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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
How the Manny trade went down … When the Red Sox originally offered Manny Ramirez in trade to the other 29 teams, they went 0-for-29. Red Sox GM Theo Epstein made tens of calls and found no takers. — Things were looking bleak. Ramirez was apparently being viewed as an active …
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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?
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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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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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. ...
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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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.
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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.”
Hardball:
3 UP: Met Depth, Santana and Wells — 1. Omar Minaya had a devilish decision at the July 31 deadline: Try to improve the obvious problems with the 2008 Mets, but do it by sacrificing a chunk of the few upper-level prospects that the team has left. What...
Associated Press:
Giambi loses the 'stache, hopes to cut out slump — ARLINGTON, Texas — Jason Giambi arrived in the Yankees clubhouse Monday without his famous mustache. — But it won't be gone for long, he said. — Giambi, who began to swing well around the time he decided to grow a mustache back in May …
Associated Press:
Halladay hands A's seventh straight loss — TORONTO (AP)—Roy Halladay likes finishing what he starts, but the Toronto Blue Jays right-hander also knows when enough is enough. — Halladay (13-8) pitched eight strong innings and the Blue Jays beat Oakland 6-1 on Monday night …
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