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• MLB announces start times for Games 3, 4 and 5 of Dodgers-Nationals series.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Major League Baseball announced the start times for the remainder of the American and National League Division Series. The Dodgers and Nationals will...
  Share • October 7, 2016 at 1:35 PM
• How Dusty Baker and Dave Roberts are making MLB history in the NLDS
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  When the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals start their National League Division Series on Friday the pitching matchup, Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer, will...
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• Balk this way: Nats keeping eye on Kershaw
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Beating Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw ranks among baseball's most difficult tasks, even in a postseason setting that has bedeviled Kershaw in the past. So the Nationals...
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• Remainder of Division Series start times announced
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Major League Baseball has announced the remainder of the start times for all potential Division Series games.
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• No surprise: Nationals will start Tanner Roark in Game 2 vs. Dodgers, Gio Gonzalez in Game 3
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  In the end, Dusty Baker owned up to his gamesmanship. The Washington Nationals announced Friday that Tanner Roark would start Game 2 of the National League division...
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• Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Washington Nationals: Live blog and chat, NLDS Game 1
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Live blog and chat from NLDS Game 1: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Washington Nationals, 2:38 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7. (FS1)Trouble viewing on mobile? See full stream.Pitching...
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• Roark to start for Nationals in NLDS Game 2 vs Dodgers
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Tanner Roark will start Game 2 for the Washington Nationals in their NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday. It's the spot that very likely would...
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• Nationals' Dusty Baker lobbies umps to call 'Balk!' on Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  How to beat Clayton Kershaw? How about working the umpires? Washington Nationals Manager Dusty Baker played that angle publicly before Friday's opener of the National...
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• Dodgers, Washington Nationals announce batting orders for Game 1 of NLDS.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Here are the lineups for the Dodgers and Nationals for Game 1 of the National League Division Series: Dodgers: Chase Utley 2B Corey Seager SS Justin...
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• Dusty Baker thinks more balks should be called on Clayton Kershaw.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Nationals manager Dusty Baker offered a semi-hot take, without prompt, during his pregame press conference Friday: Clayton Kershaw ought to be...
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• NLDS Game 1 lineups: Dodgers vs. Nationals
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Nationals and Dodgers have set their lineups for Game 1 of the National League Division Series, each hoping to scratch out runs against past Cy Young Award...
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• Weather forecast for Game 1 between the Dodgers and Washington Nationals.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Sky status: gray. pic.twitter.com/f0mJ3qrdZe - J.P. Hoornstra (@jphoornstra) October 7, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. - First pitch of Game 1 between the Dodgers and Nationals...
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• Hill's high-spin curve matches up well vs. Nats
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Can the Nationals touch Rich Hill's curveball? They had the lowest average against curves that spun more than 2,800 rpm, which just about every single Hill curveball...
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• Dodgers head into Game 1 after successful season series vs. Nationals
  From the Web › ESPN
  Dodgers head into Game 1 after successful season series vs. Nationals
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• NLDS: Game 1- Kershaw VS. Scherzer
  From the Web › Scout.com
  NLDS: Game 1- Kershaw VS. Scherzer
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• Roark to start for Nationals in NLDS Game 2 vs Dodgers
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Tanner Roark will start Game 2 for the Washington Nationals in their NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday. It's the spot that very likely would...
  Share • October 7, 2016 at 8:35 AM
• Dodgers set roster for NLDS vs. Nationals
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers' roster for the National League Division Series against the Nationals, which begins at 5:30 p.m. ET Friday at Nationals Park in Washington on FS1.
  Share • October 7, 2016 at 7:35 AM
• Rating the playoff teams' 'intangible' skills: Red Sox profile well
  From the Web › ESPN
  Rating the playoff teams' 'intangible' skills: Red Sox profile well
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• Key factors to watch in Dodgers-Nationals NLDS
  From the Web › ESPN
  The Dodgers have Clayton Kershaw back, but the Nationals have plenty of star power of their own. Which team has the most exploitable advantages?
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• Playoff Reset: Dodgers vs. Nationals NLDS Game 1
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer? Yes, please.
