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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.
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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Bill Center / San Diego Union-Tribune:Linebrink's role being redefined by Black
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Jim Molony / MLB.com:
Trade Winds: Atlanta eyeing Teixeira — Braves move up as front-runners for coveted first baseman — Mark Teixeira to Atlanta? — A move to the National League East team would make sense in many ways, but it remains to be seen whether the Rangers and Braves will be able to reach …
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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.
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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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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Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Grudzielanek Leaves Game — UPDATE: Turns out Grudz is just day-to-day with knee soreness. The Mets deny any rumor that they've traded for him. Two Royal false alarms today, sorry about that. — A friendly emailer tells me that Royals second baseman Mark Grudzielanek was in the original lineup …
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Six-Run Lead Helps Glavine Earn 299th Win — It is time. The phone calls can be made, the airplane tickets purchased, the seats at Miller Park in Milwaukee confirmed. Tom Glavine's family is no longer on alert. The next time he pitches, scheduled to be Tuesday against the Brewers, Glavine will go for career victory No. 300.
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 …
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.
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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.
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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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.
