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Friday MLB Playoffs: Everybody plays!

Pittsburgh - St Louis noon start on MLB Network
Tampa - Boston 2pm start TBS
LA Dodgers - Atlanta 5pm TBS
Detroit - Oakland 8:35 TBS

Storylines
Two former Cy Young award winners will get starts tonight (Greinke for the Dodgers, Colon for the A's)
Can Pittsburgh bounce back from a blowout?
Weather may be a factor in Boston.
Will the Oakland Coliseum's plumbing be able to handle a crowd of more than 10,000?

Justin Morneau traded

this news probably deserves its own post.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal
Source: #Pirates acquire Morneau from #Twins for OF Alex Presley.

Morneau leaves the Twins with an MVP award (2006), a second place finish (2008), 3rd on the Twins franchise Home Run list, 5th in RBI, a HR Derby Champ (played under the pseudonym "Jason Morneau") and thousands of fans