy McCullough
On Saturday afternoon, the day of his 30th birthday, Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen ambled into the visitors’ clubhouse and walked over to a few teammates seated at a table. Jansen knew the math ? his team needed only one victory to clinch home-field advantage and ensure that the road to the 2017...
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MLB notes: Matt Cain calls it a career as Giants lose 3-2 to Padres
Associated Press
Matt Cain raised his arms and waved his cap, fighting off tears amid a standing ovation as he walked off the mound for the last time Saturday. Cain's decorated 13-year career came to an end with him pitching five shutout innings in the San Francisco Giants 3-2 loss to the San Diego Padres. The...

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Dodgers figure to go with Kershaw, Hill and Darvish, in that order, in playoffs
Andy McCullough
With Clayton Kershaw primed to start Game 1 of the National League division series, the Dodgers are lining up Rich Hill and Yu Darvish to pitch behind him ? in that order. Hill is set up to pitch the second game at Dodger Stadium, with Darvish on track to start on the road in the third game. The...
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How Dodgers fare in postseason will show whether Andrew Friedman's process is working
Bill Shaikin
The burden of winning this October falls most heavily upon a man who does not let it show, at least not in public. He laughs easily as he strides with purpose across the field, exchanging greetings with players, coaches, agents, and even reporters. Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers’ president of baseball...

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Three up, three down: Twins and Verlander complete turnarounds
Bill Shaikin
A look at what’s trending this week in Major League Baseball: THREE UP Anti-tank weapons: The Minnesota Twins had the worst record in the major leagues last year. Now they’re the first team in MLB history to lose 100 games one season and advance to the playoffs the next. The Arizona Diamondbacks...
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Before Angels defeat the Mariners, Garrett Richards discusses his uncertain future
Pedro Moura
His Angels teammates have long called Garrett Richards “Bullet,” a nod to both his projectile-like pitches and the intensity with which he used to throw them. The nickname dates back to his college career at the University of Oklahoma, where he knew not how to pitch, only to release every throw...
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Hyun-Jin Ryu hurts his chances of making Dodgers' postseason rotation in loss to Rockies
Andy McCullough
The prospect of handing the baseball to Hyun-Jin Ryu in a road playoff game may have disappeared in the thin mountain air in a 9-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Friday in front of 48,395 fans at Coors Field. As the Dodgers continue to ponder who will be the fourth member of their postseason rotation,...

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MLB notes: Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon breaks RBI record for a leadoff batter
Associated Press
Colorado Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon broke the major league record for most RBIs in a season by a leadoff man. Blackmon hit a two-run homer in the second inning Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving him 102 RBIs from the top spot in the lineup. The player with the mullet...
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Dodgers promote speedy Tim Locastro for last-minute playoff audition
Andy McCullough
When the season ended for the triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers four weeks ago, Tim Locastro returned to his home in Auburn, N.Y., and started a project for the winter: painting his parents’ basement. Locastro, a 25-year-old utility player, had hit .388 for Oklahoma City and stolen 34 bases in 41...

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Angels lose final road game of the season to White Sox
Pedro Moura
The second busload of Angels arrived at Guaranteed Rate Field at 4 p.m. Thursday, carry-ons in tow, ready for one last postgame flight across much of the United States. Seventeen hours earlier, they had been eliminated from postseason contention, and the club’s collective gaze turned toward 2018....
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MLB notes: White Sox starter Carlos Rodon out six to eight months
Associated Press
Chicago White Sox starter Carlos Rodon had arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder and could miss the beginning of next season, general manager Rick Hahn said. Hahn said Thursday the left-hander should miss six to eight months after the surgery, which revealed significant bursitis, which was...

