World Series Game 4: Holland in control as Rangers win 4-0 (Yahoo! Sports)

By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange ARLINGTON, Texas -- Questioning Derek Holland's intestinal fortitude has become almost as popular among the football-mad sports fans in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex this October as questioning the ability of Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo...

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Ellsbury homers to save Boston’s wild-card lead (AP)

About eight hours after hitting two homers that didn't help their cause, Jacoby Ellsbury put the Red Sox in control of the wild-card race with another. His two-out, three-run homer in the 14th inning of the nightcap of a split doubleheader lifted the Red Sox over the New York Yankees 7-4 Sunday. The Red Sox rallied from a 3-0 deficit to snap a four-game skid and head into their final three...

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Ellsbury homers to save Boston’s wild-card lead (The Canadian Press)

NEW YORK, N.Y. - About eight hours after hitting two homers that didn't help their cause, Jacoby Ellsbury put the Red Sox in control of the wild-card race with another.

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Burnett’s emotions come through in struggles (AP)

New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said he is far more concerned with getting embattled starter A.J. Burnett to control his fastball than he is with getting him to control his emotions. Girardi defended Burnett on Sunday morning, hours after television cameras caught the right-hander cursing as he left the mound in the second inning of a 9-4 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.

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AccuScore: Rangers take control in AL West (Yahoo! Sports)

AccuScore provides baseball predictions and projections by calculating the precise probability teams have of...

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Baseball roundup: A look at Saturday’s games (The Canadian Press)

Even when the field was in chaos, Chicago's Edwin Jackson was in control on Saturday.

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Yankees rout Orioles 13-2 for 2-game sweep (AP)

The New York Yankees made it easy for CC Sabathia to cruise to another win over the Baltimore Orioles. After the Yankees took control with a five-run first, Sabathia scattered seven hits over eight shutout innings in a 13-2 victory Thursday night. In Sabathia's earlier outing against Baltimore this year, New York scored 15 runs.

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Baseball Notebook: Schieffer appointed to oversee Dodgers (Yahoo! Sports)

Former Texas Rangers president J. Thomas Schieffer was tasked by commissioner Bud Selig on Monday with overseeing the Los Angeles Dodgers, less than a week after Major League Baseball took control of the franchise from owner Frank McCourt.

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Selig vs. Dodgers’ McCourt is 29 against one (Yahoo! Sports)

The commissioner has the backing of other owners in his move to wrest control of the Dodgers from Frank McCourt.

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Baseball notebook: MLB takes over control of Dodgers (Yahoo! Sports)

The continuing saga over control of the Los Angeles Dodgers took an abrupt turn Wednesday when Major League Baseball announced it was taking over control of the team, effective immediately. "I have taken this action because of my deep concerns regarding the finances and...

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