Top News:
Yahoo! Sports:
Drew, Lester lead Red Sox past Blue Jays — Buzz up! — TORONTO (AP)—With J.D. Drew — rested and refreshed, the Boston Red Sox are on a roll. — Drew homered twice, Jon Lester — pitched eight strong innings and the Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-1 on Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep.
Discussion:
Yahoo! Sports, NESN.com, The Bottom Line, Surviving Grady, Pinstripe Alley and Associated Press
RELATED:
John Harper / NY Daily News:
Harper: Yankees can bury Red Sox — BOSTON - We have seen what these Yankees are capable of over the last several weeks, playing the type of baseball that wins titles. Now let's see if they have a killer instinct, an ingredient that will be crucial in any championship recipe.
Dan Barbarisi / Projo Sox Blog:
Chris Duncan, player acquired for Julio Lugo, is released — The man the Red Sox acquired in the Julio Lugo trade, outfielder Chris Duncan, has been released after less than a month with Boston. — Duncan, who is playing with Triple-A Pawtucket, was told of his release after flying out to right field to end tonight's game.
Yahoo! Sports:
Continuity breeds success for Angels — Buzz up! — The Los Angeles Angels' clubhouse is a domicile for sameness. They've listened to the same music for years. They perform the same handshakes. They follow the same routines. They celebrate wins in the same manner.
RELATED:
Associated Press:
John Smoltz confident he'll jump-start his career with St. Louis Cardinals — SAN DIEGO — John Smoltz wants to make one point perfectly clear: He is not finished. — Smoltz, the former NL Cy Young Award winner, joined the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday for the opener of a four-game series …
New York Post:
‘LOADED HANDGUN’ FINALLY GOES OFF — IT is the 2009 Mets. So, of course, the story never gets better. Only more humiliating. Only more dispiriting. Only more bizarre. — SHERMAN ON TWITTER — Gary Sheffield went from on his best behavior to, well, being Gary Sheffield.
Discussion:
Newsday, MetsBlog.com, Hardball, Amazin' Avenue, The LoHud Mets Blog, Mets Merized Online and MLB Rumors
RELATED:
Jeff Pearlman:
Yankees win! Thhhhheeeee ... Yankees win! — I live in New York, land of baseball. — I love it here in the summer, because the games matter and the fans are intense and all anyone wants to talk about is Yankees! Yankees! Yankees! (and, sometimes, mets, mets, mets).
RELATED:
Tyler Kepner / Bats:
Yankees Still Have Something to Prove in Boston — BOSTON - The Yankees are 76-45, too many games over .500 to be a fluke. This is easily their best team in several years, and the rough patches in their schedule - the interleague games in June, the series in Anaheim in July - have been quickly followed by prolonged dominance.
Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
Team President Stan Kasten Explains GM Search — As I told you guys, I thought it was important when we made the change [in March] — even though I had a lot of confidence in Mike, which has been rewarded and justified — I thought it was a good opportunity for the franchise to do a thorough …
Padres Fan / Who's your Padre?:
Padres get cash for Gaudin ... SAN DIEGO - General manager Kevin Towers said Wednesday that the Padres will take cash considerations, believed to be $100,000, as compensation for the August 7 deal that sent him to the New York Yankees. — The Padres had the option of cash considerations …
Discussion:
MLB Rumors, Bronx Baseball Daily, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre …, A Die Hard Yankees Fan and Bottom9 Baseball
Associated Press:
Baseball roundup: Dodgers 7, Cubs 2 — NL ROUNDUP — Dodgers 7, Cubs 2 — Russell Martin broke open a 2-2 game with a sixth-inning grand slam to lead host Los Angeles past Chicago. — Phillies 12, Diamondbacks 3 — Jayson Werth hit his fourth homer in three games …
RELATED:
Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Wagner Activated, Hernandez Released — The Mets have activated Billy Wagner from the 60 day disabled list. — To make room for Wagner, the Mets have released Livan Hernandez. — Hernandez was 7-8 with a 5.47 ERA for the Mets in 2009, but posted a 7.33 ERA in July and an 11.30 ERA in August.
RELATED:
Alexis Stevens / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Body found on Chipper Jones' ranch — Braves star says man on Texas property believed to be illegal immigrant — The body of a 22-year-old man was found Thursday morning on Chipper Jones' family ranch in southwest Texas. — “He was in a part of the ranch we don't go to on a daily basis …
Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Lackey hit hard in sixth as Halos fall — Starter gets little support, gives up six runs to Indians — CLEVELAND — So that's what it feels like. — The Angels were on the wrong end of some thunder and lightning on Thursday night, and that was after the rain stopped falling and the skies cleared over Progressive Field.
Discussion:
6-4-2