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A calmer, more mature Andre Ethier is taking it all in as Dodgers head to postseason
Dylan Hernandez
Andre Ethier has returned from his deathbed as a baseball player so many times, it can’t really be a surprise that he’s played his way on to another postseason roster. For the second consecutive year, Ethier sat out the first five months of the regular season because of an injury, only to return...
Angels
Angels eliminated from playoff contention in loss to White Sox
Pedro Moura
Kole Calhoun hung on the yellow edges of the right-field fence, watching the last remnants of the Angels’ playoff hopes touch ground. On the mound, Blake Parker turned his gaze skyward, squinted, and sighed. At 11:10 p.m. CDT Wednesday, 10 innings and four hours into their 158th game of 2017, the...
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Dodgers' Chris Taylor is relieved that left knee bruise is not considered serious
Kevin Baxter
The Dodgers, already smarting from injuries to shortstop Corey Seager and first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, got a fright Wednesday when outfielder Chris Taylor slipped crossing first base in the first inning and had to come out of the game. Afterward, a relieved Taylor said trainers told him it was...

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Dodgers rule Adrian Gonzalez out for postseason
Kevin Baxter
Dodger manager Dave Roberts has kept his cards close to his vest when discussing the possible makeup of his playoff roster. But before Wednesday’s 10-0 win over the San Diego Padres, he discarded an ace from that deck, announcing that first baseman Adrian Gonzalez is done for the year. “We’re going...
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Sale of Marlins to Derek Jeter group is approved by baseball owners
Associated Press
Major league owners have approved the sale of the Miami Marlins by Jeffrey Loria to an investment group led by Bruce Sherman and Derek Jeter, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday. The vote was unanimous, with 75% approval needed. A signed $1.2-billion agreement was submitted to Major League...
Dodgers
Dodgers clinch home-field advantage through NLCS with win over Padres
Bill Shaikin
The Dodgers are rolling again. They clinched home-field advantage through the National League playoffs Tuesday with their third consecutive victory. They have won 101 games, including 56 at home, the latter a record since the team moved to Los Angeles six decades ago. They are close to clinching...
Angels
Angels stave off playoff elimination in 9-3 win over the Chicago White Sox
Pedro Moura
Brandon Phillips sent one out, Luis Valbuena matched him, and, soon, Mike Trout topped them both. By launching three homers in a 15-minute span, the Angels ensured their playoff quest could last at least 24 more hours. They pummeled an inferior team and kept up with Minnesota, which can eliminate...
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MLB: Fan at Yankee Stadium ejected for yelling pitch location
Associated Press
fan sitting behind home plate has been ejected from Yankee Stadium for shouting the location of pitches during New York's 6-1 win over Tampa Bay. Yankees slugger Gary Sanchez was batting with a full count against Austin Pruitt in the eighth inning Tuesday night when plate umpire Dan Bellino walked...

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Sports fans have never seemed so divided
Bill Plaschke
All across America last weekend, professional football players locked arms, took knees, stayed seated, or simply didn’t show up in a national anthem protest that symbolized their unity. In Southern California, a former pro athlete and Vietnam veteran has never felt more estranged. “It disgusts me,”...
Dodgers
Dodgers will take steps to increase fan safety next season
Bill Shaikin
With fan safety in focus after a young girl was seriously injured by a foul ball at Yankee Stadium last week, the Dodgers are likely to modify the protective netting at Dodger Stadium for next season. “We will be doing something,” Dodgers president Stan Kasten said Tuesday. “We’ll have more to...
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Yasiel Puig is benched again by Dave Roberts
Andy McCullough
The rift between Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and outfielder Yasiel Puig widened Monday as Roberts benched Puig for the second game in a row, this time after Puig showed up late for a pregame activity. “No one player can be bigger than the team,” Roberts said before the Dodgers’ 9-3 victory over...
Angels
Angels move further away from a playoff spot
Pedro Moura
The Angels’ chartered airplane touched down at Chicago Midway International Airport after 3 a.m. Monday, their “Sunday Night Baseball” victory in Houston already immaterial. The team buses reached a reserved Michigan Avenue hotel at about 4 a.m. To compensate, the buses set off for the ballpark...
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MLB: Aaron Judge goes on record with 50th home run
Associated Press
Aaron Judge hit two homers in an 11-3 victory by the New York Yankees over Kansas City on Monday to reach 50. The former Fresno State star set an MLB seson record for home runs by a rookie. Mark McGwire, who played at USC before his professional career, had the record with 49 for Oakland in 1987....

