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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's trade Haren — (12-14) 21:20 PST — For nearly a decade, the A's have boasted contending teams, making the playoffs five times in the past eight years. — On Friday, however, Oakland traded right-hander Dan Haren, who just five months before had started the All-Star Game in San Francisco.
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After trade for Haren, Snakes look scary — LIKE THIS STORY? — The Arizona Diamondbacks are now, without question, the power team in the National League. — After pulling off a trade with the Oakland A's for right-hander Dan Haren, the Snakes are now clearly the best club in the senior circuit.
Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Cards deal Edmonds for prospect — Veteran center fielder yields infielder Freese from Padres — ST. LOUIS — The dean of the Cardinals is on his way out the door. — According to reports in St. Louis and San Diego, the Cardinals have reached agreement on a trade that will send Jim Edmonds …
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards have deal in place to trade Edmonds — The earth shifted beneath Busch Stadium on Friday night. The Jim Edmonds era is over in St. Louis. — The Cardinals have reached agreement on a trade sending the former All-Star center fielder and cash to the San Diego Padres …
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Cameron leaving; Edmonds in center — Padres acquire aging outfielder for farmhand — Center fielder Jim Edmonds and at least $1 million to pay his $8 million salary are coming to the Padres for David Freese, a Single-A third baseman, according to multiple sources.
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:Padres acquiring Jim Edmonds in trade with Cardinals
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Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
Yankees still talking Santana with Twins — Deadline, shmedline: The Yankees' pursuit of Johan Santana is not over. — "We're still thinking about it," senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said yesterday. "We haven't ruled it out completely. We're still considering it.
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Joe / Around the Majors:
Santana's market becoming clear — Yesterday, Hank Steinbrenner the Newark Star Ledger what many people have long suspected: The Yankees aren't out of the Johan Santana sweepstakes. "We're still considering it," Steinbrenner said. "I haven't closed the door completely on Santana." The story adds:
Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
Yanks 'haven't closed the door' on Santana — The Yankees pursuit of Johan Santana is not over. — "We're still thinking about it," senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said today. "We haven't ruled it out completely. We're still considering it. I haven't closed the door completely on Santana."
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Dan Connolly / Baltimore Sun:
Segui denounces Roberts' inclusion in Mitchell Report — Former Oriole says Bigbie's statements about Roberts were fabricated — Former Oriole David Segui is mentioned continually throughout baseball's newly released Mitchell Report on steroids, but what irks him most is that his ex-teammate Brian Roberts …
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New York Post:
'IT SUCKS': DAMON FURIOUS AT BEING NAMED ON FALSE STEROID LIST — 41 PLAYERS NAMED BY NBC DID NOT APPEAR IN MITCHELL REPORT — About three hours before the official Mitchell Report came out on Thursday, New York's WNBC-TV posted an "exclusive" list of 75 players expected to appear in the official report.
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
What a tangled web of deceit — Ahhhhhhhhh! — My reaction after taking a steroid injection in the buttocks? — No, my thoughts after perusing most of the 400-plus-page, mind-numbing tome that was the Mitchell Report, then reading a few dozen reaction stories and opinion pieces cranked …
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Wagner fears doubt will be cast — NEW YORK — Billy Wagner always has been proud of the power his left arm generates and how his fastball has distinguished him from most others in his business. Saves are one thing, he says; miles per hour are something else.
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Larry McShane / NY Daily News:
New York Times bashes Barry Bonds, then runs slugger's memorabilia ad — The New York Times' policy on Barry Bonds: Don't asterisk, don't tell. — The Times paddled the steroid-tainted baseball slugger on its editorial page Friday, then peddled baseballs signed by the home-run king for $399 a pop in another section of the paper.
