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Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Disciplined Bonds takes early batting practice on field — SAN DIEGO - Barry Bonds took some mighty swings Saturday. — In a rare move by the San Francisco slugger, he showed up at Petco Park well before he typically would and took early batting practice on the field for close to 45 minutes.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Omar Minaya Trade Profile (Mets) — Omar Minaya's made so many trades in recent years that I decided to break up his trade profile into two posts. I covered his 25 deals as the Expos' GM here. Minaya jumped to the large-market Mets in 2004, and by my count has made another 25 trades.
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John Delcos / The Journal News:
Rehab schedule for Mets' Martinez unclear — CHICAGO - There's nothing wrong with Pedro Martinez, but even with a strong throwing performance two days ago, he's not guaranteed to make a rehab start Tuesday. — The Mets had been saying that would be the next step after the simulated game Martinez threw Thursday.
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Keep Your Sox On In Brooklyn
Associated Press:
Theriot keys 6-run inning as Cubs win — CHICAGO (AP) — Ted Lilly certainly doesn't mind pitching in front of big crowds at Wrigley Field in the middle of a playoff chase. — Ryan Theriot legged out an RBI-infield single with two outs that started a six-run third inning …
Yahoo! Sports:
Cards 2B Miles fares well at on the mound — WASHINGTON (Ticker) - St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Aaron Miles had not pitched since he was a 14-year-old Babe Ruth Leaguer. — But that did not stop Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa from sending Miles to the mound to pitch …
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Lion in Oil
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Zimmerman, Nats Extend Win Streak — Manny Acta heard all the predictions, as did every single member of the Washington Nationals. History, perhaps, was to be made at RFK Stadium this summer, because the Nationals had a hodgepodge pitching staff, they had no bona fide slugger and their best player was just 22 years old.
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District of Baseball
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Zambrano confident he'll stay with Cubs — Ace says 'my hand ready to sign deal' — Carlos Zambrano had to leave his start Friday with heat-related cramping in his right hand. — But Saturday morning, Zambrano said his right hand was feeling much better and he was available to sign …
Murray Chass / New York Times:
Trading Places: Red Sox Have Become the Yankees — Name that team: — ¶ It signed a bunch of expensive free agents last winter. — ¶ It is accustomed to leading its division. — ¶ Last week, as the trading deadline approached, it spent some more money and traded …
100% Injury Rate:
ESPN screws up #755 — This is the image ESPN ran on their Web site for about 5 minutes right after Bonds hit #755 tonight. They got the text right but someone inserted the image with the wrong number above it, as you can tell by the line. You'd think with how long it took Bonds to hit #755 …
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
Clemens hasn't paid off — Shooting from the Lip — Roger Clemens has started the same number of games and made the same number of appearances this season as Kei Igawa. To this point Clemens has one more victory than Igawa to show for all that. Look on the bright side, though.
Discussion:
The Joy of Sox
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
D-Backs claim Kim, Cirillo — LOS ANGELES - The Diamondbacks made two curious roster moves Friday, claiming Florida pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim and Minnesota infielder Jeff Cirillo off waivers, and in the process stunning some industry onlookers. — Both players, plus their remaining salaries totaling …
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Peter Abraham / Journal News:
Baseball beat: Braves' GM swings for the fences — Bang, the Braves got Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay. — Boom, the Braves got Octavio Dotel. — By the time the trade deadline had passed on Tuesday, the Mets were against the ropes and John Schuerholz was pounding them with everything he had.
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Projecting career stats is an inexact science … Here at ESPN, we're pretty sure we've put Pedro Gomez's face on your TV screens enough times to alert you to the fact that some guy named Barry Bonds is about to hit a fairly momentous home run. — Well, it's time to change the subject (at least for the next minute and a half).
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Brandon Moss to be promoted? — I'm not clear on all the details yet, but it appears that Brandon Moss will be summoned from Pawtucket to join the Sox in Anaheim, probably on a temporary basis. I hope to have the roster permutations later Sunday on how the Sox are making this happen …
Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Notes: Buehrle says he won't win 300 — Lefty doesn't think he will play long enough to reach milestone — DETROIT — Mark Buehrle won't win 300 games during the course of his stellar career. And it's not that the southpaw lacks a realistic chance to hit such an incredible mound milestone.
Gwendolyn Driscoll / Orange County Register:
Rat infestation at Angel Stadium — Orange County health documents show rodent infestation is 13 times that of Petco Park and Dodger Stadium combined. — ANAHEIM - Discarded peanut shells, the remnants of hot dog buns, sticky ice cream wrappers and nachos coated with tangerine-colored cheese carpet …
Charles Odum / Associated Press:
Hudson helps Braves end another skid — ATLANTA (AP) — Tim Hudson is a big reason the Atlanta Braves are hanging near the lead in the NL East. He keeps stopping Braves losing streaks. — Hudson stopped another losing skid, pitching seven scoreless innings and hitting a two-run single …
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Bad Altitude
Carroll Rogers / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Aybar heading to minors after rehab stint — Infielder Willy Aybar has rejoined the Braves' minor-league system after "successfully completing a rehabilitation program for substance abuse," the Braves announced Saturday. Aybar hasn't played a game all year after opening the season …
