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3:50 PM ET, August 4, 2008

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Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers Manager Joe Torre should dread day Manny Ramirez cuts hair  —  If Ramirez returns to Dodger Stadium a week from today to open the team's next home stand with all his hair, Torre said he would make a donation to Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA.  —  T.J. Simers
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Steve Silva / Boston Globe:
Manny mania still all the rage  —  While Jason Bay more than held his own in his Boston debut, Manny mania continues to sweep Los Angeles and there's no shortage of commentary on the former Sox slugger that took Chavez Ravine by storm over the weekend.  —  This morning's LA Times has the recap …
Jill Painter / L.A. Daily News:   Dodgers outfielder Pierre: I'm in ‘difficult position’
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' Juan Pierre isn't happy about latest move
Associated Press:   Manny's HR, 3 RBIs power Dodgers to win
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Two late offers for Bay spurned  —  CHICAGO — The Pirates had made up their minds not to trade Jason Bay six minutes before Major League Baseball's trading deadline Thursday, general manager Neal Huntington said, rejecting two firm offers on their table.  —  But they left open one exception.
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Keith Law / ESPN:
Waive goodbye?  Six players who might need new uniforms … We've now entered a new waiver period in Major League Baseball, one in which a player's contract may not be assigned to another team unless he first clears major league (revocable) waivers.  Players already have begun clearing waivers.
Rob Biertempfel / PittsburghLIVE.com:   Moves excite Pirates' GM Huntington
Associated Press:
Padres' Maddux notches 352nd career win
Discussion: Baseball Musings
Ted Berg / SNY.tv:
Dan Murphy's Law  —  With everything going wrong, Mets' roster moves perplexing  —  Whoa.  What's going on here?  —  Suddenly, Nick Evans and Dan Murphy are platooning in left and Eddie Kunz is in the bullpen.  —  Suddenly, Omar Minaya is operating on the younger-and-more-athletic platform that won us over a few years ago.
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
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neworleans.zephyrs.milb.com:
Pascucci Hits Three Homers, Z's Rally To Win In 10
Discussion: Mets Fever
David Lennon / Newsday:
Astros win 4-0, sweep Mets
Tim Nudd / AdFreak:
Manny: machine wash cold, tumble dry low  —  Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers last Thursday.  ESPN agency Ground Zero quickly sprang into action, and by lunchtime Friday, “nearly every Laundromat in Los Angeles county had at least one ‘Lost Red Sock.’ ” Even the Encino Quickie Wash?
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Redsock / The Joy of Sox:
Stupid, Petty, Ungrateful, Ignorant  —  We may think that Red Sox fans are a different breed, cut from better cloth than the average baseball fan.  More loyal, more knowledgeable.  But then something happens that shows beyond all doubt that Red Sox fans can be as stupid, petty, ungrateful, and ignorant as any other team's fans.
Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
New Red Sox get all A's
Discussion: SOX1FAN
Tim Tucker / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves announcer Skip Caray dies  —  Skip Caray made the call when the Atlanta Braves won the World Series in 1995: “Yes!  Yes!  Yes!  The Atlanta Braves have given you a championship!  Listen to this crowd!”  —  He made the call when Sid Bream scored on Francisco Cabrera's pinch-hit …
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Baseball mourns loss of Skip Caray  —  Beloved Braves announcer continued legacy of excellence  —  ATLANTA — The Braves family lost one of its most beloved members on Sunday, when Skip Caray passed away at his Atlanta-area home.  —  Caray, who would have celebrated his 69th birthday on Aug. 12 …
Andrew Baggarly / Mercury News:
Giants notes: Lincecum is no baby  —  Giants ace wants to keep pitching  —  SAN DIEGO - Tim Lincecum doesn't want to be treated like a baby down the stretch, even though the Giants are out of contention.  —  Babies don't win Cy Young awards.  —  “I want to go out there as many times as possible,” Lincecum said.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Waiver Trade Candidates: American League  —  By Tim Dierkes [August 4 at 9:19am CST]  —  Today let's take a swing through the American League and identify players who could clear waivers this month.  If a player clears waivers he can be traded to any team for another such player or a prospect not on the 40-man roster.
Discussion: River Ave. Blues
Carroll Rogers / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves' Soriano on DL for third time  —  Rafael Soriano continues to be hampered by right elbow problems that have bothered him since early on in spring training.  —  The Braves announced after Sunday's game they were disabling Soriano for the third time this season with elbow inflammation.
Discussion: Talking Chop
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
The 'stache has met its demise  —  My friends, I have some sad news.  —  The 'stache is no more.  —  Sources have told the LoHud Yankees Blog that Jason Giambi has shaved his mustache.  The Big G clearly needed to do something given that he has four extra-base hits and a .205 batting average since July 1.
 
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