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Joe Christensen / Around the Majors:
Monday pregame: Lamb designated for assignment — SEATTLE — To make room on their roster for Eddie Guardado, the Twins designated Mike Lamb for assignment. — Lamb was in the first year of a two-year, $6.6 million contract, so the Twins are eating $3.8 million with this move.
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:Twins land Guardado in waiver deal with Texas
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Mets put Maine on DL … NEW YORK (AP) — John Maine was put on the 15-day disabled list because of a bone spur in his right shoulder Monday, leaving the Mets without their No. 3 starter as they head into September looking to erase the memory of last year's disastrous stretch run.
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Howie Rumberg / Associated Press:
Delgado's pair of 3-run HRs power Mets — NEW YORK (AP)—Carlos Delgado dived to snatch a sharp grounder to first base, slapped the bag with his bare hand and immediately looked home. He was hoping to help Mike Pelfrey one more time. — “I was thinking I could cut off the run at home plate to protect that shutout,” Delgado said.
Jack O'Connell / MLB.com:
Veterans Committee announces ballot — Walters, Gordon lead pre-1943 era candidates up for HOF — NEW YORK — Former Most Valuable Player Award winners Bucky Walters and Joe Gordon were among the 10 players announced Monday as qualifying for the Veterans Committee ballot of candidates …
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Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
As days wind down, A-Rod must step up — September starts Tuesday for the Yankees. So let's see, starting Tuesday, if Joe Girardi's Yankees can be the same kind of finishers in the American League East that Joe Torre's Yankees always were. — Let's see if the Yankees can hit against a real team …
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Sizemore joins 30-30 club with homer — First Indians player since 1987 to accomplish the feat — DETROIT — We now have a statistic that can sum up Grady Sizemore's offensive ability better than any scouting report could. — The stat is 30-30. Sizemore reached that impressive home …
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Youth league tells pitcher, 9, that he's too good … NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player — too good, it turns out. — The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told …
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Will Fukudome improve? — Beat reporter Carrie Muskat answers Cubs fans' questions … How much longer is manager Lou Piniella willing to give Fukudome to get his offense going before he opts to replace him in right field? I understand the Cubs are trying to give him as much time as he needs …
Associated Press:
Returning the favor: Phillies complete sweep over Dodgers — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Brett Myers tossed seven gritty innings, Jimmy Rollins had three hits and two RBI, and the Philadelphia Phillies completed their first four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 23 years with a 5-0 win Monday night.
Hal McCoy / Dayton Daily News:
Cueto leaves early during atrocious loss — DENVER — Losing the worst-played major-league baseball game in this millennium was bad enough, but the Cincinnati Reds lost more than that — pending a medical work-up today of pitcher Johnny Cueto. — The Reds lost an almost indescribable …
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New York Post:
YANKEES PONGED — IT would be tough for average Joes to beat a couple of Yankees at baseball, but slamming them in a game of beer pong was no sweat. Last week, Jason Giambi and Joba Chamberlain were celebrating their win against the Kansas City Royals at Southern Hospitality, on Second Avenue …
Chicago Sun Times:
Sox-fan Obama jokes that Cubs fans aren't serious — We all knew Barack Obama is a White Sox fan, but the presumed Democratic presidential nominee took it a bit further in an interview with ESPN. — Obama joked about the stereotype of Cubs fans, who probably are tired of being described …
Dan Hickling / Boston Globe:
Buchholz gives up 4 runs in 7 innings in Portland — PORTLAND, Maine — Clay Buchholz pitched seven innings for the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs tonight against the New Britain Rock Cats. Save for one rough inning, he looked like the Buchholz of old (at this level) anyway.
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Bonds seeks dismissal of most of criminal case … SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Bonds asked a federal judge Monday to toss out most of the government's case against him that charges the slugger lied to a federal grand jury about his alleged steroids use. — In a filing made in U.S. District Court …
Danny Knobler / CBS SportsLine.com:
Look Ahead: K-Rod's talent in question as free agency looms — Francisco Rodriguez recorded his 50th save Sunday, and that means he has five full weeks to get the eight more he needs to top Bobby Thigpen's big league record. Rodriguez is having a huge season for the Angels …
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