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11:45 PM ET, August 9, 2008

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George A. King III / New York Post:
MANNY'S REVENGE: EYES BX.  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. - Having successfully orchestrated his divorce from Boston and his landing in with the Dodgers, Manny Ramirez would like to make life miserable for the Red Sox during the next few seasons.  —  According to people who have spoken …
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yanks pounded by eight in eighth  —  ANAHEIM - For the first six innings Saturday, things couldn't have gone better for the Yankees.  For the next two, it's hard to imagine things going worse.  —  The Bombers' bullpen, one of the team's few constant positives this season …
Discussion: Associated Press and Yahoo! Sports
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Angels 11, Yankees 4: Bad Ending for Bullpen After Nice Outing by Gies  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Dan Giese took some teammates to his parents' home in San Clemente for a barbeque on Saturday night.  For a while, it seemed sure to be a victory party for a hometown hero.
Discussion: Bats and Bronx Banter
Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Angels keep the hits coming against Yankees
Discussion: 6-4-2 and Bronx Banter
Geoff Baker / The Seattle Times:
Carlos Silva calls out teammates  —  What came a half-inning later...  The wall of silence that has so often surrounded happenings inside the Mariners' clubhouse was finally shattered on Friday night by the frustrated voice of Carlos Silva.  —  His anger evident, fresh off a listless …
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Sarah Green / MLB Rumors:
Jarrod Washburn Placed on Waivers
Discussion: New York Post and Lookout Landing
David Andriesen / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:   Losing starter sees little effort to play as a team
David Lennon / On the Mets beat:
Credit Warthen with a save  —  Seems that Aaron Heilman's two scoreless innings in Friday's 3-0 victory over the Marlins are more proof of Dan Warthen's positive effect on the pitching staff.  On Wednesday, in talking about his approach with the staff, Warthen mentioned that he had been working …
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
postGame: Mets 3 Marlins 0
Associated Press:
Contreras ruptures Achilles' tendon  —  CHICAGO (AP)—White Sox pitcher Jose Contreras ruptured his left Achilles' tendon and left Saturday's game against the Boston Red Sox in the second inning.  —  With two outs and a man on second, Jacoby Ellsbury hit a sharp grounder to first base.
Discussion: South Side Sox and Boston Globe
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Painful back latest ailment for Wood  —  Will be evaluated again on Saturday  —  Kerry Wood's long-awaited return from his slow-healing blister lasted all of one game before he was sidelined once again Friday with lower back soreness.  —  Manager Lou Piniella was reluctant …
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Kennedy: “I'm just not real upset”  —  Ian Kennedy gave up more hits (nine) than he got outs (six).  But he didn't think he pitched poorly.  —  “I felt like I made some good pitches,” he said.  “I'm not too upset about it. ...  What was it, a bunch of singles and three doubles?
Associated Press:
Brewers' Braun leaves game … MILWAUKEE (AP) — All-star left-fielder Ryan Braun was pulled from the Brewers' game against Washington on Saturday night because of tightness in his lower back.  —  Braun was replaced by pinch-hitter Gabe Kapler in the bottom of the third inning.
Rick Gano / Associated Press:
Glaus homers twice in win over Cubs  —  Cardinals third baseman Troy Glaus watches his three-run homer in the fifth inning leave Wrigley Field on Saturday.  It was Glaus' second home run of the game and both were hit off Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano.  —  DHICAGO (AP) — Troy Glaus …
Discussion: Bleed Cubbie Blue
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Big hits, newcomer Reyes lift Indians  —  Right-hander works into seventh inning, gives up one run  —  TORONTO — No one was happier with Anthony Reyes' trade from the Cardinals to the Indians last month than Reyes himself.  —  “I felt I didn't fit in [with the Cards],” Reyes said.
Mark Feinsand / Blogging the Bombers:
Kennedy's post-game performance a bust  —  Let me start by saying that I really like Ian Kennedy.  —  In my dealings with him, I have found him to be likeable, he's always treated me with respect and I would love to see him have a long, successful career.  —  That said, he couldn't have …
Discussion: WasWatching.com
 
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