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Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Ned Colletti wants to return to the Dodgers — The general manager, a day after acquiring Jim Thome and Jon Garland, says he'd love to be back next season. — Ned Colletti's contract as Dodgers' general manager includes a mutual option for 2010. (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times) — On The Dodgers
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Swisher baffled by homers on the road — New York (84-48) at Baltimore (54-79), 7:05 p.m. ET — BALTIMORE — Maybe Nick Swisher really just loves eating meals off a room-service tray? It's as good an explanation as anyone has been able to come up with for his bizarre home run stats in 2009.
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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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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.
David Ely / MLB.com:
Toy plane takes off at Dodger Stadium — Remote-control flier stops play briefly in sixth inning — LOS ANGELES — It's not rare to see an occasional beach ball fall onto the field during a game at Dodger Stadium. — A remote-control airplane? That definitely could be filed under unusual.
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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Andrew Baggarly / Extra Baggs:
Giants will purchase Buster Posey's contract today — The Giants are calling up top catching prospect Buster Posey and he'll join the team today, sources confirmed to me. — Now it's clear why Posey wasn't in the lineup for Triple-A Fresno last night. GM Brian Sabean had said repeatedly …
Geoff Baker / The Seattle Times:
Look for September to be Ken Griffey Jr.'s final bow — Can't go anywhere these days without getting asked the question. No, not whether the Mariners can still win the wild-card. That one seems to have stopped. Now, as the Mariners head into their final 4 1/2 weeks …
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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 …
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Heroes abound in Sox's win over Rays — While Lester shines, Ellsbury, Papelbon steal show late — ST. PETERSBURG — It looked like it might have been slipping away, this game that the Red Sox once led by five runs. At Tropicana Field, where manager Terry Francona and his team …
Ed Eagle / MLB.com:
A-Rod's doctor optimistic about hip — Slugger may not need another surgery after season — Alex Rodriguez's recovery from a March right hip surgery has progressed so well that the doctor who performed the procedure is hopeful that the Yankees slugger won't need another surgery after the season.
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 …
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago White Sox could shut down Jake Peavy — Manager Ozzie Guillen says it's a possibility — Jake Peavy smiles after being introduced as the latest member of the White Sox pitching staff. (Charles Rex Arbogast, Associated Press / August 1, 2009) — MINNEAPOLIS — Jake Peavy's goal …
Lynn Henning / Detroit News:
Fernando Rodney ready to cash in — Tigers fans have not always welcomed the sight of Fernando Rodney sauntering toward the mound, his thick body shaking from side to side, his goatee punctuating a face buried beneath a funky-looking baseball cap. — But they are beginning to love him at the most unexpected of times.
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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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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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