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7:25 PM ET, June 20, 2008

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Steve Silva / Boston Globe:
Schilling to have season-ending surgery  —  Curt Schilling revealed this morning that he will have season-ending surgery on his right shoulder on Monday, saying there was a “pretty decent chance that I've thrown my last pitch forever.”  —  The 41-year-old Red Sox righthander made the disclosure during …
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Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:
Not a thing in the world to be upset about.  —  22 years ago June the Boston Red Sox picked a Freshman Pitcher from Yavapai Junior College (the best JC team in the nation btw!) in the 2nd round of the (Last!)  January Draft.  —  3 World Series rings, 3k innings plus later, there's a chance it's all over.
Associated Press:
Schilling's season, possibly career, over  —  BOSTON — Curt Schilling will have surgery on his ailing shoulder Monday, ending his season and possibly his career.  —  The 41-year-old Boston Red Sox right-hander will have the operation after a rehabilitation program preferred by the team failed …
Discussion: Yankees Chick
Yankees Blog:
Curt Schilling To Have Season-Ending Surgery
Discussion: Sliding Into Home
ESPN:
Blue Jays fire Gibbons, bring back Cito Gaston  —  The Toronto Blue Jays became the third team this week to fire their manager, relieving John Gibbons of his duties along with coaches Marty Pevey, Ernie Whitt and Gary Denbo, the team said Friday.  —  Former Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston …
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Sports Illustrated:
Gibbons out, Gaston back with Jays  —  The Blue Jays are planning a major shakeup with manager John Gibbons expected to be replaced by former manager Cito Gaston, SI.com has learned.  Most of the coaching staff is expected to be let go as well.  —  The Blue Jays had been expected to contend …
Alan Robinson / Associated Press:
Jays fire Gibbons, bring back Gaston  —  PITTSBURGH (AP)—The Toronto Blue Jays dipped back into their past to shake up a last-place team that has looked overmatched at times in the competitive AL East, firing manager John Gibbons on Friday and replacing him with two-time World Series winner Cito Gaston.
Discussion: Unfiltered and Bluebird Banter
Willie Randolph / NY Daily News:
Willie Randolph opens up after his recent firing as Mets manager  —  Three and a half years and 555 games after it began, my dream of bringing a championship to the New York Mets officially expired a few minutes after midnight in Suite 1602 of the Westin Hotel in Costa Mesa, Calif.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Rubin: With Minaya on hot seat, Bernazard could get job
David Lennon / Newsday:
Five ways for the Mets to stay alive
Jon Paul Morosi / Detroit Free Press:
Denny Bautista cut to make room for Zumaya  —  SAN DIEGO - For days, Tigers fans pondered the question: When Joel Zumaya comes back, which pitcher would be removed from the active roster?  —  The answer came this afternoon: Denny Bautista.  —  The team announced today …
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Bless You Boys
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Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
Suzuki's next hit: the road  —  The rap on Ichiro Suzuki and the Mariners: They're highly paid underachievers.  John Froschauer / Associated Press  —  Seattle fired general manager Bill Bavasi on Monday.  Manager John McLaren was let go Thursday.  —  Who's next?
Discussion: Hot Foot and ShysterBall
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Gregg Bell / Associated Press:
Fired McLaren: Infighting doomed Marines
Discussion: ESPN.com
Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:
Trade?  Phils just need Myers to improve  —  We've reached that time of the year when everyone who gives a hoot about the Phillies likes to climb up on his stump and shout about how the team needs to make a big trade for a starting pitcher.  —  And while we certainly believe that the Phils …
Yahoo! Sports:
White Sox Team Report  —  Inside Pitch  —  General manager Ken Williams said his piece in a Sun-Times article on Wednesday when asked if he could ever see himself as the general manager of the cross-town rival Cubs.  —  His response?  —  “That would be a betrayal,” the White Sox GM said.
Discussion: Baseball Prospectus
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Rainer Sabin / New York Times:
Igawa Searching for a Way Back to New York  —  NORFOLK, Va. — Shrieks of laughter and loud claps echoed through the dingy visitors' clubhouse at Harbor Park last weekend.  A group of players from the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees had their eyes trained on the scene unfolding in front of them.
Baseball America:
Prospect Hot Sheet: June 20  —  Next week, the flood of new prospects arrives, which will make cracking the Prospect Hot Sheet all the tougher.  Tim Beckham, David Cooper and the rest of the signed first-round picks, as well as plenty of other short-season and rookie ball talent will be edging their way into the Hot Sheet discussion.
 
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Joel Sherman / Yankees Blog:
STEVEN WHITE REMOVED FROM 40-MAN ROSTER
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Morgan coming back from Indianapolis
Associated Press:
Rays reach agreement with No. 1 pick Beckham
Terry Pluto / Plain Dealer:
Cleveland Indians are done, so it's time to look ahead, says The …
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Denver Post:
Thanks to wins, Holliday not on trading block
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs' season may hinge on Zambrano's MRI
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Indians acquire Fasano from Braves
Mike Vaccaro / New York Post:
REASON FOR HOPE  —  DESPITE CRAZINESS, METS STILL HAVE SHOT AT NL EAST
Carroll Rogers / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Chipper Jones' average falls below .400
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Yanks' power mustache
Discussion: Surviving Grady
Hal McCoy / Dayton Daily News:
GM's comments rankle Reds' Dunn
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Tavarez designated for assignment
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Cintron stays longer at short
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