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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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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 …
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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.
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:More on Manny-McCormick altercation — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 83: Rangers at Yankees — YANKEES (44-38) — Scott Feldman (1-3, 4.60) vs. the New York hitters. — Mike Mussina (10-5, 3.93) vs. the Texas hitters. — Notes: Thanks to Mike Dougherty for calling in the lineup. ... OF Justin Christian was optioned down. ...
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Associated Press:
Pierre placed on 15-day DL … HOUSTON (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Juan Pierre was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday after spraining a ligament in his left knee in Sunday's 1-0 loss to the Angels. — Pierre left in the sixth inning after hurting his knee sliding into second base on a successful steal.
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Union Plans Grievance to Aid Chacon — Shawn Chacon cleared waivers and was released yesterday by the Astros, five days after a physical altercation with GM Ed Wade in the clubhouse. — Michael Weiner, the general counsel of Major League Baseball's Players Association, said the union planned to file a grievance today.
Associated Press:
Union to file grievance on Astros cutting Chacon … HOUSTON (AP) — Shawn Chacon cleared waivers and was released Monday by the Houston Astros on Monday, five days after a physical altercation with general manager Ed Wade in the clubhouse. — Michael Weiner, the general counsel …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Padres Likely To Sell — By Tim Dierkes [June 30 at 11:13am CST] — The Padres have lost eight in a row, slipping to 9.5 games out in the NL West. CEO Sandy Alderson says “it's probably easier to see us as sellers at this point.” He added that they could still look to buy if the Padres …
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Joe Kay / Associated Press:
Griffey's HR in 9th lifts Reds over Bucs — CINCINNATI (AP)—Darren Baker hasn't yet learned the distinction between old and vintage. — The 9-year-old son of Reds manager Dusty Baker playfully called Ken Griffey Jr. old on Monday, then watched the 38-year-old outfielder end the game with a swing that was as sweet as ever.
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.
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:Marlins Dan Uggla's sprained left ankle won't keep him out long
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Mike Lipka / Yahoo! Sports:
Kansas City (37-45) at Baltimore (41-39) — The Kansas City Royals' quest to get out of last place hit a snag in their final two games of interleague play against their intrastate rivals. — Still, the Royals will be looking to win six straight road games for the first time in more than nine years …
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Sean McAdam / Providence Journal:
Okajima's woes could sound call for relief … HOUSTON — The more Hideki Okajima struggles, the more the Red Sox' interest in Colorado's Brian Fuentes might grow. — Okajima came into Friday night's game, and after recording two outs, gave up a long homer to Reggie Abercrombie …
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Roch Kubatko / Baltimore Sun:
Loewen returns; Walker heads to DL — Reliever placed on 15-day disabled list with left elbow inflammation — The addition of a left-hander to the Orioles' bullpen today coincided with the loss of another. — Adam Loewen returned from his injury rehabilitation assignment and the Orioles activated him from the disabled list.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards go back to 13 pitchers — With the Cardinals' bullpen having been taxed by an early exit from RHP Braden Looper on Sunday, the club has gone back to 13 pitchers, at least for the four-game series with the New York Mets. — Righthander Brad Thompson, who has been up and down a couple …
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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 …
