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1:35 AM ET, July 8, 2009

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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Jays' Halladay all but gone in Toronto  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.  —  add this  —  Let the Roy Halladay sweepstakes begin.  —  “We have to see what's out there …
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Buster Olney / Associated Press:
Roy Halladay offers will be considered, Toronto Blue Jays GM says  —  Toronto Blue Jays General Manager J.P. Ricciardi has spoken with Roy Halladay and prepared him for the possibility that he will bring trade possibilities to the pitcher in the weeks or months ahead.
Bill Shaikin / LA Times Sports Blog:
Hey, Dodgers and Angels fans, what's your trade for Roy Halladay?  —  The best pitcher in baseball might well be Toronto's Roy Halladay.  The Blue Jays' general manager, J.P. Ricciardi, has spent the last two days telling everyone that he will listen to offers for Halladay.
MLBastian / Major League Bastian:
Game 85: Toronto at Tampa Bay pregame
Discussion: Brew Crew Ball and Boston Globe
Polls / Brew Beat:
Melvin “open” but “realistic” about Halladay
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Al's Ramblings
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Halladay's Availability Presents Yankees With Challenge
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 83: Yankees at Twins (Updates: Aceves to start Thurs., Halladay talk and Girardi pre-game audio)  —  YANKEES (48-34)  —  Pitching: LHP CC Sabathia (7-5, 3.85).  —  TWINS (43-40)  —  Span LF  —  Harris SS  —  Mayer C  —  Morneau 1B  —  Cuddyer RF  —  Crede 3B  —  Young DH
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NY Daily News:
CC Sabathia shines as the Yankees crush the Twins 10-2
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and Boston Herald
Erik Boland / E-Boland and the Bombers:
Aceves to start Thursday
Jesse Temple / MLB.com:
White Sox acquire Pena from D-backs  —  Addition of right-hander bolsters bullpen stockpile  —  CHICAGO — Prior to Tuesday's game, the White Sox announced the acquisition of relief pitcher Tony Pena from the D-backs in exchange for Minor League infielder Brandon Allen.
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Associated Press:
Konerko slams three homers as White Sox top Cleveland  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Paul Konerko hit a career-high three home runs, including a go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning, to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 10-6 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and Let's Go Tribe!
Bruce / Chicago's Inside Pitch:
Dempster to DL with broken toe  —  How about this?  The Cubs just announced they've put pitcher Ryan Dempster on the DL with a “great right toe fracture.”  That's not so great.  —  Demp was supposed to start tonight, but Big Z will replace him.  The Cubs have recalled Kevin Hart from Iowa …
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Ryan Dempster sent to 15-day disabled list
Discussion: Bottom9 Baseball
Jim Baumbach / Newsday:
Would having Manny really be so bad?  —  Remember when news first broke of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension, how Mets fans everywhere had this huge sigh of relief?  Close call, they thought.  That could have been us!  But flash forward two months, and do Mets fans still feel that way?  Doubtful.
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Marlins close to adding vet Williamson  —  Right-handed reliever last pitched in Majors in 2007  —  MIAMI — The Marlins are adding another veteran reliever to their system.  —  According to a Major League source, the team is finalizing the signing of right-hander Scott Williamson to a Minor League contract.
Discussion: Bottom9 Baseball and MLB Rumors
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Seeking a Way to Predict Baseball Injuries  —  LOS ANGELES — Beyond the massage tables and stacks of athletic tape in the Dodgers' cramped training room stands a dry-erase board with scribbled questions like “Fat?  Skinny?” and “Country of origin?  Region of the country they grew up in?”
Discussion: 6-4-2
Jon Weisman / Dodger Thoughts:
Belisario to have MRI  —  First concrete development indicating that I might have been on the wrong side of the bullpen debate.  From Dylan Hernandez of The Times: … Belisario's pitch counts the past two weeks:  —  Date 6/20 6/21 6/22 6/23 6/24 6/25 6/26 6/27 6/28 6/29 6/30 7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Stars help Red Sox rebound  —  Josh Beckett, Jason Bay & Co. show way past A's  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  A night after a visitor (Nomahh) drew more cheers than the home starter (Smoltzie), the Red Sox [team stats] and their fans behaved much more like themselves last night.
Discussion: Boston Globe and Yahoo! Sports
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Vazquez has too much value for Braves to move  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.  —  add this  —  Teams can call all they want on right-hander Javier Vazquez, but why would the Braves trade him?
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Bottom9 Baseball
Polls / Brew Beat:
Parra likely for Thursday  —  Updating my post from a few hours ago, it appears that Manny Parra will return to the Brewers' starting rotation on Thursday against the Cardinals.  Manager Ken Macha wouldn't confirm who will pitch that game, but he did lay out his rotation for the rest of the week:
Discussion: Brew Crew Ball and MLB FanHouse
Charles P. Pierce / Slate:
Manny Ramirez reveals our true attitude about baseball's drug war.  —  Well, it seems that Manny Ramirez is back with the Los Angeles Dodgers, having done his time both under suspension and in Albuquerque, N.M., which seems just a touch redundant.  (He also briefly played against Lake Elsinore …
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies edge Washington 5-4  —  The throw was rushed, the win was flushed, and the comparisons to the 1962 Mets remained spot on.  —  This should be a story about the Rockies' perseverance, their will to win.  But in fact, it was the Washington Generals, er Nationals, who wouldn't let them lose.
Discussion: Purple Row
Associated Press:
Reds recover, rally past Phillies 4-3  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Brandon Phillips already had a pair of homers when he came to the plate with the go-ahead run on second in the ninth inning.  The cleanup hitter had no problem sacrificing.  —  After losing the previous two games by a combined score of 32-2 …
Discussion: Phillies Nation
Mike Puma / New York Post:
GIRARDI CALLS OUT JETER AFTER BAD CALLS BEDEVIL YANKEES  —  BLUE JAYS 7 YANKEES 6  —  The ABCs of baseball conspired yesterday to end the Yankees' homestand on a sour note.  —  “Atrocious” starting pitching, “brutal” umpiring and “Captain” Jeter were the culprits.
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