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Ben Bolch / LA Times Sports Blog:
Prince Fielder tries to force his way into Dodgers clubhouse — Prince Fielder apparently wanted to deliver a message late Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium in the wake of the Dodgers' 17-4 thrashing of the Milwaukee Brewers. — With a number of his teammates in pursuit …
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Associated Press:
Prince Fielder of Milwaukee Brewers tries to charge Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse after beaning … LOS ANGELES — Not even Prince Fielder really knows what he might have done if a phalanx of security guards and teammates hadn't prevented the furious Milwaukee Brewers slugger from entering …
Associated Press:
Angry Fielder mars Dodgers' 17-4 rout of Brewers — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prince Fielder (FSY) was stopped by security at the Dodgers' clubhouse door after the furious Milwaukee slugger attempted to challenge reliever Guillermo Mota, (FSY) who hit him with a pitch in the ninth inning …
Associated Press:
Longoria's homer in 13th leads Rays past Red Sox 4-2 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Boston could only keep Evan Longoria's (FSY) bat silent for so long. — Tampa Bay's All-Star slugger struck out four times, yet continued his torrid hitting against the Boston Red Sox with two homers Tuesday night …
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Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Sting Rays — Longoria makes it hurt as Tampa outlasts Sox — Takashi Saito felt the heat after walking Michel Hernandez to open the 13th. (Scott Audette/ Reuters) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Earning a playoff spot in the American League East may be baseball's most arduous challenge this year.
Kansas City Star:
Posnanski to Sports Illustrated: Going ... but not really leaving — This is a strange column to write. It's a goodbye but not a goodbye. It's a thank you but not a thank you waved through the window of a departing plane. It's a farewell, only I'll probably be around more than you want.
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Joe Posnanski:
Yuni Watch ... and, yes, my life — Yuniesky Betancourt ... and my professional future. All in one blog post! — Yes, true, I had put the Yuni Watch away ... but I thought it would not be fair to allow Yuniesky Betancourt's back-to-back two-hit days — which included a double …
Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Clock ticking for teams to sign top picks — Twenty yet to come to terms as Aug. 17 deadline approaches — With fewer than two weeks to go before the First-Year Player Draft signing deadline, there are only 12 first-round picks who have signed with their respective teams.
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Jim Callis / Baseball America:
First Round Update — Twenty of the 32 first-rounders remain unsigned today, 13 days before the Aug. 17 deadline. At the same point last year, all but 11 of the 2008 first-rounders had agreed to terms. — No first-rounder has signed since Louisiana State outfielder Jared Mitchell …
Tom Singer / MLB.com:
Abreu named AL Player of Month for July — Outfielder bats .380, compensate for loss of Vlad, Hunter — Bobby Abreu, whose recent performance helped compensate for the injury absences of Torii Hunter and Vladimir Guerrero and kept the Angels flying high in the West, has been named …
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Bronx Baseball Daily
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Matthew Pouliot / Newsvine:Red-hot Abreu making 29 teams look foolish
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Aaron: Release 2003 list of positive tests — Former home run king wants all 104 names made public — JUPITER, Fla. — Hank Aaron said Tuesday that he wants the list of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing substances in 2003 to be released.
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MLB Babble
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Mike Scott / MLB.com:
Tigers promote Lambert, Avila to Majors — Ramirez, Ryan sent back to Triple-A Toldeo — DETROIT — Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski announced after Tuesday's 8-2 loss to the Orioles that the Tigers have recalled 26-year-old pitcher Chris Lambert from Triple-A Toledo and purchased …
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Ian Casselberry / Bless You Boys:The Alex Avila Era Now Begins
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis Cardinals' Pujols slams his way out of slump — St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols (5) celebrates with teammates Colby Rasmus, second from left, and Julio Lugo (12) after Pujol's grand slam, as New York Mets catcher Omir Santos, left, looks on during the 10th inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, in New York.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Reyes may be done for the rest of 2009 — Don't count on Jose Reyes returning this season. The shortstop flew from Port St. Lucie to New York to be examined Tuesday by team doctors at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Reyes is experiencing continued discomfort with his troublesome right hamstring tendon.
Tom Verducci / Sports Illustrated:
Jays unfairly ripped by media for Halladay negotiations; more notes … The Blue Jays came out of the trading deadline with the best pitcher in baseball, not only for the rest of this season but also next, and yet the consensus among media pundits was to assign them to the “losers” column in their unofficial scorekeeping.
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