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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Ramírez lobbied to stay — Of all the Manny moments in Boston, the last ranks as one of the most confounding. Within an hour after Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein informed Manny Ramírez he had been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday, Ramírez's agent …
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Enrique Rojas / ESPN.com:
Happy Manny wants to end career in Dodger Blue … LOS ANGELES — Day 1 was hectic. Now that the storm has passed, Manny Ramirez has decided that he wants to end his career as a professional baseball player in sunny L.A. — “I like this city, the environment, the energy in the fans.
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SOX & Dawgs
Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:
Scott Boras denies claim of contact — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio — Amid the inevitable he-said, she-said that results during the breakup between the Red Sox [team stats] and a star player, agent Scott Boras denied a published report earlier today that Manny Ramirez …
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Boston Globe
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Murphy lasts in Triple-A one day, gets call — HOUSTON - Daniel Murphy's Triple-A career lasted one day. The 23-year-old prospect is expected to join the Mets for tonight's game against the Astros, the Daily News has learned. — After hitting .308 with 13 homers and 67 RBI at Double-A Binghamton …
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Adam Rubin / Surfing the Mets:
Daniel Murphy gets the call — Turns out Omar Minaya wasn't kidding when he suggested a group of five core prospects could have an impact on the team after no activity at the trading deadline. As you may have read in today's late editions of the Daily News, prospect Daniel Murphy is en route …
Mark Dent / MLB.com:
Griffey sizzles in White Sox debut — Slugger drives in a pair, scores run in opening victory — KANSAS CITY — The crowd stood and applauded him, not caring one bit that Ken Griffey Jr. played for the visiting team. — That happened every at-bat. You get the feeling the Royals' Billy Butler …
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Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
Royals outlast White Sox for 9-7 victory in wilting heat — Start with this: It was hot Saturday, Baghdad hot, which was somehow perversely fitting, it seemed, for the annual Military Appreciation Day at Kauffman Stadium. — So maybe the heat gets credit for what happened …
Michael Rand / Randball:
Erin Andrews: “My overall reaction is that it's really sad.” — The upward trend of ESPN's Erin Andrews being a newsmaker and not just a news reporter reached a new level this week when GateHouse News Service columnist Mike Nadel injected a critique of Andrews' professionalism into a column …
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Randolph returns for Yanks ‘reunion’ — Fan favorite reflects on tenure with Mets at Old-Timers' Day — NEW YORK — The familiar old Yankees pinstripes still fit well on Willie Randolph's frame, though the former Mets manager says that his heart remains with some of his old players across town.
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ESPN:
Girardi says Wang won't make September return — NEW YORK — Yankees manager Joe Girardi is shooting down speculation that injured right-handed starter Chien-Ming Wang could return to the mound in September. — Wang, injured running the bases in Houston on June 15, got the cast off …
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Minor Leaguers Being Suspended for PEDs at Record Clip — As reported early Thursday morning, MLB had issued PED suspensions to six minor players on three days over the course of just under a week. At the time, we reported that the number of PED suspensions were substantial …
Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Rangers' pitching, bullpen coaches dismissed — rdurrett@dallasnews.com — ARLINGTON - The Rangers fired pitching coach Mark Connor and bullpen coach Dom Chiti after Friday's 9-8 win against Toronto. — Triple-A Oklahoma pitching coach Andy Hawkins and Jim Colborn …
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Bart Hubbuch / Mets Blog:
Tatis now regular right fielder — Jerry Manuel shifted gears this afternoon and said Fernando Tatis will now be the team's regular right fielder, with the rookie tandem of Nick Evans and Daniel Murphy platooning in left. Endy Chavez will remain the fourth outfielder.
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The 'Ropolitans
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Cuban Wants Cubs, but Will Baseball Want Him? — Think of it: Mark Cuban as the Chicago Cubs' owner, bonding with the Bleacher Bums at Wrigley Field, splurging for rounds of Old Style beer and screaming at umpires. The concept is almost Veeckian, as if Bill Veeck, the populist former owner of the Browns …
St. Petersburg Times:
Rays players don't mind that no deals were made — ST. PETERSBURG — Rays players were relieved and rejuvenated by management's decision not to make a move before Thursday's nonwaiver trade deadline. — Some believed it served as a vote of confidence and stood by manager Joe Maddon's sentiment …
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