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• Members of '08 World Series-winning Phillies reunite in NLDS
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Chase Utley sat in the Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse and watched as Cole Hamels was chased from a game 1,000 miles away. Back then Utley made the signature play on the...
  Share • October 7, 2016 at 12:35 AM
• Former Dodgers GM Ned Colletti a candidate for Arizona Diamondbacks' vacancy
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dodgers special advisor Ned Colletti is among a growing list of candidates for the Arizona Diamondbacks' general manager vacancy, according to multiple sources.Colletti...
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• Sources: Ned Colletti is a candidate for the Arizona Diamondbacks' GM vacancy.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dodgers special advisor Ned Colletti is among a growing list of candidates for the Arizona Diamondbacks' general manager vacancy, according to multiple sources...
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• Here's a scary thought: Clayton Kershaw has added to his arsenal
  From the Web › ESPN
  Here's a scary thought: Clayton Kershaw has added to his arsenal
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• Bill Plaschke: Dodgers open the postseason Friday, and with that comes worry
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  The baseball that Charlie Culberson yanked over the left-field fence is a souvenir. The final farewell from Vin Scully is a video on YouTube. With the last dizzying...
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• LA Dodgers rookie Andrew Toles will start Game 1 of NLDS
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  WASHINGTON >> The shackles have been taken off Andrew Toles, literally and metaphorically.There was no brace on Toles' left wrist Thursday as the Dodgers took batting...
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• Manager Dave Roberts calls on Pat Riley as the Los Angeles Dodgers open bid for their first World Series title since 1988
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Inside his office at Dodger Stadium, two weeks before embarking on his first playoff run as a manager, Dave Roberts picked up his phone and dialed a man who delivered...
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• Dodgers are counting on Corey Seager for a big postseason
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Corey Seager appears so utterly unflappable that Teddy Roosevelt would have loved him. Speak softly and carry a big stick. What could better describe Seager's play than...
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• Dodgers-Nationals NLDS broadcast information.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Colleague Tom Hoffarth has the goods on who will be narrating the Dodgers' National League Division Series against the Nationals in his media column...
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• Urias on standby if Dodgers push Hill back
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers remain concerned about the weather for Saturday's Game 2 of the National League Division Series, when they are scheduled to start pitcher Rich Hill, who has...
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• A year later, Pederson feeling more settled
  From the Web › MLB.com
  One glance at the numbers, and it's easy to deduce that the Dodgers will be getting a different version of Joc Pederson this October, when he only had four at-bats in...
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• Long the best pitcher in the world, Clayton Kershaw is still adding new weapons
  From the Web › For The Win
  The Dodgers' ace recently started using an entirely new arm angle.
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• NLDS preview: Nationals, Dodgers search for postseason redemption
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals will square off in a battle of contenders looking to shed the stigma of postseason disappointments. Dating back to the...
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• Tale of the Tape: Cy Young Award winners face off
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Nationals are hosting the Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Friday night, with all eyes on two former Cy Young Award winners -- Max...
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• Seager better prepared to tackle postseason
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Thirteen months into a Major League career and Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager has already checked off a slew of boxes for success, but he still has the postseason to...
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• Clayton Kershaw is a throwback, but an ace in any era
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  WASHINGTON -- He seems misplaced in time, a nine-inning mind in a profession where six innings have become praiseworthy.You could see Clayton Kershaw fitting in quite...
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• How the Dodgers will attack the Nationals in the NLDS - comprehensive preview
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a different team than the previous three National League West winners, all of which fell short of a World Series appearance.Led by new...
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• Kershaw's postseason woes a mystery entering LA-Nats opener
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Why is LA lefty Clayton Kershaw so downright masterful during the regular season and so decidedly mediocre during the playoffs? While a player such as Washington slugger...
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• Nats, Dodgers itching for postseason success
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Both the Dodgers and Nationals have had notable regular season success in recent years. But neither team has matched that level in the postseason. One will get a chance...
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• Kershaw concerned with Nats, not his playoff mark
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Unlike previous seasons, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw doesn't feel the burden of carrying the team this time around. He's gone as far to call this team the most...
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• MLB playoffs 2016: Dodgers-Nationals NLDS TV schedule, players to watch, key stats
  From the Web › Sporting News
  Here's what you need to know about the NLDS matchup between the Dodgers and Nationals.
