It is the one deal the Angels simply can't avoid this offseason, the one acquisition that never has been more obvious than it is today. Full Article at The Orange County Register

New York, 6:48 PM Fri Nov 13 20 posts in the last 24 hours New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email 919 Subscribers Send a link to this post '' via email: Please enter your name. Please enter a valid email address. Full Article at Deadspin

All I want for Christmas is Steve Physioc announcing for any one of 29 other baseball teams. But I do not think it will be under the tree this year... Press release in the email inbox: Are you already suffering from Angels’ withdrawl? Full Article at Halos Heaven

Comments on one of three anti-Buck and McCarver Facebook groups — and reader responses to a post I wrote on The Times' Bats blog about their insistence that they have no bias — described a loathing for the two announcers that focused to some degree on... Full Article at St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sometimes, the thoughts are just random, bouncing from Sasha Vujacic's love life to the career of Tim McCarver, one of which appears to be soaring straight upward and the other not so much. Full Article at The Orange County Register

Subscribe today to WWD.com, now incorporating comprehensive menswear and footwear coverage with the new WWDMen's and Footwear News channels, for complete access to breaking news and events that shape the worldwide men's and women's fashion, footwear,... Full Article at Women's Wear Daily

COME to think of it, in TV terms, this was a traditional, early 21st century baseball postseason. Not only did TV pay MLB to push the postseason well beyond October, on just about every telecast someone on TBS or Fox tried to re-invent the game. Full Article at New York Post

Joe Girardi put the number on his back when he arrived two years ago, and the Yankees have made the dream come true tonight. The Yankees beat the Phillies, 7-3, in Game 6 to win their 27th World Series championship. Full Article at LoHud.com

The odds were heavily stacked against a Phillies comeback in the World Series after they fell down by three games to one. Full Article at The New York Times

Watching preseason games, 100+ regular season games, the NLDS, and the NLCS and then not tuning in for the World Series may seem a bit odd to some. Borderline stupid, maybe. But I have my reasons. And I've numbered them below... 1. Fox television. Full Article at Sports Blogs

PHILADELPHIA At the heart of baseball’s beauty is that anything is possible until the final out. There is no clock, no ticking away of the season. In theory, it could last forever. Nothing proves this better than the end of the World Series. Full Article at The New York Times

If Facebook, blogs and other inventions of the Internet age had existed in the 1950s, would someone have created an IHateVinScully.com Web site to grouse about his bias as a Dodgers announcer during the Yankees-Brooklyn World Series that he called? Full Article at The New York Times

Well well well, ladies and gents. Just when you thought this series was over, the Philly bullpen did everything it could to prove you right! Full Article at Sports Blogs

Chase Utley rounds the bases after a solo home run in the seventh inning off of CC Sabathia - much to John Sterling's dismay. Who was the hero of the Yankees' win over the Phillies in Game 4 of the World Series? Full Article at New York Daily News

What has happened to Tim McCarver that he now latches on to dubious issues, losing sight of the clearest and most present ones? What now makes him so sure of things he can't possibly be sure of? Full Article at New York Post

First on the list of FU's this morning is Joe Giradi and his supposed "managing" of the game last night. Full Article at Sports Blogs

Looks like pitchers' curves aren't the only ones getting Tim McCarver's attention. Full Article at The Seattle Times

no one goes home happy I want Yankees in5. Philly fans will be devastaed, though Yankee fans will be obnoxious. And we have to listen to Tim McCarver MAKE IT STOP!!!!! Full Article at Amazin' Avenue

You know, last night was just an awesome game complete with giant homers and out of this world pitching, but when it was over I felt like I'd just watched a turd. Full Article at Sports Blogs