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Cjennings / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog:
Coming and going on September 1 — There are no major surprises in the initial wave of September call-ups, but there is one significant surprise among the players filling the resulting holes on the Triple-A roster. — First the big league call-ups. — C Francisco Cervelli — SS Ramiro Pena
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Cjennings / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog:
Duncan wins MVP, Jackson named ROY — The league leader in home runs, RBIs and runs scored, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees right fielder Shelley Duncan has been named the International League MVP. He's the second Scranton/Wilkes-Barre player to win the award, following Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino, who won it in 2005.
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Andrew Baggarly / Boston Herald:
Brad Penny joins the Dodger haters — PHILADELPHIA — A reporter started to ask Brad Penny about pitching in front of 42,000 crazed, Dodger-hating fans when the Giants' new No. 5 starter interrupted him. — “42,001,” said Penny, grinning. — It remains to be seen how much Penny …
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CBSSports.com Sports News, Fantasy Scores …:
Penny: I'd go back to AL East — PHILADELPHIA — Brad Penny's career ERA in the National League is 4.06. In five months in the American League East with the Red Sox, his ERA was 5.61, the worst of any full-time starting pitcher in baseball. — And yet, Penny said Tuesday, he credits the Red Sox with rescuing his career.
Jason Rosenberg / It's About The Money:
Burnett living in the shadows? — Has any big ticket free agent been more under-the-radar, more in-the-shadows than AJ Burnett? If any other team, and I mean ANY, had signed Burnett and he posted the numbers he has thus far on the Yanks, is there any doubt there'd be some “overrated” or “bust” chatter?
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees go Bird-bashing in Baltimore — Robinson Cano gets props from Eric Hinske hitting a home run in the second inning. Hinske goes deep later as the Yankees beat the Orioles, 9-6, Tuesday night. — BALTIMORE - Much has been made of A.J. Burnett's up-and-down season …
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Sports Illustrated:
Hudson … MIAMI(AP) Tim Hudson had waited more than a year to get back to the big leagues. After months of rehabilitation - and a rain delay that lasted nearly three hours - he finally got his chance. — Hudson pitched effectively into the sixth inning in his return to the majors …
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Jerry Crasnick / MLB:Atlanta Braves ‘impressed’ with rookie Tommy Hanson
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Florida Marlins:Florida Marlins: Cameron Maybin in, Luis Ayala out (and upset about it)
Rick Morrissey / Chicago Tribune:
Desire to dump veterans a disturbing failure of imagination — Is there no more room for imagination in numbers-obsessed baseball? — I'm not talking about creativity. I'm talking about making room in your imagination for the possibility of something special happening, regardless of what the numbers might suggest.
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Meech One / The Fightins:
Please, David Wright, Never Stop Wearing This Helmet — In an un-The Fightins like maneuver, I had a personal embargo against Mets posts here for a while on the site. I just felt with all the injuries and s**t they've had this year that it really wasn't fun to laugh at them while they were trotting …
Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Hanley exits game with tight hamstring — Severity of shortstop's ailment unknown — MIAMI — Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez left Tuesday's game against the Braves after four innings with a tight left hamstring and is currently listed as day-to-day. — After the Marlins' 4-3 loss that night …
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George A. King III / New York Post:
RED-HOT A-ROD MAY NOT NEED SECOND SURGERY — BALTIMORE — When Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees picked Dr. Marc Philippon to operate on the superstar's right hip in March, they did so because they believed the Vail-based surgeon was the best in the business. — Apparently, they were right.
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Baltimore Sun:
A-Rod gives anti-steroid talk to area students — Yankees star makes surprise appearance at Milford Mill Academy, addressing athletes in effort to ‘turn a negative into a positive’ — New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez made an unexpected visit to 500 students at a Baltimore County school …
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Young strains hamstring, exits Game 2 — Rangers third baseman replaced before fourth, set for MRI — ARLINGTON — Rangers third baseman Michael Young could be sidelined for an extended period of time after suffering a strained left hamstring in the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Blue Jays.
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Bill Plaschke / Los Angeles Times:
Despite GM's hot hand, Dodgers not playing with a full deck — (Paul Connors / Associated Press; Kirby Lee / US Presswire) — Ned Colletti has done nearly everything in his power to fill Dodgers' postseason needs, with one glaring exception: They still lack an ace pitcher.
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies end five-game skid; regain wild-card lead — The Rockies' comeback came in snippets, highlights of two months from cities like Houston, Cincinnati and St. Louis. It wasn't until Ryan Spilborghs' walkoff grand slam did their charming story enter the public consciousness.
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Associated Press:
Phillies' Hamels dominates Giants with two-hitter — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cole Hamels (FSY) pitched a two-hitter, Ryan Howard (FSY) drove in the only run with a fourth-inning double and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0 Tuesday night.
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