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Jack Curry / New York Times:
Looking to Postseason, Brewers Trade for Sabathia — After the Milwaukee Brewers made a bold move by acquiring C. C. Sabathia from the Cleveland Indians on Monday, one team official mentioned the imminent “C. C. surge.” He was referring to sales of tickets and souvenirs …
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers net Sabathia for four prospects — Tribe ace, 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner lands in Milwaukee — MILWAUKEE — The Brewers traded away a big piece of tomorrow for a chance to win today. — They dealt top prospect Matt LaPorta and three other young players to the Indians …
Fox Sports:Brewers getting Sabathia from Indians
Discussion:
Mets Fever, River Ave. Blues, Bats, GoatRiders of the Apocalypse, iYankees and The Bronx Block
Paul Hoynes / Cleveland Sports News:It's official: Indians trade Sabathia to Milwaukee
Discussion:
WaitingForNextYear
Associated Press:
Ramirez helps BoSox end Twins' run at 5 — BOSTON (AP)—Daisuke Matsuzaka's outstanding pitching and the familiar look of Fenway Park were just what the Boston Red Sox needed coming home from a horrendous road trip. — Manny Ramirez hit a run-scoring single in the eighth to lift Boston …
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Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
Manny's back in swing — Delivers clutch hit in big win — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — All it took for the Red Sox [team stats] to reverse their disturbing trends on the 3-7 road trip that toppled them from first place was a return to the security blanket that is Fenway Park [map].
John Perrotto / Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times:
Pirates may trade Wilson to Dodgers — The Los Angeles Dodgers have zeroed in on Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson as their primary trade target now that the Milwaukee Brewers have a deal in place to acquire left-hander C.C. Sabathia from the Cleveland Indians.
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, MLB Rumors, Where have you gone …, BBTF's Baseball Primer … and Bucs Dugout
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates expecting Wilson to stay put — Coonelly: Team will ‘evaluate carefully every potential trade’ — The Pirates expect to keep shortstop Jack Wilson beyond Major League Baseball's July 31 trading deadline, despite overtures from several teams in the past week. — And he might stay a lot longer than that.
Discussion:
Bucs Dugout
Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Kuroda's one-hitter is a sunny delight — LOS ANGELES - The sunny view here amid the palm trees and rag tops has the Dodgers coming to understand Joe Torre and Torre getting them, the only explanation for a July that has seen six wins and 36 runs in seven games, because it couldn't possibly …
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Mike Scarr / MLB.com:
Kuroda brilliant in one-hitting Braves — Dodgers right-hander takes perfect game into eighth inning — LOS ANGELES — Hiroki Kuroda was nearly perfect Monday in the Dodgers' 3-0 victory over the Braves in front of 39,896 to open the series. — Instead, he was just very good and settled …
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Francoeur to rejoin Braves on Monday — With three put on DL, outfielder summoned back from Minors — LOS ANGELES — Jeff Francoeur's stay in the Minor Leagues was a short one. The Braves recalled him from Double-A Mississippi and he is expected to be with them in Los Angeles for Monday night's series opener against the Dodgers.
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Milton Bradley / Bats:
‘What Have I Done Now?’ — Milton Bradley, the Texas Rangers' designated hitter, was named to his first All-Star team and will play for the American League at Yankee Stadium next week. He will contribute occasional items to the New York Times's Bats blog about his All-Star experience.
Discussion:
The Griddle
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Linkin Park, MLB Properties Hook-up For 3rd Year — Major League Baseball Properties (MLBP) and its MLB Authentic Collection announced today that the music marketing program “Access To The Show” are returning to Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution Tour for all 23 dates kicking off on Wednesday …
Discussion:
Can't Stop The Bleeding
Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Church gets his head examined one more time — PHILADELPHIA - Ryan Church arrived in New York Sunday night and underwent an MRI exam of his brain and neck Monday, the Mets said, confirming an earlier Daily News report that he had left the team. Results of both MRIs were negative, and Church is day-to-day.
Discussion:
BBTF's Baseball Primer …
Boston Herald:
Hunter homers twice in Angels win — Torii Hunter homered twice, the first capping a six-run second inning, and the Los Angeles Angels held on for a 9-6 victory over the Texas Rangers last night in Arlington, Texas. — Vladimir Guerrero, Jeff Mathis and Hunter all homered in the big second inning that gave the Angels an 8-0 lead.
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6-4-2
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
postGame: Mets 10 Phillies 9 — The Mets (45-44) defeated the Phillies (48-42) by the score of 10 to 9 in Philadelphia. — For a boxscore, stats, recap, etc., go to SNY.tv. — Jose Reyes started the game with a single on the first pitch, and it didn't stop there …
Dan Steinberg / D.C. Sports Bog:
Nats: Last in the League, Last in TV Ratings — Well this ballpark-christening season has gone about as smoothly for Washington baseball as rush hour at Metro Center. To recap: the big offseason signing got caught up in the steroid scandal, the exciting new outfielders both suffered serious injuries …