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Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner hopes to return to lineup on Tuesday
Andy McCullough
Out of the lineup since getting hit on the thumb by a pitch last Thursday, Justin Turner has set a simple goal for when he needs to be back in the Dodgers lineup. “Oct. 6,” he said, which is, not coincidentally, the first game of the National League division series. But the Dodgers third baseman...
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Dodgers Dugout: Here's one look at the position players who should be on the playoff roster
Houston Mitchell
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, and I didn’t watch any of the champagne celebration over winning the NL West. I know how that movie ends already. I’m hoping for a rewrite. Playoff roster Because Dodgers Dugout will go daily during the playoffs,...
Angels
Angels hope Luis Valbuena's clutch hit spurs the miraculous
Pedro Moura
Five times this season, Luis Valbuena had faced Chris Devenski, and five times Devenski had struck him out, wielding his wicked changeup to great success. So, when Valbuena stepped up to face him with the bases loaded in a tied seventh inning Sunday at Minute Maid Park, he resolved to locate redemption,...
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Dodgers' Dave Roberts keeps Yasiel Puig on bench after baserunning blunder
Kevin Baxter
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts couldn’t hide his anger with outfielder Yasiel Puig on Sunday, a day after the outfielder made the last out of a one-run loss to the San Francisco Giants on a baserunning blunder. Puig did not play Sunday for only the third time since June 28. Asked whether Puig’s base-stealing...
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Kershaw wins 18th game as Grandal powers Dodgers past Giants 3-1
Kevin Baxter
As the calendar runs out on the regular season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts acknowledges he has a lot of decisions to make before the playoffs begin. He faces issues in the bullpen, is unsettled over his roster and may still juggle his postseason rotation. But one thing is already settled: Clayton...

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MLB: Yankees fall to Blue Jays despite rookie Aaron Judge's two homers
Associated Press
Jose Bautista gave Blue Jays fans something to cheer for in the final home game of a disappointing season. Bautista had two hits and a walk in what was likely his last home appearance for Toronto, leaving to a standing ovation during the ninth inning of a 9-5 win over the New York Yankees on Sunday....
Dodgers
Dodgers lose Hyun-Jin Ryu to arm injury and then game to Giants
Kevin Baxter
Dave Roberts was a key member of a Boston Red Sox team that ended an 86-year championship drought by winning the World Series in 2004. And though Roberts wouldn’t compare the Dodgers’ current dry spell to what Boston’s long-suffering fans endured, he said he can sense a similar frustration. “It’s...
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A's catcher Bruce Maxwell becomes first major leaguer to kneel during national anthem
Associated Press
Bruce Maxwell of the Oakland Athletics has become the first major league baseball player to kneel during the national anthem. The rookie catcher dropped to a knee just outside Oakland's dugout on Saturday before a game against the Texas Rangers, adopting a protest started by former San Francisco...
Dodgers
Dodgers clubhouse crew well-versed in cleaning up champagne celebrations
Kevin Baxter and Bill Shaikin
Alex Torres, the Dodgers’ clubhouse manager, said he was a little torn by the champagne-and-beer-fueled celebration Friday that followed the team’s division-clinching victory. On one hand it was a tremendous achievement by a group of guys with whom he spends most of his waking hours. On the other...
Angels
Angels' playoff hopes continue to fade after sixth straight loss
Pedro Moura
The Major League Baseball season is a beast, a monstrosity unlike anything else in sports. For at least eight months, there is almost always a game the next day. That truth offers unceasing opportunities to avenge defeat, constant chances to spoil victory and, at the end, a particular sense of...

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