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Chad Finn / Boston Globe:
Full house, again — With five innings complete at Fenway Park, today's game is official, which means the Red Sox have tied the major league record with their 455th consecutive home sellout. The streak began May 3, 2003. — The mark equals the standard set by the Cleveland Indians from June 12, 1995 to April 2, 2001.
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Paul Doyle / Hartford Courant:
Pedroia Has 5 RBI In Red Sox Win
Pedroia Has 5 RBI In Red Sox Win
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
CC now 2-for-2 in NL's monthly honors — Sabathia named best hurler for second consecutive month — MILWAUKEE — You won't see the Brewers appealing this decision: CC Sabathia is the National League's Pitcher of the Month for August. — Sabathia won the award Wednesday after a vote …
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Danny Knobler / CBS SportsLine.com:
Sabathia headlines deep free-agent market of pitchers
Sabathia headlines deep free-agent market of pitchers
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Baseball Prospectus
MLB.com:
MLB upholds official scorer's call in Brewers-Pirates game — Major League Baseball's Scoring Review Committee convened today to review evidence submitted by the Milwaukee Brewers stemming from Pittsburgh's Andy LaRoche's at-bat against CC Sabathia in the bottom of the fifth inning of Sunday's game at PNC Park.
Joel Sherman / Hardball:
3 UP: New Joba Rules, Mo and Stokes — 1. I believe in protecting young pitcher's arms, especially prized young pitchers such as Joba Chamberlain. There is still too much “just let him pitch” thinking, as if we have learned nothing about the physiology of the arm over the last quarter century.
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Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
New York Yankees' Joba Chamberlain will see his innings limited in 2009
New York Yankees' Joba Chamberlain will see his innings limited in 2009
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Joba returns and could be back in pen in '09
Joba returns and could be back in pen in '09
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New York Yankees Update
Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
Instant replay used for first time — Umpires take second look at A-Rod's homer in ninth inning — ST. PETERSBURG — History was made at Tropicana Field on Wednesday night, when instant replay was used for the first time in Major League history. The play in question was a home run hit …
Joe Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Rays closer Percival healthy, ready to work — ST. PETERSBURG — RHP Troy Percival, activated from the disabled list Tuesday, will return to his regular closer role and said he's ready to resume pitching on back-to-back days if needed. — “I should be able to,” Percival said.
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ESPN:
Chat with Scouts Inc.'s Keith Law — Welcome to The Show! On Wednesday, Scouts, Inc. senior baseball analyst, Keith Law, will stop by to talk some baseball. — Keith was formerly the special assistant to the general manager with the Toronto Blue Jays and has a wealth of knowledge for you to tap into.
Colin Fly / Associated Press:
Church's slam helps Mets sweep Brewers — MILWAUKEE (AP)—Carlos Delgado had his fun ribbing Ryan Church about his lack of power production. — But after two stints on the disabled list with post-concussion syndrome, Church finally had some fun of his own.
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Red Sox Monster:
Dustin Pedroia: ‘Jerry Remy stunk’ — I'll lead this one off this way: I love me some Dustin Destroya. — It is for this reason that the following video clip concerns me greatly, considering Red Sox Nation's affinity for the mustachioed one, Jerry Remy. Cue Dustin Pedroia signing autographs for a random admiring fan:
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MLB.com:
Coonelly chats with Pirates fans — Club president discusses team's decisions online — 21sthebest: By trading Jason Bay and Xavier Nady, don't you risk setting the franchise back farther than it already is if those trades don't work out? With Bay and Nady, we had a productive offense and no pitching.
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Jon Paul Morosi / Detroit Free Press:
Leyland to Verlander: Admit mistakes — The Tigers are not going to the playoffs. They may not even finish with a winning record. But manager Jim Leyland has resolved to achieve some objectives before the season is over. — Perhaps more than anything else, it appears that Leyland wants …
Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
Flores injured, leaves game — Manny Acta believes there's a chance Flores can come back before the end of the season, but he's still not sure. (My guess is that Flores is shelved for the year. It makes little sense to rush him back. *) But Acta said that potentially Flores could be ready in 10-12 days.
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George A. King III / New York Post:
SOURCE: BOSSES WANT BRIAN BACK — ST. PETERSBURG - Hal and Hank Steinbrenner agree they want Brian Cashman back as the Yankees' GM, The Post has learned. — According to a MLB source, the Steinbrenner family has decided Cashman is the man to lead the organization back from a nightmarish season …
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The Cheat / South Side Sox:
Danks, Sox Running on Empty — When John Danks labored through 4 innings on 90 pitches in his last outing, I said I wasn't worried. He had seemed fine to me in his previous start against the Rays. It wasn't until the Sox pushed back his start against the Indians that I began to sweat …
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Big Z leaves game with arm soreness — Righty to be examined by orthopedist on Wednesday — CHICAGO — Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano will be examined on Wednesday after leaving his start because of soreness in his right arm. — Zambrano was pulled after giving up three runs on five hits …