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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)
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FishStripes
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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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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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
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
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 …
Dallas Morning News:
Which future star should Texas Rangers trade for pitching? — Over the course of the last couple of days, er, weeks, um, months, no, better make that years, I've received more than a couple of letters from nice folks suggesting the Texas Rangers need to acquire some more pitching.
Mike Scandura / MLB.com:
Hughes shows positive signs in rehab — Righty makes strong case to return to Majors in outing — PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Despite making a second straight impressive rehab start for the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, Phil Hughes has no idea as to when he might get a call to New York.
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Sliding Into Home
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 …
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
