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Trade Buzz: Boston adds Buchholz to Halladay offer — Buzz up! … The Boston Red Sox have offered at least three players - no-hit pitcher Clay Buchholz — , Triple-A pitching prospect Michael Bowden — and top outfield prospect Ryan Westmoreland - to the Toronto Blue Jays for ace Roy Halladay
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Roy Halladay Rumors: Tuesday — 6:44pm: T.R. Sullivan at MLB.com says that the Rangers are reluctant to part with their top prospects for Halladay. The Blue Jays reportedly asked for a king's ransom of Derek Holland, Justin Smoak and Julio Borbon. — 5:00pm: ESPN.com's Keith Law hears …
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Associated Press:
Company that owns Toronto Blue Jays looks to control costs — TORONTO — The company that owns the Toronto Blue Jays says it needs to control costs. — Rogers Communications remains committed to the Blue Jays, CEO Nadir Mohamed said Tuesday on a conference call discussing the company's quarterly earnings.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Red Sox trade for outfielder Brian Anderson — The Red Sox today traded for righthanded hitting White Sox outfielder Brian Anderson, sending Mark Kotsay to Chicago in return. Anderson, who is hitting .238 with two homers on the season, was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte on July 20.
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Alex Speier / WEEI:
WORLDS APART? RED SOX AND MATSUZAKA STRUGGLE TO FIND MIDDLE GROUND … Though he is now in his third year in the United States, it is increasingly clear that Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Red Sox still are dealing with their differences as they approach the issue of how to keep the pitcher both healthy and effective.
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David Lefort / Boston Globe:
Red Sox disappointed with Matsuzaka's criticism of training program — Less than a week after a meeting between the two sides, there's a war of words playing out publicly between the Red Sox and Daisuke Matsuzaka over whether the team's training regimen is responsible for the pitcher's struggles this season.
Fox Sports:
MLB trade deadline buzz: Monday's edition — With the July 31 MLB non-waiver trade deadline fast approaching, FOXSports.com baseball reporters Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi have all the latest buzz. All times below are ET. — The latest on Halladay — 10:03 p.m.
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Chop-n-Change, Bless You Boys, Providence Journal, YFSF, Talking Chop, The Yankee Universe, AZ Snakepit, Purple Row, Projo Sox Blog, MLB Rumors and MLB FanHouse
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MLB trade deadline buzz: Tuesday's edition — With the July 31 MLB non-waiver trade deadline fast approaching, FOXSports.com baseball reporters Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi have all the latest buzz. All times below are ET. — Reds not giving up on Rolen — 11:51 a.m.
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Seattle Times, MLB Rumors, Memories Of Kevin Malone, iYankees, The Yankee Universe, MetsBlog.com, Sliding Into Home and Hardball
Joel Sherman / Hardball:
MIDDAY TRADE CONFIDENTIAL, JULY 28 — News, notes and rumors from around the league: —In the late afternoon on Monday, the Rangers were convinced they were the front-runners to get Ryan Garko from the Indians. They were surprised when he ended up going to the Giants instead.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Rubin: Lobbying for the truth — I want to get something straight. — Everything I wrote about Tony Bernazard - bombshell stories that appeared in the pages of the Daily News over the last week - is accurate. — My reporting was solid, met the journalistic standards of sourcing and beyond …
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Amazin' Avenue, Newsday, New Jersey Online, Newsvine, Faith and Fear in Flushing, MetsBlog.com, ...gettingpaidtowatch, Around the Majors, The Ballclub, The Big Lead, Deadspin, MLB Babble, Brooklyn Met Fan, NY Sports Dog, New York Times, The Musings and Prophecies …, priced out of the citi. and It's About The Money
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Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Wilpon apologizes to News writer over Minaya mess … Jeff Wilpon threw his support behind embattled GM Omar Minaya Tuesday, but the Mets' chief operating officer also issued a public apology to Daily News beat writer Adam Rubin that went beyond the one Minaya had given the previous day.
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John Perrotto / PiratesReport.com:
Phillies eyeing Duke and other rumors — PITTSBURGH _ Charlie Manuel likes Zach Duke enough that he put the Pirates left-hander on the National League squad for the All-Star Game in St. Louis earlier this month. — The Philadelphia Phillies manager also likes Duke enough …
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Tribe trades Garko to Giants for Class A lefty — Deal opens door for Marte to get redemption in Cleveland — ANAHEIM — The Indians' purge of players who don't fit into their future plans continued on Monday night, when first baseman Ryan Garko was traded to the Giants for Class A left-hander Scott Barnes.
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Jose De Jesus Ortiz / Houston Chronicle:
Astros lose pitcher's duel with Cubs in extra innings — Soriano delivers game-winning slam in bottom of 13th — CHICAGO —Alfonso Soriano drilled a majestic walk-off grand slam in the 13th inning Monday night, putting a sudden end to what had been a tight ballgame at Wrigley Field.
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Various Authors / The Biz of Baseball:
Social Networking and Sports Summit — Lest there be any doubt about the power of social networking and sports, one need only look at the diversity of this compilation to see it in action. From beat writers, columnists, those in television and radio, blogs, an MLB club, and others in sports business …
Tim Kurkjian / MLB:
The countdown to 100 pitches — When pitch counts reach the century mark, the end is near ... but why? — ESPN The Magazine — Kirby Lee/Image of Sport/US Presswire — It's typical for a manager like Ron Gardenhire to remove a pitcher close to the 100-pitch mark.
