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Sports Illustrated:
Brewers send 3 players to Padres for reliever Linebrink — CINCINNATI (AP) -In turnabout in trade philosophy, the Milwaukee Brewers acquired reliever Scott Linebrink from the San Diego Padres for three minor league pitchers on Wednesday, hoping to bolster their unexpected run at the playoffs.
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers acquire Linebrink from Padres — Milwaukee sends three pitching prospects to San Diego — CINCINNATI — They had to part with three valuable pitching prospects to do it, but the Brewers accomplished their primary trade deadline goal by acquiring reliever Scott Linebrink from the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.
MLB.com:
Brewers acquire Scott Linebrink — Send three Minor Leaguers to San Diego for RHP Scott Linebrink — MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers today acquired RHP Scott Linebrink from the San Diego Padres in exchange for LHP Joe Thatcher, RHP Will Inman and LHP Steve Garrison.
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Bill Center / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Padres trade Linebrink to Brewers — DENVER - The Padres announced the trade of setup relief pitcher Scott Linebrink to Milwaukee Wednesday after a 10-2 loss to the Rockies. — Linebrink, 31, was 3-3 this season with a 3.80 ERA as the Padres eighth-inning specialist …
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Baseball Musings
Bill Center / San Diego Union-Tribune:Linebrink's role being redefined by Black
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers, Braves talk deal for Tex — egrant@dallasnews.com — With less than a week to go before the trading deadline, the Rangers are heavily involved in talks with Atlanta on a deal that could send Mark Teixeira to the Braves, major league sources confirmed Wednesday.
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Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Five and Fly: Selig pulls up a chair — SAN FRANCISCO - Bud Selig sat in a private box above and behind home plate Tuesday night at AT&T Park, the defining moment of his tenure as commissioner due to arrive any day, any at-bat. — He seemed OK with it, or as OK as he could be. He was here.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Moises injury makes prophets of doubters — Turns out Moises Alou is hurt again and won't be rejoining the Mets after all - at least not until the end of this week and maybe not then either. — All those who are not the least bit surprised, raise your hands.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Grudzielanek Leaves Game — UPDATE: Turns out Grudz is just day-to-day with soreness. Two Royal false alarms today, sorry about that. — A friendly emailer tells me that Royals second baseman Mark Grudzielanek was in the original lineup, but was scratched at the last minute.
Can't Stop The Bleeding:
John Maine - Only 752 HR's Behind The Sultan Of Surly — Since posting an actual clip from the Mets' 8-4 win over the Pirates will undoubtedly result in harsh action from MLB Advanced Media, you'll have to settle for the above bit of trickeration instead. — Perhaps preempting …
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Bob Dutton / www.kansascity.com:Latest trade talk: Mets interested in Grudzielanek
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Just like his average, Crisp movin' on up — CLEVELAND — Back when Coco Crisp was mired in a deep slump, he didn't mind taking breaks from the questions of the media horde. But, he joked with a reporter, he would be more than happy to talk on the record once he was hitting well enough to be placed in the cleanup spot.
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Associated Press:
Coroner: Hemorrhage killed Coolbaugh — Blood vessel burst in neck of Tulsa's Coolbaugh — NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A preliminary autopsy report shows that a burst blood vessel in Mike Coolbaugh's neck, near his brain, killed the Tulsa Drillers hitting coach when he was hit by a batted ball on Sunday.
Associated Press:
Izturis' single lifts Angels by A's 7-6 — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — John Lackey has lost count of how many victories Francisco Rodriguez has saved for him. So when the All-Star closer blew a three-run lead in the ninth inning on Wednesday, Lackey took it easy on him. — "That's not going to happen too often.
Associated Press:
Outspoken Schilling calls out Bonds, McGwire — NEW YORK — Curt Schilling says that Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire's refusals to address accusations of steroids use are tantamount to admissions. — "If someone wrote that stuff about me and I didn't sue their [butt] off …
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Another Pitcher Hurt, And Nats Feel the Pain — Pitchers aren't used to sprinting across the skin of the infield, planting their foot on a base and sucking it up for 90 more feet. "Everybody here is an athlete," Washington Nationals Manager Manny Acta said Tuesday night.
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JSOnline:
Homestead loses squeaker in state tourney — Stevens Point - After nursing a 1-0 lead heading into the seventh and final inning, the Homestead Highlanders gave up three runs and wound up losing to New Holstein 3-2 this evening in the quarterfinals of the WIAA state baseball tournament.
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Crasnick: Recent July trades that had an impact in October … The July 31 non-waiver trade deadline is approaching, and fans in several cities are Internet-obsessed as their teams mobilize for the waning days of the Mark Teixeira shopping season. — Meanwhile, recent history says we'll …
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Sox scouting Vegas — Red Sox special assistant Allard Baird has been scouting the Las Vegas 51s, the Los Angeles Dodgers Triple-A affiliate. Baird was recently in Tacoma watching the 51s which are a talented team. — The Sox have always liked third baseman Andy LaRoche …
