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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
White Sox, Dye have $22M deal in place — LIKE THIS STORY? — The White Sox have reached agreement with right fielder Jermaine Dye on a two-year, $22 million contract extension, FOXSports.com has learned. — The deal will include a mutual option for a third season.
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Dye signs two-year extension with Sox — Deal worth $22 million includes mutual option for third season — SEATTLE — Another possible frontline free agent officially moved off the open market on Saturday, when Jermaine Dye agreed to a two-year, $22 million extension with the White Sox.
ESPN:
White Sox re-sign Dye to $22 million extension — The Chicago White Sox made another step toward retaining veteran pieces to their team, signing right fielder Jermaine Dye to a two-year, $22 million contract extension. The deal includes a mutual option for 2010.
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Lady At The Bat
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
Webb streaks to another win — Righty continues run to 42 consecutive scoreless innings — ATLANTA — When Orel Hershiser was closing in on Don Drysdale's consecutive scoreless inning streak in 1988, Brandon Webb was a youngster far away from the bright lights of the big leagues.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals acquire Pena from Red Sox — Left fielder added to heart of lineup for player to be named — WASHINGTON — In need of improving their power production, the Nationals acquired outfielder Wily Mo Pena from the Red Sox on Friday afternoon for a player to be named.
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Joseph White / Associated Press:
Mets' Glavine tops Nats for 301st win — WASHINGTON (AP) — Tom Glavine got win No. 301. Matt Chico got sent to the minors. — Two finesse pitchers who wear No. 47 faced each other Friday night, and the visiting veteran was more at home than the home team's rookie.
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Castro says barking back now needs some DL time — WASHINGTON - Catcher Ramon Castro said he needs to be placed on the DL because his lower back, which has sidelined him since last Sunday, acted up while he was running and trying to take batting practice yesterday.
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Faith and Fear in Flushing
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Mark Hale / New York Post:
CASTRO LIKELY TO GO ON DL — Ramon Castro's bad back regressed yesterday, and the catcher said he believes he's headed to the disabled list. — Castro has been suffering from back arthritis, but on Thursday said he was much improved. He's likely going to be put on the DL retroactively to Monday …
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Marc Topkin / The Heater:
Pitching prospect Houser suspended — LHP James Houser, a Sarasota native who was the Rays' second-round pick in 2003, was suspended 50 games on Saturday for "testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance,'' according to MLB. — Houser was 5-4 with a 3.65 ERA in 20 starts …
Daniel Malloy / Boston Globe:
Ay, Papi — The Sox have taken a 6-5 lead in the fifth after a monster grand slam by David Ortiz. — Eric Hinske, continuing tonight's episode of The Broken Bat Follies, led off the inning with a slow roller to first baseman Casey Kotchman that sent half his bat flying near the pitchers' mound.
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Baseball Musings
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Wilson woozy after whirlwind day — Jack Wilson's head was spinning for two reasons yesterday. — One, a flurry of personnel moves in Detroit raised fresh issues about the possibility that he will be traded to the Tigers. — Two, he remained woozy from the asthma attack …
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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Angels rally to split the bill with Sox — Santana's strong comeback lost in the shuffle of Game 2 win — BOSTON — The Angels were looking for a solid, workmanlike effort from Ervin Santana against the Red Sox after his sojourn at Triple-A Salt Lake. What they got was something much closer to magic.
Associated Press:
Rowand, Burrell HRs power Phils by Bucs — PITTSBURGH (AP) — J.D. Durbin is doing just enough to help the Phillies win games. With the potent Philadelphia offense, he doesn't need to do that much. — Aaron Rowand and Pat Burrell homered, and Durbin won his fourth consecutive start …
Northwest Herald:
Van Halen should play the not so Friendly Confines — Chicago's Wrigley Field has been many things throughout its 93-year history. But until 2005, none of those things had been musical. — It wasn't until September of that year, when Jimmy Buffet paraded the world's largest traveling beer garden …
