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Amanda Comak / MLB.com:
Giambi powers Pavano past O's — Right-hander earns win in return with support from slugger — BALTIMORE — Carl Pavano's career in pinstripes has been unique, to say the least. The right-hander, who has pitched just 20 games in a Yankees uniform over the course of his four-year …
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Washington Post:
Beckett to Miss Tuesday's Start Against Yanks — Red Sox RHP Josh Beckett won't be facing the Yankees on Tuesday after skipping a bullpen session yesterday because of continued numbness and tingling in his pitching arm. — Manager Terry Francona said Beckett has “inflammation” …
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Beckett has inflammation in elbow — TORONTO - Sox manager Terry Francona introduced new information about Josh Beckett - indicating the right-hander has had inflammation in his right elbow. — That coupled with sleeping on the arm has created the tingling and numbness which he experienced in his last start last Sunday at Fenway.
Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
New York Yankees' Joba Chamberlain to return as reliever first — NOTEBOOK — BALTIMORE — Joba Chamberlain is scheduled to return to a mound today for the first time since Aug. 4, and when he gets back into games for the Yankees, it may be as a reliever at first.
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David Singh / MLB.com:
Drew out of lineup with herniated disc — Outfielder misses fourth straight game, awaiting MRI results — TORONTO — A clinical examination on Friday revealed that Red Sox outfielder J.D. Drew has a herniated disc in his back. Drew also underwent an MRI exam, which did not reveal anything major.
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Associated Press:
Toronto pounds Red Sox 11-0 — TORONTO — With starting pitcher Jesse Litsch, franchise player Vernon Wells and the rest of the Toronto Blue Jays batters elevating their games, the team had the look of a playoff contender on Saturday. — It will take many more games like this one to put …
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Phil Rogers / Boston Herald:
Yankees and Red Sox may be missing in action come October — They have won six of the last 13 World Series. They have combined for 20 postseason appearances since 1995 and always rank among baseball's biggest spenders. — Yet it's possible - some would say likely …
Jon Blau / MLB.com:
Pence seeks to sharpen mind — Outfielder studies chess on day off after baserunning miscue — NEW YORK — Hunter Pence sat in his fold-up chair and stared at the alternating blue and white boxes on the page. He was reading about chess, a game the 25-year-old Astros outfielder has begun …
Associated Press:
Ramirez's pair of 3-run HRs lift Cubs — CHICAGO (AP)—Ryan Dempster has a shot at 20 wins. He's much more focused on the Chicago Cubs' 100-year championship drought. — Dempster matched a career high with his 15th victory and Aramis Ramirez hit a pair of three-run homers …
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New York Post:
CHEMISTRY IS KEY FOR AMAZIN' RUN — THE Mets have emerged from both last September's greatest late-season collapse in baseball history and the swill surrounding the first three months of this season to establish themselves as sports' true Redeem Team. — They have emerged from the darkness …
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John Lowe / Detroit Free Press:
Nate Robertson sent to bullpen; Dontrelle Willis won't replace him — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In what he called “the lowest point” in his Tigers career, Nate Robertson was removed from the rotation Friday by manager Jim Leyland. — Leyland didn't say who will take Robertson's spot in the rotation.
Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
DH says losing teams have more strikes called — (08-23) 04:00 PDT Seattle - — Frank Thomas said he has seen this many times before, and considering that he's been in the league 18 years, he probably knows of what he speaks. — Thomas said that as the season draws near an end …