  Share • October 6, 2016 at 2:35 PM
• How to bet Nationals-Dodgers NLDS
  From the Web › ESPN
  ESPN Chalk's Vegas experts provide their best bets for the NLDS between the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers, including picking a winner of the...
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• Dodgers rookie OF Toles to start vs. Nationals
  From the Web › ESPN
  Dodgers rookie Andrew Toles will start in left field against the Nationals on Friday.
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• Scherzer, Nationals welcome challenge against Dodgers' Kershaw
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Washington Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer said he learned a lesson from his first postseason start, which came on Oct. 2, 2011, at Yankee Stadium when he played for...
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• Andrew Toles passes batting practice test and will start for Dodgers in Game 1 of NLDS
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Dodgers rookie Andrew Toles passed a Wednesday evening test of his sore left wrist during batting practice, and will start in Game 1 against Nationals ace Max Scherzer...
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• NLDS coverage: Nationals' injuries, Dodgers' bullpen, Josh Reddick, Rick Honeycutt,
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Some links for a Thursday afternoon on the eve of Game 1: The Dodgers are catching the injury-ravaged Nationals at the right time. A data-driven approach got the most...
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• Stage set for history: Roberts vs. Baker
  From the Web › MLB.com
  When Dusty Baker's Washington Nationals host Dave Roberts' Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the NLDS at Nationals Park, it will mark the first meeting between minority...
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• Toles' long journey complete with Game 1 start
  From the Web › MLB.com
  To some surprise, Andrew Toles -- who began the season at Class A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga -- will get the nod when the Dodgers and Nationals open their National League...
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• National League division series: How the Dodgers and Nationals match up
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Dodgers vs. Washington Nationals Reporter Andy McCullough handicaps the National League division series between the Dodgers and Washington Nationals:...
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• Breaking down the Dodgers in the NLDS 2016: Is Dave Roberts the difference?
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Is this the year baseball's highest-paid team finally lives up to its World Series expectations? They must do so with a younger lineup, a younger manager, and a less...
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• Breaking down the Washington Nationals: NL East champs must overcome injuries
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dusty Baker has been to the postseason seven times in 21 years as a manager. He's looking for his first championship in D.C., the fourth and likely final stop of his...
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• Will data-driven Dodgers' deep bullpen add up to postseason success?
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  SAN FRANCISCO >> Josh Fields regularly threw a slider and a changeup when he was traded to the Dodgers on Aug. 1. He still throws these pitches, but he tends to save...
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• Nats' Murphy feeling 'confident' about NLDS start
  From the Web › ESPN
  Nationals 2B Daniel Murphy is "confident" that he'll be in the lineup for Game 1 of the NLDS against the Dodgers.
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• Nats 2B Murphy expected to play; no Game 2 starter named
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Dusty Baker expects injured second baseman Daniel Murphy to play for the Nationals in Game 1 of the NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, but Washington's...
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• Baker, Roberts 1st opposing black managers in playoff series
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  WASHINGTON -- The NL Division Series between Dusty Baker's Washington Nationals and Dave Roberts' Los Angeles Dodgers is the first postseason matchup in major...
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• Dodgers vs. Nationals NLDS projected lineups, rotations, matchups and prediction
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dodgers vs. Nationals in NLDSPROJECTED LINEUPSDODGERS ...... Average, HRs, RBI2B Chase Utley - .252, 14 HRs, 52 RBIThe oldest leadoff hitter in baseball this year is...
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• Since Dodgers' last World Series, a completely different world of baseball has arrived
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The hardest thing when telling a young fan about the Dodgers' most recent World Series title is explaining why baseball used to be a game played by broadcasters.It was...
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• The constant: Dodgers' Rick Honeycutt may be best pitching coach in baseball
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  LOS ANGELES >> Over the past 11 seasons, the Dodgers have gone through two ownership groups, as many bankruptcies as front-office makeovers (one each), four managers...
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• Dodgers culture change has put team before talent
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  LOS ANGELES >> Adrian Gonzalez was slick with champagne and beer, his oldest daughter at his side asking about the cigar daddy was holding. The Dodgers were celebrating...
