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5:55 PM ET, September 15, 2008

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MLB.com:
Yost relieved of managerial post  —  MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers today announced that Ned Yost has been dismissed from his position as manager of the Club.  The announcement was made by Brewers Executive Vice President and General Manager, Doug Melvin.
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ESPN:
Brewers fire Yost, promote 3B coach Sveum as interim manager  —  MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday in the midst of a late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chances of making the playoffs for the first time since 1982.
Houston Chronicle:
Justice: Astros might as well have played at Wrigley  —  MILWAUKEE — Neutral field?  Are you kidding me?  There's ridiculous and more ridiculous and whatever this was supposed to be.  —  Commissioner Bud Selig should be embarrassed to have thrown a team in the thick of playoff contention into this situation.
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New York Post:
CANO DOESN'T GET MEANING OF HUSTLE  —  WHEN Derek Jeter was asked about Robinson Cano getting pulled because of a lack of hustle in the fourth inning of the Yankees' 8-4 win over the Rays yesterday, his only comment was: “I'm sure it won't happen again.”  —  With all due respect to the Yankees' captain, he's wrong.
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Dan Martin / New York Post:
GIRARDI: NO DEFENSE FOR CANO'S SHODDY ‘D’
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:   Cano sent to bench by Girardi
Colleen Kenney / Lincoln Journal Star:
Joba's mother talks about her son and her life  —  Joba Chamberlain's mother talks about the pain of separation, her son and her life.  —  Apartment No. 1 in this brick building is a shrine to Joba Chamberlain.  —  Baseball jerseys from the Yankees and Huskers hang in a line on the living room wall …
ESPN.com:
Posada: Yankees should keep Chamberlain in 'pen  —  NEW YORK — Jorge Posada wants Joba Chamberlain kept in the bullpen and predicts more injuries for the young pitcher if the New York Yankees put him in their starting rotation.  —  “I think if you start him and he pitches 200 innings in one year, you're going to lose him.
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Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Jorge Posada: Joba should stay in bullpen and Pudge Rodriguez has to go  —  In a taping of “CenterStage” for YES on Monday, Jorge Posada laid out some strong expectations for himself and the Yankees for next season.  —  But his most blunt and interesting answer came in a word-association segment near …
Discussion: My Pinstripes and River Ave. Blues
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Twins to name new stadium Target Field  —  The Target Corp. got the rights to name the field under a 25-year partnership agreement.  —  The Minnesota Twins have reached an agreement in principle on a 25-year partnership with Target Corp. that includes the right to name the team's new ballpark Target Field, the team announced today.
Discussion: Fox Sports and Associated Press
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Associated Press:   On Target: Store buys naming rights to new Twins stadium
Arthur Staple / Newsday:
Yankees' Pavano won't need tests on his left hip  —  Carl Pavano said he won't need any tests on his left hip, which cramped up in the sixth inning yesterday and brought the medical staff out of the dugout.  —  Pavano, who won for the third time in five starts, said he didn't notice the boos …
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NY Daily News:
Pavano hurt again
Discussion: Sliding Into Home
Jim Baumbach / Newsday:
Sheppard won't be able to attend Stadium finale  —  Longtime Yankee Stadium public address announcer Bob Sheppard will not be at the Stadium finale Sunday night, he told Newsday this morning.  —  “My heart will be up in the Bronx,” Sheppard said.  “But my body will be in front of television.”
Discussion: Sliding Into Home
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Falcon Milloy arrested for DUI  —  Atlanta Falcons veteran safety Lawyer Milloy was arrested for driving under the influence early Monday in Gwinnett County, jail records show.  —  Milloy, 34, also was charged with speeding.  —  Details of the arrest were not immediately available …
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Rumor: Ricketts Will Land Chicago Cubs  —  File this under rumor...  Word on the street is that Thomas Ricketts and the Ricketts family are the winning bidders for the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, and a 25 percent stake in ComcastSports Chicago.  Thomas Ricketts is the chief executive …
Discussion: ShysterBall
Scott Lauber / Phillies:
ON BURRELL, BLANTON & EYRE  —  So much to talk (and write) about after the Phils' 7-3 win in the opener, and the nightcap already is underway here at the Bank, where fans are waving rally towels and cheering madly, just like last September.  Without further ado, then, a few notes:
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Phillies Nation
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Rays' Price cools Yankees in big-league debut  —  NEW YORK — His nerves were so bad he couldn't throw a strike in the bullpen, he was shaking so much he thought he might tumble off the hallowed mound, and he had trouble breathing throughout his first inning.
Discussion: Boston Globe
 
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