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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (173)	10/11/2014 10:14:17 PM
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Alcides Escobar hits go-ahead double in the 9th for the Royals Associated Press BALTIMORE -- The Kansas City Royals prefer to simply savor their exceptional performance at Camden Yards rather than ponder the historical ramifications of where it's gotten them. Alcides Escobar doubled in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, Mike Moustakas extended his home run-binge and Kansas City remained perfect in the playoffs, beating the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 Saturday for a 2-0 lead in the AL Championship Series. Now, the Royals head back to Kansas City with the knowledge that no team has ever lost a best-of-seven LCS after winning the first two games on the road. "We don't want to be the first team to do that," designated hitter Billy Butler said. "That's all I get from that." Lorenzo Cain had four hits, scored twice and drove in a run for the wild-card Royals, who are 6-0 in the playoffs this year, including 4-0 on the road. The Orioles hadn't lost two in a row in Baltimore since June 28-29, but Kansas City found a way to quiet the towel-waving, screaming crowds. "The atmosphere here is great. It didn't affect us," Butler said. "Now we'll go home and see if they can play in our atmosphere." Moustakas homered for the fourth time in five games as the Royals won their ninth straight in the postseason, a string dating to the 1985 World Series. "To come in here and win two games against a great team like that, it's huge for us," Moustakas said. "A lot of confidence going back home." Game 3 is Monday at Kauffman Stadium. Former Oriole Jeremy Guthrie will start for the Royals against either Wei-Yin Chen or Miguel Gonzalez. "We know they're a good team," Royals closer Greg Holland said after earning his second save of the series. "You can't really get too high on yourself." The Orioles and manager Buck Showalter's team now must buck history to get Baltimore its first pennant since 1983. "If one team can do it, it's us," slugger Nelson Cruzsaid. "The series ain't over," insisted Adam Jones, who hit his first playoff home run. "If you guys (are) thinking it's over, why are we going to show up on Monday?" After squeezing out an 8-6 win in 10 innings on Friday night, the Royals again took apart the Baltimore bullpen with a late uprising. With the score tied at 4 in the ninth, Omar Infantebeat out an infield roller off Darren O'Day, the losing pitcher for the second straight day. Zach Britton entered, and Moustakas laid down a bunt that moved pinch-runner Terrance Gore to second. Escobar then sliced an opposite-field grounder inside first base to bring home Gore. Cain added an RBI single to become the only Royals player other than Hall of Famer George Brett to have a four-hit game in the postseason. For the second time in two games, Wade Davisearned the win and Holland got three outs for the save. Holland struck out Steve Pearce with a runner on to end it. "If you could go home 1-1, you're going to be really, really happy," manager Ned Yost said. "If you can go home 2-0, that's as good as it gets." Baltimore's Bud Norris allowed four runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. Royals rookie Yordano Ventura left in the sixth with tightness in his right shoulder after giving up four runs and six hits. "He's fine," Yost said. "I don't anticipate him missing this next start." Moustakas, the No. 9 hitter, hit a solo homer that put Kansas City up 4-3 in the fourth. Although he homered only once in the last 49 games of the regular season, Moustakas now stands tied with Willie Aikens for most homers by a Royals player in a single postseason. "Getting good pitches to hit and not missing them," he said. "That's pretty much it." UP NEXT Royals: Guthrie says his emotion Monday will come from competing in the playoffs, not pitching against his former team. "I think history will be put, not even on a back burner, but on some kind of ... Lazy Susan or something," said Guthrie, who's 2-1 against Baltimore since being traded in February 2012. Orioles: Baltimore went 46-35 on the road this season and clinched the Division Series with a 2-1 win at Detroit. STREAKS Royals: Kansas City began its postseason winning streak by taking three straight from St. Louis to win the 1985 World Series. The Royals beat Oakland in the wild-card game this year, then swept the Los Angeles Angels in the ALDS. Orioles: Cruz had his sixth consecutive multihit game, the longest streak in postseason history. The run began in 2012. Also, Joseph snapped an 0-for-33 skid with his first hit since Sept. 10. GORDON'S ENCORE One day after going 3 for 4 with a homer and four RBIs, Kansas City's Alex Gordon struck out four times and stranded four runners in scoring position. He accounted for half of KC's strikeout total.

