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Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
New York Yankees beaten by Rangers, 8-6 — ARLINGTON, Texas — With 49 games left, the Yankees are at a “critical” point, according to Johnny Damon. — The Yankees fell, 8-6, Tuesday night to the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, their seventh loss in 10 games …
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George A. King III / New York Post:
JOBA ON WAY TO SEE DR. ANDREWS — INJURED SHOULDER NEEDS SECOND LOOK — ARLINGTON, Texas — The road from the Carl Pavano Memorial MRI tube to Dr. James Andrews isn't a path a pitcher wants to travel. — Yet, at the Yankees' request, that is the one being taken by Joba Chamberlain …
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Late surge not enough for Yankees — Pettitte ‘extremely disappointed’ after lasting just five innings — ARLINGTON — What the Yankees needed more than anything from Andy Pettitte on Tuesday was length. Pettitte had the unenviable task of following Joba Chamberlain, whose injury-shortened Monday outing lasted only 4 2/3 innings.
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Cardinals win on Ryan Ludwick's homer in 11th — Dodgers score four in the ninth to tie, sparked by Andruw Jones' homer, but it's not good enough. — ST. LOUIS — Over an 11-inning game that included two rain delays and required nearly 4 1/2 hours to complete, the Dodgers ran out of arms.
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Manny lifts spirits, inspires fear — Teammates enjoy scaring opposition with new acquisitions — ST. LOUIS — Dodgers reliever Brian Falkenborg has never faced Manny Ramirez or Albert Pujols. But he's been teammates with both. Having seen what Pujols means to the Cardinals …
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Waters runs deep in O's debut — Starter allows one hit in eight innings in first major league start — ANAHEIM, Calif. - Chris Waters wasn't even the Orioles' first choice. They had wanted to give the ball to Triple-A Norfolk's Hayden Penn before a piece of a broken bat bloodied …
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Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Mets end four-game slide despite Heilman's flop — Fernando Tatis celebrates his second home run of the game in the sixth inning (Newsday photo/Paul J. Bereswill / August 5, 2008) — The Mets survived their first Billy Wagner-less game Tuesday night. Barely.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Kasten: Nats not likely to sign all picks — Front office probably will adhere to pre-ranked values — DENVER — Of the Nationals' top five picks in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft, four of them — right-hander Aaron Crow, shortstop Daniel Espinosa, left-hander Graham Hicks and catcher Adrian Nieto — are unsigned.
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Rick Gano / Associated Press:
Swisher's 14th-inning HR lifts ChiSox — CHICAGO (AP)—Nick Swisher figured he had the night off. The Chicago White Sox are glad he got in the game. — Swisher, who entered in the 11th to play first base, hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the 14th and Chicago rallied …
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Treanor activated, Hoover demoted — Veteran able to catch back-to-back Minor League games — PHILADELPHIA — All the benchmarks the Marlins have been looking for before clearing Matt Treanor to come off the disabled list have been reached. — On Tuesday night, the 32-year-old catcher was put to another test.
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Associated Press:
Bay, Beckett lead Red Sox by Royals 8-2 — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)—Jason Bay narrowly missed out on a home run against Kansas City on Tuesday night. — He was fine with a four-hit night and a Boston win, though. — Bay drove in two runs and scored twice, and Josh Beckett pitched effectively …
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Ranking the Top 10 Markets for Relocation or Expansion — 30. For the most part, it's a number that seems to suit major league sports in America. The NBA has it. Ditto for the NHL. And yes, MLB has it. Currently, only the NFL is the exception at 32. — The number of markets at 30 is manageable.
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Todd Zolecki / Philly.com:
Instant-replay test no help on controversy — Now isn't that a coincidence? — The first night Major League Baseball tested instant-replay equipment at Citizens Bank Park, it had a controversial home-run ball in the seventh inning in the Phillies' 8-2 loss to the Florida Marlins.
Roderick Boone / Newsday:
Mets rookie Kunz eager to make most of chance — Like nearly everyone who picks up a glove and ball in childhood, Eddie Kunz had visions of making it to the big time, even if his home state hasn't exactly produced a slew of major leaguers. — As the Portland native said before last night's game …
Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Storm too close for comfort for Astros — Some question decision to play with lightning in area — CHICAGO — Lance Berkman stood at first base Monday night watching the lightning storm that hovered over Wrigley Field, wondering why he was standing in harm's way for the sake of a baseball game.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
D-Backs sign Haren through 2012 — It's always nice to lock up great talent I hope there's money left for Brandon Webb's extension — Dan Haren knows he might have been able to hold out a little longer and get a contract even bigger than the four-year, $44.75 million deal he signed with the Diamondbacks on Tuesday.
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Jim Caple / ESPN:
The most overrated position in sports — When Jerome Holtzman, a legendary baseball writer and a good man, died two weeks ago, I hoped some closer would celebrate a save by pumping his fist, falling to his knees, pointing to the sky and shouting, “This one is for you, Jerome!”
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Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
Under The Knife — Dealing with Delays — I can't say enough good things about participating in Newberg Night, and I can't say enough bad things about flying on United, so let's start with the positives. Joe Sheehan and I were lucky enough to be the Opening Act for Jon Daniels' ninety-minute Q …
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Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:Prospectus Today — Jeter vs. Reyes — I got a great question …
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