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TheTandD.com:
Holly Hill's Brett Gardner called up to New York Yankees — Don't believe dreams can come true? — Just talk to Brett Gardner. Because, Sunday afternoon, Gardner's big-league dream came true when Scranton/Wilkes-Barre manager Dave Miley called him into his office and informed …
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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.
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BASEBALL HOT CORNER, The Sommer Frieze, Bronx Banter, iYankees, The Chuck Knoblog and Pending Pinstripes
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.
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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 …
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Boston Globe, SOX1FAN, My Pinstripes, Walkoff Walk, Fire Brand of the … and The700Level.com
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 — Seattle beats up on worst team in National League to complete 6-3 trip — SAN DIEGO — Let's face it, the San Diego Padres stink. — Not only that, they stink in the National League, which is considerably stinkier than stinking in the stronger American League.
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Gaslamp Ball
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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FishStripes
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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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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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Art Martone / Projo SoxBlog:
Ramirez apologizes after altercation with 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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Deadspin, SPORTSbyBROOKS, Baseball Musings, Peter's Red Sox Forever, The Big Lead, SOX & Dawgs, Red Sox Monster, Center Field, YFSF and Surviving Grady
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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Andy Clayton / Blogging the Bombers:Girardi unveils weirdest lineup of the year
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Bugs & Cranks
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.
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 …