To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (173)	10/14/2014 3:18:09 PM
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Andrew Friedman joins Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgersnamed former Tampa Bay Raysexecutive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman as their new president of baseball operations Tuesday. Ned Colletti, who has been the Dodgers' general manager since 2005, will remain with the club in a new role as senior adviser to the president and CEO of the Dodgers, Stan Kasten. Andrew Friedman Bio Blast• 37 years old from Houston • Graduated from Tulane University with management and finance degree in 1999 • Worked for investment banking and private equities firms from 1999-04 • Rays director of baseball development from 2004-05 • Rays executive VP of baseball operations and GM from 2005-14 Friedman, who resigned from his role with the Rays on Tuesday, will meet with the media Wednesday. He addressed his departure from the Rays in a statement released by the team. "As I embark upon my next journey, I have only thanks and gratitude to the Rays organization and the Tampa Bay region for a wonderful 10 years together. I am truly grateful for the opportunity to have been part of something so special and for the passion and support of this exceptional fan base," he said. "The Rays organization is loaded with talent from ownership to players and everyone between. We were able to create together an unbelievable culture that no doubt will continue, and I am absolutely confident that the successes we achieved will continue into the future." Sources said that Friedman, in his role as president of baseball operations, will be able to hire a general manager with the Dodgers. To replace Friedman, the Rays promoted team president Matt Silverman to president of baseball operations and senior vice president of business operations Brian Auld to team president. Landing Friedman, 37, is a coup for the Dodgers. A handful of teams have tried unsuccessfully to poach the talented young executive with a Wall Street background who piloted the small-market, budget-conscious Rays to six consecutive winning seasons and four playoff appearances after taking over in 2008. "Andrew Friedman is one of the youngest and brightest minds in the game today and we are very fortunate to have him join our organization," Kasten said in a statement. "The success he has had over the past nine years in molding the Tampa Bay Rays team has been incredible." This season, however, the Rays finished fourth in the AL East (77-85) after trading away ace left-hander David Price to the Detroit Tigers to get a return on the former Cy Young Award winner before he could leave as a free agent after next season. Kim Klement/USA TODAY SportsAndrew Friedman became the Tampa Bay GM in 2005 -- at the age of 28. Ironically, sources say the Dodgers' failed pursuit of a trade for Price this past summer only heightened their admiration of Friedman. Said one source: "They always asked for the right prospects. Not just the guys everybody knows, either." In Los Angeles, where the Dodgers had the highest payroll in baseball last season and have an ownership group that's shown a willingness to spend since purchasing the team for $2.15 billion in 2012, Friedman will have no financial pressures to manage. Kasten has long believed that a strong farm system is the key to organizational success. It's how he and John Schuerholz built the Atlanta Braves in the 1990s. And Friedman's strengths in player development and scouting dovetail perfectly with Kasten's vision. The Dodgers have won the NL West two consecutive years but have twice lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the playoffs -- first in the NL Championship Series and this season in the NL Division Series. This season's failure to advance out of the division series immediately began speculation that Colletti's job may be on the line. However, sources insist that the team's performance in the playoffs is not the reason the team pursued Friedman. "Ned Colletti has played a major role in the success of the Los Angeles Dodgers over the last nine years and I'm thrilled that we are able to retain him as a special advisor to me," Kasten said in the statement. "Ned's knowledge and experience in the game covering 33 years will be a great asset to the club as we continue to add and build our player development system." Dodgers manager Don Mattingly will enter the second year of a three-year contract next season.