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Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Joba leaves with stiff right shoulder — Yankees starter exits after 4 2/3 innings against Rangers — ARLINGTON — Joba Chamberlain left his start against the Rangers after 4 2/3 innings Monday with what the Yankees are calling a stiff right shoulder. — Chamberlain appeared to strain …
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Joba leaves with stiff right shoulder — Right-hander to undergo tests Tuesday, may miss next start — ARLINGTON — The Yankees have invested a good chunk of their time and hinged a large part of their future on Joba Chamberlain's health. It began last year with his bullpen debut and the long list of …
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 112: Yankees at Rangers — YANKEES (61-50) — Joba Chamberlain (4-3, 2.24) vs. the Texas hitters. — Vicente Padilla (12-5, 4.52) vs. the New York hitters. — Notes: The Yankees have won two straight but are coming off a 3-4 homestand. ... The Yankees are 25-24 on the road. ...
Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
New York Yankees lose to Rangers, 9-5; Joba Chamberlain leaves game in fifth inning with stiff shoulder — ARLINGTON, Texas — The triple-digit temperatures in Texas this week are oppressive. But losing Joba Chamberlain for an extended period could really make the Yankees melt.
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Steve Silva / Boston Globe:
More Manny thoughts from Edes — In Saturday's Boston Globe, Gordon Edes reported that Manny Ramirez lobbied to remain in Boston after learning he had been traded to the Dodgers. Manny's agent, Scott Boras, denied the report. — In an interview today on Boston sports radio station WEEI …
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Associated Press:
Angels beat Orioles on bases-loaded walk — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)—Francisco Rodriguez and George Sherrill were teammates in the All-Star game three weeks ago. Neither closer pitched like a star Monday night. — Sherrill walked Chone Figgins with two outs in the ninth inning to force in the winning run …
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Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Ailing foot holds up O's Jones — Center fielder unlikely to play in Angels series; Waters to make Tuesday start — ANAHEIM, Calif. - Orioles center fielder Adam Jones missed a second straight game tonight as the team awaited word on the severity of his foot injury.
ESPN.com:
MLB bonus probe targeting ‘handful’ of teams — Major League Baseball investigators are looking into accusations that several New York Yankees prospects from the Dominican Republic were forced to kick back portions of their signing bonuses to one or more team employees, several sources told ESPN.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
MLB could punish White Sox's Ozzie Guillen for diatribe after fight — Manager Ozzie Guillen received an apology from umpire crew chief Gary Cederstrom after Sunday's tension-filled 14-3 loss at Kansas City. — Whether that apology supersedes strong comments made by Guillen will be determined …
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Joe Janish / MetsBlog.com:
Corner Outfield Concerns — After the Mets' loss against the Marlins on July 28th — a game in which Fernando Tatis went 2-for-4 with a triple and 2 RBI — Mets manager Jerry Manuel publicly announced that Tatis would be the starting left fielder, saying
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Tom Haudricourt / Brewers Blog:
Fielder goes after Parra in dugout — Cincinnati - The cameras just caught an altercation in the Brewers' dugout between Prince Fielder and Manny Parra in which Fielder shoved Parra down onto the bench twice before teammates and coaches pulled Fielder away.
Thor Nystrom / MLB.com:
Newcomers Nady, Aviles split AL honor — Recent arrivals to Junior Circuit named Co-Players of Week — One began this season in the Minor Leagues and did not make his big league debut until May 29. The other spent his entire career in the National League before a July 25 trade shipped him to the Junior Circuit.
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New York Post:
ALMIGHTY DOLLAR FALLS ON ‘GRAND CATHEDRAL’ — JOHN STERLING and Michael Kay were doing a good job hosting the last Old Timers' Day in Yankee Stadium Saturday when it was time to introduce Don Larsen. Larsen, Kay declared, had thrown the greatest game ever pitched in “this grand cathedral.”
Doug Tucker / Associated Press:
Meche wins 4th straight, Royals hold off Red Sox — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This is the Gil Meche the Kansas City Royals thought they were getting with the biggest free-agent contract in team history. — The right-hander, who won nine games last season while getting little run support …
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