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Jack Etkin / Rocky Mountain News:
Hurdle likely will find All-Star sub for Randolph — National League manager Clint Hurdle of the Rockies likely will add another coach to his All-Star staff after the New York Mets' firing of Willie Randolph early Tuesday. — Hurdle had asked Randolph and San Diego manager Bud Black …
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JETER: I FEEL BAD FOR WILLIE — WANTS FORMER YANKEE TO MANAGE AGAIN — Derek Jeter says he's sorry to see former Yankee Willie Randolph gone as manager of the Mets. — “I feel bad for Willie,” Jeter said today on WFAN's “Mike and the Mad Dog” program. “It's unfortunate.
Associated Press:
Mets fire Randolph; Manuel to lead team in interim — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Willie Randolph is out as manager of the New York Mets, fired in the middle of the night 2½ months into a disappointing season that has followed the team's colossal collapse last September.
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ESPN:
Randolph victim of Mets' circus — The personnel meetings the Mets hold are said by participants to run on for hours, the discussion often turning circular and pointless. And maybe that's when it starts to happen in their organization when they get to the point where the staff members …
New York Post:
MINAYA: ‘STANDARD PROCEDURE’ — METS GM SAYS HE TOLD MANAGER AS SOON AS HE MADE DECISION — A firing executed at quarter past three in the morning at the team hotel, announced via e-mail, after the manager made a cross-country flight with his job clearly in jeopardy, was called “standard procedure” today by Omar Minaya.
NY Daily News:Fans quick to condemn Mets' handling of Willie Randolph firing
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:Opinion: I Feel Dirty
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Ted Berg / SNY.tv:Manuel focus — New skipper deemed ‘fearless’ in Chicago stint
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:Mets Fire Manager Willie Randolph
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Ken Peters / Associated Press:Manuel to manage Mets for rest of year
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 71: Padres at Yankees — (Check all the updates for news. Lots of stuff today) — YANKEES (37-33) — Damon LF — Jeter SS — Abreu RF — Rodriguez 3B — Matsui DH — Giambi 1B — Posada C — Cano 2B — Cabrera CF — Pettitte LHP
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Colon to disabled list — Red Sox righthander Bartolo Colon has been placed on the 15-day disabled list because of stiffness in his lower back. — The Red Sox have recalled righthander Chris Smith from Triple A Pawtucket to take his spot on the roster. — Colon twice came to the plate …
Diamond Leung / PE Angels Baseball:
Dodgers' Penny to miss a start — Download story podcast — The Press-Enterprise — CINCINNATI - Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny is expected to be placed on the disabled list after an MRI exam conducted on his right shoulder Monday revealed inflammation in the bursa and mild tendinitis.
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Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' Hiroki Kuroda to have shoulder examined; Brad Penny put on disabled list — Kuroda will undergo MRI exam. Penny has inflammation and mild tendinitis in his right shoulder. — CINCINNATI — On the same day the Dodgers placed Brad Penny on the 15-day disabled list because of inflammation …
Jim Molony / MLB.com:
Tejada has All-Star ballot competition — Astros shortstop being pursued by Ramirez, three others — Houston's Miguel Tejada is still clinging to the lead, but Florida's Hanley Ramirez and the three other shortstops chasing Tejada in the National League All-Star voting have narrowed …
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Geoff Young / Ducksnorts:
Chatting with Sandy Alderson (Part 2) — This is the second of a three-part interview (Part 1 is here) with San Diego Padres CEO Sandy Alderson. Big thanks to Mr. Alderson for taking time out of his busy schedule to make himself available, and also to his assistant, Dayle Tedrow …
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Spear: Buzhardt's memory will never fade — FOUR YEARS SEEM like yesterday. The memories are that clear, the stories that good. — John Buzhardt and I met at the Mid-Carolina Country Club grill room to talk about his professional baseball career, and seldom has an interview been so entertaining.
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Bart Hubbuch / Mets Blog:
Peterson talks about dismissal — Newly fired Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson gave a statement to reporters without taking questions as he departed the team hotel in Costa Mesa, Calif., this morning. — Peterson is being replaced by Dan Warthen, who was elevated from the same position with the Mets' Triple-A New Orleans affiliate.
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Jon Paul Morosi / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers interested in free agent Freddy Garcia — The Tigers have contacted the representatives for free agent right-hander Freddy Garcia, an indication that they are seeking to add veteran talent in the middle of a still-hopeful season. — Garcia's agent, Peter Greenberg …
Glenn Guilbeau / USA Today:
Ninth-inning rally propels LSU to 6-5 victory over Rice at CWS — OMAHA — LSU finally made a highlight video on location at the College World Series that does not star Skip Bertman. — It was like a movie. Call it, “The Magic's Back at Rosenblatt.” — The Tigers' five-game losing streak …
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