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1:55 PM ET, June 30, 2008

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Jack Curry / Bats:
Yanks Recall Gardner, Top Prospect  —  The Yankees will have a new player when they oppose the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium on Monday night.  Brett Gardner, a speedy outfielder, told The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg, S.C., his hometown newspaper, that the Yankees had summoned him to the Bronx.
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Yankees to call up Gardner  —  According to an article in his hometown paper, the Yankees have called up OF Brett Gardner.  A second source confirmed it at 1 a.m.  —  Gardner was at .287/.412/.429 through 80 games for Scranton.  He had three homers, 29 RBI and 34 stolen bases.
Kobrien / On the Yankees beat:
Tough stretch ahead, Gardner coming up  —  This next nine-game stretch will give the Yankees a stiff test.  They have the AL's best offensive team coming in in the Rangers, then their big rival the Red Sox, and the AL East first-place Rays.  The Yankees could either make up some significant ground …
Discussion: Baseball Musings
Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
Red Sox dealing with threat  —  Beef up security for Tampa Bay trip  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  HOUSTON - The Red Sox [team stats] and Major League Baseball have dispatched security teams to St. Petersburg, Fla., for the next three days due to a recent threat made against the club's players.
Discussion: The Heater, Boston Globe and SOX1FAN
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Sean McAdam / Providence Journal:
Manny Ramirez apologizes after shoving Sox' traveling secretary  —  HOUSTON — Maybe it's something in the water in Houston.  —  Days after Houston Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon tackled general manger Ed Wade in the home clubhouse at Minute Maid Park, the visitors clubhouse was the scene …
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Sox are stuck in second
Discussion: Red Sox Monster
The Biz of Baseball:
Black and Latin Red Sox Players Threatened
Discussion: SOX1FAN
USA Today:
INSIDE PITCH  —  Second baseman Dan Uggla said his sprained left ankle felt better Sunday but chances are he won't return to action until Thursday at the earliest.  —  Uggla left Saturday's game in the fourth inning after he took a hard turn toward second base on a single then lost his footing and stumbled in the dirt.
Discussion: FishStripes
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Ailing Uggla hopes to return by Thursday
Discussion: Federal Baseball and FishStripes
Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Marlins Dan Uggla's sprained left ankle won't keep him out long
Discussion: FishStripes
ESPN:
Report: Manny sorry after shoving Red Sox official  —  The Red Sox are confident it wasn't Manny just being Manny.  —  Manny Ramirez has apologized for pushing the team's traveling secretary to the ground in the visitors clubhouse during a confrontation Saturday in Houston, according to a report in The Providence Journal.
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Tim Sullivan / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Padres organization soon could reach crossroads in woeful season  —  A week ago, Sandy Alderson was waffling.  He was wiggling.  He was waiting.  Rather than pick a pigeonhole he might later wish to leave, the Padres' Harvard-trained CEO cleverly characterized his ballclub not as buyers or sellers …
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David Andriesen / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Mariners savor sweep over San Diego Padres
Discussion: Gaslamp Ball
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Nine-Game Test Awaits the Yankees  —  The schedule says the Texas Rangers will make their only appearance at Yankee Stadium this week, but that is not exactly accurate.  A chunk of the Rangers' lineup will probably come back next month for the All-Star Game.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Girardi: Kennedy has to earn his way back
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yankees find runs at a premium
Discussion: Mets Geek and iYankees
Tyler Kepner / Bats:
Kennedy Must Earn His Way Back
Andy Clayton / Blogging the Bombers:
Girardi unveils weirdest lineup of the year
Discussion: Bugs & Cranks
Rich Lederer / Baseball Analysts:
Examining Omar Vizquel  —  When a 41-year-old shortstop goes 1-for-his-last-32, is it not fair to wonder if he has reached the end of the line?  Is he just in a slump or is it something bigger than that?  —  The player in question is Omar Vizquel.  To try and answer the above questions …
Jason / It is about the money, stupid:
An Interview with Darrell Rasner  —  Following my interview with agent Matt Sosnick, I asked Matt if it would be OK to interview one of his players.  Being in New York and sucker for the low-down from one of the less-heralded players, I checked if the Yanks Darrell Rasner would be amenable.
 
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