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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Uniform-gate — NEW YORK — Red Sox manager Terry Francona was peeved this morning that a (major league baseball) security person made him show that he was wearing his uniform top in the second inning of Wednesday night's game with Derek Jeter at second base.
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George King / New York Post:
WATSON'S VISIT IRKS FRANCONA — Tired of repeated warnings falling on deaf ears, The Post has learned Bob Watson entered the Red Sox dugout during last night's game to talk to Terry Francona about not wearing a uniform jersey while managing. Francona opts for a red pullover, which is sanctioned by MLB properties.
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MLB fashion police check Francona during game — NEW YORK — Major League Baseball's style police were patrolling Yankee Stadium, and Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona was pulled over. — During the second inning of Wednesday night's game against the New York Yankees …
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Drew still doesn't know what to do — He's trying to deliver plausible explanation — NEW YORK — Until J.D. Drew starts hitting home runs and driving in big runs, the $14 million-a-year outfielder will not have much comfort in Boston. Nor will he have acceptance.
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Mets fall to Phils, NL East lead at three — Game-ending interference call irks players, Randolph — PHILADELPHIA — Throughout his team's mostly unremarkable season, manager Willie Randolph often has bemoaned the Mets' inability to bury their opponents or at least create margins for error.
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Rangers Pick up 2009 Option on Manager Ron Washington — Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels announced today the organization picked up manager Ron Washington's contract option for 2009.Contract details were not released. I am pleased with the job Ron's done this season …
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Notes: Pedro could debut Sept. 8 or 9 — Mets righty likely to make one ore rehab start in Minors — PHILADELPHIA — The figure on the Mets' horizon, as high profile a September callup as they ever have had, came into sharper focus Wednesday afternoon, when the club added more definition …
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:Martínez to Audition for Mets' Brain Trust
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:Philip Humber & Mike Pelfrey on way; Pedro Martinez next
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Guillen rips into Sox — X-rated rant follows loss to Rangers in extra innings — ARLINGTON, Texas — After watching the White Sox's offense sink to a new low Wednesday night, manager Ozzie Guillen fired his own attack during a 4 1/2 -minute tirade. — "The offense threw dirt on the grave …
Dan Fox / Baseball Prospectus:
Tilting the Playing Field — "It is the best game because the players look like us. They are not seven feet tall, they don't weigh 350 pounds, and they don't bench-press 650. We can relate to them. We can see them—they're not obscured by some hideous face mask, and they don't play behind …
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Dodgers willing to gamble on Loaiza — LIKE THIS STORY? — The moment the Dodgers claimed A's right-hander Esteban Loaiza on waivers, they forfeited all leverage in trade discussions. — Their decision to risk absorbing the $8 million-plus remaining on Loaiza's contract was yet another reflection …
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Purple Row
Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Today — Jose Reyes — The Angels sweep, the Indians sweep, the Padres take a third, the Phillies take a third, the Yankees take a second...we'll see how all of these storylines develop today as these series come to a close, some of them in matinees.
George King / New York Post:
BOMBERS PLAN TO AMEND JOBA RULES — The Joba Rules are about to change, The Post has learned. — And after watching Kyle Farnsworth almost flush a Yankees win last night, the alterations can't be made soon enough. — Joe Torre and minor-league pitching coordinator Nardi Contreras …
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Duffy to have surgery — Chris Duffy, the Pirates' opening-day center fielder, will have surgery on his left shoulder tomorrow, two sources confirmed yesterday. — The surgery will be performed by Dr. Lewis Yocum, the Los Angeles Angels' team physician who examined Duffy yesterday in Los Angeles.
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Bucs Dugout
Roch Kubatko / Baltimore Sun:
Strained oblique to cost Bedard start in Boston — Rookie Olson will be recalled from Bluefield to take ace's turn — The Orioles were able to divert their attention from their beleaguered bullpen yesterday, but only so they could attempt to patch up their rotation.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
D-Backs' lead has evaporated — SAN DIEGO - Not long after he fired his helmet into the ground in frustration on Wednesday night, Chris Snyder had found a more dispassionate perspective on the first three games of what has thus far been a nightmarish series for the Diamondbacks …
John Lowe / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers get 16 hits, but only 3 runs; Ordonez: 'We can't get any further behind' — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Tigers wasted hits Tuesday night to an extent they hadn't in 48 years. And after the performance knocked them 3 1/2 games behind the Indians in the AL Central, Magglio Ordonez …
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Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Notes: Cooper changes up lineup — Interim manager shakes things up after loss to Cardinals — HOUSTON — Interim manager Cecil Cooper promised lineup changes following the Astros' 7-0 loss during the series opener with the Cardinals, and on Wednesday, he delivered.
