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Jayson Stark / ESPN.com:
Sources: Philadlelphia Phillies won't meet Toronto Blue Jays' demands for Roy Halladay — If the Blue Jays' asking price for Roy Halladay is J.A. Happ, top pitching prospect Kyle Drabek and high-ceiling outfield prospect Dominic Brown, the Phillies aren't buying.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Roy Halladay Rumors: Saturday — 3:47pm: Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse has more. … 3:08pm: ESPN's Jayson Stark reports the Blue Jays have presented similar proposals (or lists of desired prospects) to the Dodgers and Angels. “The ball is in their court,” as Toronto GM J.P. Ricciardi said Friday.
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Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Phils reject Jays' offer in deal for Halladay — Report: Proposal would've sent Happ, Drabek, Brown to Toronto — TORONTO — It's no secret that the Blue Jays want a significant package of players in return if the club is going to part with ace pitcher Roy Halladay.
Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Looking At Downs — Jeff Blair of The Globe And Mail passes along a note that the Yankees are looking at Blue Jays closer Scott Downs. In today's massive Roy Halladay thread we learned that the Yanks had scouts in Toronto tonight, and we've known that they're on the look out for arms.
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
A's pound Pettitte, Aceves in 7th as streak ends — Hope rippled through the new Stadium Saturday when the Yankees staged a mini-rallies in the eighth and ninth innings, but neither could out-do the damage Andy Pettitte and Alfredo Aceves did in the seventh.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Hot Joba, bats give Yanks eighth straight — Chamberlain pitches seven-plus innnigs of two-hit ball — NEW YORK — Joba Chamberlain whirled off the mound, spinning his right leg toward the Yankees' dugout and rapping his knuckles against his ribcage before unleashing a primal scream into the evening air.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:Game 96: Athletics at Yankees
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Drew Silva / MLB Rumors:
Tigers Interested In Milton Bradley? — 3:01pm: Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune reports “there has been no conversation with any team about Bradley.” We can probably now put these rumors to rest. — 2:47pm: MLB.com's Jason Beck tweets, “Milton Bradley to Tigers?
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David Kaplan / Kap's Corner:
Can it Be? Are the Tigers After Milton Bradley? — Two very solid baseball sources confirmed for me just moments ago that the Detroit Tigers are interested in Cubs RF Milton Bradley. They believe that Bradley would be a much better fit as a DH than as a right fielder and that he would mesh well with Tigers manager Jim Leyland.
Mark Saxon / Orange County Register:
Angels say Kazmir is not part of their plans — Two Internet reports state that Tampa Bay has been extensively scouting the Angels farm system. — Recommend — ANAHEIM - If the Angels are interested in trading for Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Scott Kazmir — as Friday's rumors indicated — it's news to them.
Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Mosebach joins the Angels bullpen — OutfielderEvans sent down to Triple-A Salt Lake — ANAHEIM — The revolving door to the Angels' clubhouse brought another new, yet familiar, face into manager Mike Scioscia's house on Friday night. — Bobby Mosebach, a hard-throwing right-hander wearing No. 60 …
Geoff Baker / The Seattle Times:
Mariners call up Michael Saunders from AAA, DFA Wladimir Balentien — The headline says it all. Two years after the Mariners tried and failed to deal left fielder Wladimir Balentien for a reliever at the trade deadline, he could now be lost for next to nothing after being designated for assignment this morning.
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
You should be proud of your team — HOPE Week is over and the Yankees went 5-0. If you think that is just a coincidence, be advised that the players and manager Joe Girardi aren't so sure. — The Yankees — every single one of them — participated in the events this week and help enrich …
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Associated Press:
The Relaxed Phillies Keep on Rolling — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jimmy Rollins's personal sound system blares hip-hop music, Ryan Howard chats with anyone who approaches, and Shane Victorino bounces through the clubhouse seeking his next laugh. — Looking for Chase Utley? Check the video room or batting cages.
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Los Angeles Times:
Talent running deep for Angels — Team is finding that it can rely heavily on its reserves as it surges to seventh straight win. — This was hardly the “A” team, not with names such as Quinlan and Wood and Matthews stretched across the backs of their jerseys.
Tom Hoffarth / L.A. Daily News:
40 years ago, Goossen got on crazy trip with Seattle Pilots — (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) — On the slightly tattered Topps baseball card, Greg Goossen is in a light blue Seattle Pilots uniform, positioned for the camera with his first baseman's glove open and stretched out waiting for a throw.
Associated Press:
Marlins 6, Dodgers 3 — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pinch-hitter Jeremy Hermida drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, pinch-hitter Chris Coghlan homered in the eighth and the Florida Marlins kept rolling up the West Coast with a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Reyes may be Mets' fastest returnee — HOUSTON - John Maine will follow Carlos Beltran's lead and seek a second medical opinion, while Jose Reyes and Billy Wagner inched closer to returns. — Maine, who is still experiencing shoulder discomfort, plans to visit Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham …
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Associated Press:
Braves 9, Brewers 4 — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Chipper Jones, Martin Prado and Nate McLouth homered to pace a 17-hit effort by Atlanta and Javier Vazquez struck out nine in seven innings, lifting the surging Braves over the Milwaukee Brewers 9-4 on Friday night. — Prado hit a three-run homer …
Geoff Baker / The Seattle Times:
Will this be the loss that pushes Seattle Mariners into “sell” mode? — Miguel Batista, above, looks on stunned as Jamey Carroll (of all people!) rounds the bases on him after his first homer of the year in a five-run ninth inning tonight that turned a once-close game into a rout.
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Associated Press:
Texas Rangers RHP Vicente Padilla tests positive for swine flu — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Texas Rangers pitcher Vicente Padilla tested positive for swine flu, though his symptoms are subsiding and he's expected to make his next start. — Padilla was scratched from his start Wednesday …
