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Jeff Goldberg / Hartford Courant:
Back Pain Could Keep Manny Out Longer Than Expected — NEW YORK - The Red Sox discovered the source of Manny Ramirez's pain Wednesday, and it is potentially more serious than just a sore back. — Ramirez was diagnosed with a strained left oblique by team internist Dr. Larry Ronan …
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Baseball Musings
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Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
For Yanks, numbers chill thrills — This was the season the Yankees were supposed to have. This was the way things were supposed to look and the way they were supposed to be, for Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada, for Derek Jeter and the great Mo Rivera, the only surprise here …
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Yankees' plan for future currently on display … Editor's Note: This story appears in the Sept. 10 edition of ESPN The Magazine. — The savior is summoned from the bullpen. As he begins his journey across the outfield grass, the crowd in Yankee Stadium rises to its feet.
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River Ave. Blues
Jim Caple / ESPN:
Shut up, Red Sox Nation — After Game 7 of the 2003 American League championship series between the Red Sox and Yankees, I walked out of Yankee Stadium with a colleague. Just 48 hours earlier it had seemed very possible that the Red Sox and Cubs would meet in the World Series.
Jack Curry / New York Times:
Boston's Mr. Reliable May Be Mr. Available — When John Henry, the owner of the Boston Red Sox, was introduced at a charity event in Chicago last Saturday, the fans chanted, "Low-ell, Low-ell." More than 300 Red Sox devotees used their voices to tell Henry that they would like to see Mike Lowell playing third base in 2008.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Dodgers claim Loaiza off waivers from A's — FOXSports.com, Updated 21 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — The Dodgers have added another starting pitcher to their rotation, claiming right-hander Esteban Loaiza on waivers from the A's. — The teams did not complete a trade for Loaiza …
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Dodger Thoughts, True Blue LA, FanHouse, MLB Trade Rumors, Baseball Musings, Babes Love Baseball and 6-4-2
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ESPN.com:
Dodgers claim Loaiza from A's — OAKLAND, Calif. — The Los Angeles Dodgers claimed right-hander Esteban Loaiza off waivers from the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday, assuming more than $8 million in guaranteed salary. — Loaiza, a two-time All-Star, had made only two starts after missing …
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Associated Press, Rumors and Rants, Rockin' the Ravine, El Lefty Malo, Bucs Dugout and True Blue LA
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Humber may get his Phil on Saturday — PHILADELPHIA - Philip Humber or Mike Pelfrey, and not Brian Lawrence, will face the Braves on Saturday. After Lawrence allowed five runs in 4-2/3 innings Monday night against the Phillies, lifting his ERA to 6.31 in five starts, the Mets optioned …
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Mark Hale / New York Post:PEDRO COULD BE ON MOVE — Pedro Martinez is almost certainly …
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Surfing the Mets
David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
What a Way to Lose — The Mets' Marlon Anderson makes a huge mistake that costs the Mets a game. Down 3-2 in the top of the ninth, the Mets have men on first and third, Anderson on first. Green hits a slow roller to short. Rollins flips to Iguchi at second, and Anderson slides …
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves strike out with switch — Smoltz comes up short on three days' rest; Francoeur ejection pivotal — Miami — Just when it looked like the worst night of Jeff Francoeur's major league career couldn't get any uglier, it did. And it cost the Braves dearly.
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Back troubles KO Kielty and Ramírez — NEW YORK — Red Sox outfielder Bobby Kielty said he is scheduled to undergo X-rays and perhaps other tests to determine the cause of continuing back pain, the result, he said, of colliding with the low bullpen wall in right field at Fenway Park in his first game with the team 10 days ago.
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Peter's Red Sox Forever
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:Blast from their past — Damon levels Sox with decisive HR
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The Soxaholix
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
It's Time for MLB to Rethink the Marlins Stadium Strategy — Unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard that the Florida Marlins are laboring to get into a new stadium. Current owner Jeffery Loria has been working to get into a new facility since purchasing the team in Feb. of 2002 …
Dallas Morning News:
It's tough to dislike Rangers' new crop — The logical part of the brain says it's too early — way too early — to evaluate how the Rangers did in their trading deadline deals. The number of players acquired in those deals was impressive. But most of those players are so far from the majors that any evaluation would be premature.
John Hickey / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
M's, Guillen close to reaching deal — The Mariners and outfielder Jose Guillen are close to completing a contract extension. — The deal, apparently for three years, would replace the one-year mutual option that would have kept Guillen in Seattle for the 2008 season.
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David Andriesen / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:Big lead, bigger loss for Mariners
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Associated Press
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
eMailbag: MetsBlog Ignores the Bullpen — Rick from Brooklyn Heights sent in the following e-mail... Since being traded to the Red Sox, Eric Gagne has a 9.00 ERA in 11 relief appearances. — Since being traded to the Brewers, Scott Linebrink is 1-3 with a blown save and a 4.97 ERA in 13 appearances.
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Mets Lifers