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• Dodgers Dugout: Road to the World Series starts in Washington
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, and I'm wondering how much the Ryder truck rental company paid to get the naming...
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• Hurricane Matthew could bring rain to Dodgers-Nationals
  From the Web › ESPN
  The hurricane is not expected to go up the East Coast, but rain generated by the hurricane could spread to the Washington area.
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• MadBum's Place in History & NLDS Preview
  From the Web › CineSport
  Former MLB GM & MLB Network Radio's Jim Duquette joins Noah Coslov to put Madison Bumgarner's greatness into perspective, to talk about the Cubs approach to pressure and...
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• A capsule look at the Dodgers-Nationals playoff series
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  A look at the best-of-five National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals:
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• Josh Reddick did not change anything during August slump
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  WASHINGTON, D.C. >> August "wasn't the worst time I've ever had in baseball," Dodgers outfield Josh Reddick said. But it is definitely on the short list."For that long...
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• Right on! LA hitters get to avoid lefty starters
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Whereas Los Angeles hitters hit .264/.331/.441 vs. righties, those figures drop to .213/.290/.332 against southpaws, for a .622 OPS that ranks last in Major League...
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• Game's next historic moment: Roberts vs. Baker
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Three miles from the home of America's first African-American president, our national pastime will witness a profoundly welcome milestone on Friday. When Dusty Baker's...
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• Toles tests out wrist, shakes off concerns
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers outfielder Andrew Toles successfully tested his jammed left wrist in a Wednesday night workout at Nationals Park, and he said he expects to be ready for Friday...
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• Success continues to follow rookie manager Roberts
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dave Roberts has lived a lifetime beating the odds. He was an undersized Major Leaguer. He recovered from cancer. And almost a year ago he emerged as manager of the...
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• Dodgers' Dave Roberts won't hesitate to use closer Kenley Jansen against the Nationals
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Like most baseball-loving viewers on Tuesday, Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts had a question as he watched the final innings of the American League wild-card game: Where...
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• Nationals' Trea Turner could be a headache for Dodgers
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  If you are a Mission, you are on a mission. The San Antonio Missions are the double-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres. If you play for San Antonio, your goal is to get...
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• A Josh Reddick-Yasiel Puig platoon in RF is a bit complicated
  From the Web › ESPN
  A Josh Reddick-Yasiel Puig platoon in RF is a bit complicated
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• Dodgers fly to DC, head to Nationals Park for brief workout
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  WASHINGTON -- Manager Dave Roberts and the Los Angeles Dodgers have arrived at Nationals Park for a workout ahead of the NL Division Series after flying across the...
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• Dusty Baker wanted to play for the Dodgers because they had "good bodies"
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Dusty Baker continues to be a great interview.
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• Dodgers feel like three masked men are better than two
  From the Web › ESPN
  The Dodgers are carrying three catchers in the NLDS, which will allow Carlos Ruiz to pinch hit instead of sitting on the bench as an insurance policy.
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• Adam and Drake LaRoche are back with special postseason assignment
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  As first reported by USA Today's Bob Nightengale, the Washington Nationals are bringing back former first baseman Adam LaRoche, along with his teenage son Drake, to...
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• Can Dodgers stop Nationals from running wild?
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dave Roberts will forever hold a spot in baseball history as the player who pulled off "The Steal," a swipe that everyone saw coming and he still pulled off. Now as a...
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• Nats' Scherzer wants to do 'exact same thing' vs. Dodgers
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Max Scherzer remembers being urged to try to slow everything down for his postseason debut five years ago. Not exactly what he needed to hear, Scherzer quickly...
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• Escape from New York: Murphy, Turner now slugging stars
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Daniel Murphy and Justin Turner were once teammates with the Mets who have since blossomed as stars for new teams that are set to meet in the NLDS.
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• Nats 2B Murphy's status still unknown for NLDS Game 1 vs. LA
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  WASHINGTON -- Injured Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy won't say whether he'll be ready for Game 1 of the NL Division Series against the Los Angeles...
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• The Dodgers' NLDS roster: This is not a guess.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed the team's roster for the National League Division Series against the Washington Nationals, which begins Friday. Our first and...
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