Listen to the Yankees roar, watch the Yankees soar: A fan’s take (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

After the wildest day of baseball, perhaps, in the history of the great ol' game, we are now presented with some wonderful playoff matchups, and one in particular that will prove to be one-sided. There is still a healthy contingent of analysts, and others who are just plain...

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Tony Reagins quits as Angels general manager (The Canadian Press)

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Tony Reagins abruptly resigned as the Los Angeles Angels' general manager on Friday after the big-budget club failed to make the playoffs for the second straight season.

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Reagins abruptly quits as Angels general manager (PA SportsTicker)

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer

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MLB Notebook: Francona officially out as Red Sox manager (Yahoo! Sports)

The Boston Red Sox announed Friday night that Terry Francona is out as the team's manager. Reports had been circulating throughout the day that Franco and the Red Sox had parted way, but the club made it offical just as Game 1 of the A.L.

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Superstitions important part of baseball’s romance (AP)

Midway through September, during Detroit's remarkable run of 12 straight victories, manager Jim Leyland revealed that he wasn't changing his underwear as long as the streak was alive. "That was pretty disgusting and disturbing, wasn't it?" asked Alex Avila, the Tigers' bemused catcher.

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Yankees’ farm team to play 2012 home games on road (AP)

The New York Yankees' top farm team is hitting the road for its home games next year, playing most of them at Frontier Field in Rochester, N.Y. Officials say Friday that 37 of the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees games will be played at Frontier, home of the Minnesota Twins' Triple-A affiliate, the Red Wings.

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Red Sox turn Francona into scapegoat (Yahoo! Sports)

Boston – namely general manager Theo Epstein – boxed itself in. Now Terry Francona must pay the price

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Yankees go with three-man rotation (Yahoo! Sports)

The New York Yankees, who alternately have had too many starters and not enough effective starters this season, will go with a three-man rotation in the ALDS. The Yankees will start CC Sabathia, Ivan Nova and Freddy Garcia in the first three games against the Detroit Tigers, with...

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Tigers put five starting pitchers on roster (Yahoo! Sports)

The Detroit Tigers apparently feel there's safety in numbers when going up against a lineup as powerful as the New York Yankees. Detroit put all five starters on its playoff roster for the ALDS against the Yankees, which begins Friday night in New York.

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Sox won’t immediately confirm Francona’s departure (Yahoo! Sports)

The Boston Red Sox have not announced a parting of the ways with manager Terry Francona yet, but reports said the manager who led the Red Sox to their first two World Series titles since 1918 will not be returning. After a meeting between Francona and team executives, Red Sox...

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