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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 121: Yankees at Twins — YANKEES (64-56) — TWINS (66-53) — Darrell Rasner (5-8, 5.28) vs. the Minnesota hitters. — Kevin Slowey (8-8, 4.07) vs. the New York hitters. — Notes: The lineup was delayed as the Yankees were waiting to see if Derek Jeter (bruised left foot) could play.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Offense Gets Save as Rivera Falters — MINNEAPOLIS — The comments from Hank Steinbrenner swirled around the Yankees during batting practice Tuesday, before a crucial game against the Minnesota Twins. It was not your standard motivational speech. — Steinbrenner, the Yankees' co-chairman …
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Twinkie Town
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yanks halt skid with 12th-inning homers — Season-high four-game losing streak ends with win over Twins — MINNEAPOLIS — Alex Rodriguez cracked open a tie game with a no-doubt solo home run in the top of the 12th inning on Tuesday, securing a 9-6 victory over the Twins and overcoming Mariano Rivera's first blown save of the season.
MiamiHerald.com:
After blunders, Marlins fix signs — No one is sure what Dan Uggla saw Monday night when he thought he had been given the steal sign in the ninth inning of a 4-2 loss to the Cardinals. Uggla was thrown out, and then handled every question about his mistake, taking all the blame.
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Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
Pujols sees Ramirez moving to third — MIAMI GARDENS - Albert Pujols had an interesting answer when asked recently what he sees down the road for fellow Dominican Hanley Ramirez. — “I definitely don't think he's going to finish his career at shortstop,” Pujols said.
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FishStripes
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign (Marlins just can't read them) — MIAMI GARDENS — From a distance, it looked like yellow crime-scene tape stretched across the length of the Marlins' empty bench Tuesday afternoon. — That might have been appropriate after the mental errors that contributed …
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FishStripes
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Sox pull it out as things run amok at Fenway — Youkilis after wild win — Kevin Youkilis talks about his three-run home run in the eighth inning that helped the Red Sox top the Texas Rangers, 19-17, in a slugfest Tuesday night. — There was still hope in the frayed voices of the Fenway faithful.
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Baseball Analysts
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals, Crow far from closing deal — Club has until Friday to sign 2008 first-round Draft pick — WASHINGTON — The Nationals and pitcher Aaron Crow, the team's first-round pick in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft, are not close to agreeing to terms on a contract.
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Steve Silva / Boston Globe:
Peter Gammons Q&A — Baseball icon Peter Gammons stopped by this afternoon to answer your questions about the Red Sox and the Hot Stove, Cool Music Summer Session concert taking place on Sunday at the Bank of America Pavilion. — JGIONTI3: Peter.. Thanks for stopping by.
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MLB Rumors
Tim Marchman / New York Sun:
Quentin, Morneau Alone Fit Criteria for AL MVP — By this point in a season, nothing is easier to predict than a race for the Most Valuable Player award, which goes not to the best player but to the best player who fulfills a variety of arbitrary criteria. Once you admit that the award …
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Walkoff Walk
MLB.com:
Larry Bowa chat wrapup — Coach spoke with Dodgers fans on many topics — doctony: Larry, What's your feeling on batting Nomar behind Manny instead of Loney, due to his experience, especially during the run for the Series. I would think both Martin and Loney could then take some of that self imposed pressure.
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Dodger Thoughts
Joe Posnanski:
Sickness and the Miracle Mets — I don't think of myself as a sickly person. I've probably not missed three days of work in my entire life, and in some box in a spare room of my parents home I should have a couple of perfect attendance certificates from school*, and the only nights …
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Source: Owings to be dealt to Reds — Righty, along with another player, would complete Dunn trade — PITTSBURGH — The return on the trade that sent outfielder Adam Dunn from the Reds to the Diamondbacks may soon become clearer. — There were indications on Tuesday …
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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Kazmar gets unexpected call — Padres summon shortstop from Double-A — SAN DIEGO — Sean Kazmar was preparing to take a six-game road trip to Missouri and Arkansas with Double-A San Antonio on Monday when he was informed he was headed somewhere else — San Diego.
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Ducksnorts
Steve Buckley / Boston Herald:
Josh Hamilton ready to help Jeff Allison — Having waged his own successful and ongoing battle against drug dependency, Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton wants to reach out to other baseball players now walking in his shoes. — To that end, he plans to contact Peabody native Jeff Allison …
David Laurila / Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Q and A: Lars Anderson by David Laurila — Lars Anderson … David Laurila: Who is Lars Anderson? — Lars Anderson: In what part of life? I can have a lot of personalities. I think there are periods in my life when I'm really confident and outgoing, where I have that feeling …
Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
Crawford to have surgery on hand — Two-time All-Star outfielder expected to be out 6-8 weeks — OAKLAND — Carl Crawford will have surgery on Thursday to repair the subluxation of his right middle finger tendon and is scheduled to be out 6-8 weeks. — “After going through …
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Marc Topkin / The Heater:Crawford to have surgery — LF Carl Crawford will undergo …
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The Disabled List Informer
Associated Press:
Steinbrenner not writing off season, says Yanks ‘going to win it next year’ — TAMPA, Fla. — Hank Steinbrenner blames injuries for the New York Yankees' slide from contention. — The Yankees are in danger of missing of the playoffs for the first time since 1993.
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