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Garcia to sign with Tigers … Freddy Garcia has agreed to a contract with the Tigers, SI.com has learned. Garcia had been a free agent, and has not pitched since June of 2007 with the Philadelphia Phillies, when shoulder problems limited him to just 11 starts.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Sox get Byrd — Both the Red Sox and Indians have issued press releases announcing the deal ... here's an Associated Press story on the trade ... BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have acquired pitcher Paul Byrd in a trade with Cleveland. — The Red Sox will send either a player to be named or cash to the Indians.
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Mark Remme / MLB.com:
Youk's blast saves Sox from shame — Decisive eighth-inning homer negates blown 10-run lead — BOSTON — Remember that roller-coaster ride during your youth that seemed liked it twisted and turned so much you thought it would never end? Turns out the Red Sox decided to construct one of their own on Tuesday.
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Associated Press:
Red Sox, with pitching concerns, acquire Byrd from Indians — BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox acquired pitcher Paul Byrd from Cleveland on Tuesday, hoping to boost a rotation hurt by an injury to Tim Wakefield and the struggles of Clay Buchholz. — The Red Sox will send either a player to be named or cash to the Indians.
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Mark Remme / MLB.com:
Ortiz blasts two in 10-run first inning — Slugger's pair of three-run homers pace early outburst — BOSTON — David Ortiz walked into Fenway Park on Tuesday not having homered at the old ballpark since a July 27 tilt against the New York Yankees. He dismissed that drought rather quickly off Rangers pitcher Scott Feldman.
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Byrd flies from Cleveland to Boston — Red Sox acquire experienced starter for player to be named — CLEVELAND — Paul Byrd is going to have to reschedule his book signings. Perhaps a store in the Boston area will take him in. — The Indians traded the veteran Byrd to the Red Sox for a player to be named or cash on Tuesday.
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Owings to Reds in Dunn deal — DENVER - Right-hander Micah Owings is one of the players to be named later in the deal that brought Adam Dunn to the Diamondbacks on Monday. — It's unclear if Owings has yet to be placed on waivers. He will have to clear waivers if he is to be traded before the end of the season.
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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 …
Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
Matsui to play in New York Yankees minor-league game Thursday — Hideki Matsui's last-ditch effort to come back without surgery on his left knee will take a major step forward Thursday. — General manager Brian Cashman said Matsui will begin a minor-league rehabilitation assignment Thursday either …
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Source: Tigers put disgruntled Sheffield on waivers … One day after Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he was “flabbergasted” by Gary Sheffield's complaints about playing time, Sheffield was among several Tigers placed on waivers by the club Tuesday, according to a major league source.
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Lincecum Hurt by Line Drive — (08-12) 19:30 PDT HOUSTON - — Tim Lincecum is hurt. — Four words that no Giants fan wanted to read or hear. — The franchise is holding its collective breath because The Franchise limped off the mound in the fifth inning tonight, having gotten drilled …
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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 / St. Petersburg Times:Rays in pain: Longoria to join Crawford on the sideline
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Pavano shelled in rehab stint — TRENTON - Waterfront Park, home of the Double-A Trenton Thunder, is only about 75 miles from Yankee Stadium. But for Carl Pavano, the small ballpark could not be farther from where he expected to be in the fourth season of his contract.
Michael David Smith / ProFootballTalk.com:
JOHNSON WANTS TO BE OCHO CINCO, LEGALLY — Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson was fined $5,000 for wearing “Ocho Cinco” on the back of his jersey before a game in 2006. — To avoid getting fined, Johnson hasn't done it since then. But Johnson now has a plan for how he can get away with having …
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Steven Goldman / New York Sun:
Yankee Lineup Card Signals Dark Omens for Season — With the Yankees entering last night's action having gone 2-5 on their current road trip, including being swept by the Angels in Anaheim, it's difficult not to look for and find signs that the end is nigh.
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Mets' loss prompts changes in bullpen — Kunz to get chance to close; Maine could later fill role — NEW YORK — The disabled list and the turn of the pitching rotation stand in the way of what Jerry Manuel now swears he would do if those obstacles didn't exist — use John Maine as the Mets' closer until Billy Wagner returns.
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Steve Silva / Boston Globe:
Manny and Joe's ‘Dreadlock Deadlock’ continues — In what Newsday is calling the “Dreadlock Deadlock,” it appears that Manny Ramirez is in no hurry to follow through on Dodgers manager Joe Torre's 11-day-old request to trim back his middle-of-his-back hanging hair. Wallace Matthews of Newsday updates today:
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