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Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Conflict management — Yost's rebuke prompts irate defense — The altercation in the Milwaukee Brewers' dugout Thursday afternoon at Miller Park wasn't a dispute between manager Ned Yost and catcher Johnny Estrada, as it appeared when captured by a television camera.
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Easley's wheels lead Lawrence to win — Veteran legs out inside-the-parker; starter wins first since '05 — MILWAUKEE — Summer day games often are a setting for the unusual, particularly those preceded by night games. For reasons of rest, day-game lineups often are missing regulars.
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Scully rises to occasion — Legend gives vintage treatment to milestone chases — Two outfielders. Two milestones. One Vin Scully. — Yes, the famed Dodgers announcer has been conducting the orchestra for some time now. On Thursday night, he presented a movement of Barry Bonds …
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RINGOLSBY: August trades can be risky — San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean earlier this week was able to unload right-hander Matt Morris on the Pirates, along with the $14 million he is guaranteed between now and the end of next season. — But the Giants payroll is still bloated …
Cliff Corcoran / Sports Illustrated:
Wild Card: Low on Rocket Fuel? — On May 6, when Roger Clemens announced to a sold-out Yankee Stadium crowd that he had just signed a deal to return to the Yankees, the team was 13-15 (.464), five-and-a-half games behind the Red Sox in the American League East and in eighth place in the Wild Card race.
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Michael Morrissey / New York Post:
A BIG INNING, A BIGGER LOSS — YANKS SCORE 8 IN 2ND, BUT SOX SWAT RALLY — Jeff Karstens got the loss, but Roger Clemens should get the blame. And Kyle Farnsworth? He should just go away. — While the Yankees were knocking the tar out of the ball during nine wins in their previous 12 games …
Ben Bolch / Los Angeles Times:
Guerrero plugs into power grid — Right fielder hits his first home run since June 23, then hits another one, a three-run shot that looms large in two-run victory. — OAKLAND — The first one was a high-arc shot that barely cleared the left-field fence. The second was a towering blast …
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Dan Mangan / New York Post:
TRAGIC MADNESS OF KING GEORGE — BABBLING BOSS 'SHOCKS' PAL — A new report paints a disturbing portrait of Yankee owner George Steinbrenner as a befuddled, bloated old man in "dreadful" shape who bears little resemblance to the once-feared Boss. — An apparently addled Steinbrenner …
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Jay Posner / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Voices of Padres dread Bonds call — If Barry Bonds were, well, anyone but Barry Bonds, this weekend could have been special for many people, including the men who broadcast Padres games. — But because Bonds is who he is and has done, well, whatever he's done, the local announcers …
Paul Meyer / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Jocketty could be candidate for CEO — The Pirates do not have a complete list of candidates for their soon-to-be vacant CEO position, but it's possible Walt Jocketty is or will be on it. — "I can't comment on that," Jocketty, the senior vice-president/general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, said yesterday.
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Dukes in trouble again after violating court order — Elijah Dukes faces the prospect of jail time after being charged Thursday with a single count of violating a domestic violence injunction. — Dukes, optioned to the minor leagues in June by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and placed …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Contreras: Start me or trade me in 2008 — Jose Contreras has accepted his demotion to the bullpen. — But if he starts next spring as a reliever, the White Sox's struggling right-hander would rather play elsewhere. — "If they don't want me as a starter next year, I want to be out of here," Contreras said Thursday.
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Stamos / Brahsome.com:
Jake Brown, Immortal — So some of you probably watched the X-games last night, and some of you probably didn't. Well for those who didn't, you missed some amazing television. Jake Brown, a relatively unheralded skater from Australia, had the worst fall in X-games history- maybe …
Hank Worrell / Winning the Turnover Battle:
Sports Hotties You Don't Know...Yet — If you ask me, I think that the world of sports ladies needs an infusion of new talent. I am personally a little tired of hearing about Natalie Gulbis, Danica Patrick, and Maria Sharapova all of the time. So today is the day to diversify …
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