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Murray Chass / Murray Chass On Baseball:
FELDMAN AND FRIENDS RALLY RANGERS — If necessity is the mother of invention, it has done a pretty good job in developing a pretty good pitcher for the Texas Rangers. The pitcher's name is Scott Feldman, and he entered the weekend with the best record in the American League …
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Jim Reeves / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:Financial mess makes Rangers' future murky
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Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com:
Kennedy makes surprise FSL start — Helps Yankees defeat Stone Crabs in Finals opener — The opening game of the Florida State League Championship Series featured a surprise guest. — Ian Kennedy tossed two scoreless innings for Tampa, making his first appearance since surgery …
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Cjennings / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog:
Kennedy activated in Tampa — Here's an email I didn't expect to receive this afternoon. The subject line was, SWB Yankees transactions 9/12. The body of the email consisted of three lines. — Reinstate Ian Kennedy from 7 Day DL - Scranton — Ian Kennedy transfer of option from Scranton to Tampa
Nat Boyle / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Offered 6 Pitchers For Halladay? — 1:12pm: Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe reports that Epstein has denied the rumors. When asked if there was any truth to the rumored offer for Halladay, Epstein responded with a simple “Nope.” — 10:14am: Last month, Theo Epstein …
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Bob Elliott / Toronto Sun:
Where your Jays stand — It's has not been a pretty picture, particularly the botched Roy Halladay trade
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Mark Saxon / Orange County Register:
For Angels' Figgins, the attraction is mutual — The free agent-to-be acknowledges that he could flourish playing for Guillen and the White Sox. — Recommend — ANAHEIM - Chone Figgins' future boss might have been staring at him from the visiting dugout this weekend.
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Neil Best / Newsday:
Ex-Met Hernandez finally safe at home — It was near midnight on Tumbleweed Tuesday, the name East — Enders give the day after Labor Day, when they reclaim their towns from seasonal visitors. — But one celebrity resident was just returning home from work, a commuter completing another long ride …
John Perrotto / Baseball Prospectus:
On the Beat — Weekend Update — Though the Cubs are playing out the string in what has turned into a disappointing season, there is still intrigue surrounding a franchise that will now make it 101 consecutive seasons without a World Series title. That's because Tom Ricketts has agreed …
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John Tomase / Boston Herald:
Josh Beckett, Red Sox make short work of Rays — Eight-run 3rd gives pitcher boost in win — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio — It took the Rays and Red Sox [team stats] more than two hours just to start last night's rain-delayed game. And then the Red Sox acted like they didn't want it to end.
Associated Press:
Joe Torre congratulates Derek Jeter on setting hits record — SAN FRANCISCO — Joe Torre offered his congratulations to Derek Jeter in the New York Yankees star's preferred form of communication: via text message. — Torre said Saturday he'd reached out to Jeter, who on Friday night broke …
Joe Cowley / Inside the White Sox:
Oz being Oz — ANAHEIM, Calif. - The best of Ozzie from Saturday: — Guillen on his hitters failing to beat pitchers they have seen for the first time - “I mean you're not going to take anything away from the pitching staffs that we've faced, but we've been facing some pitchers this year it's like, 'Who the [expletive] is this guy?
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers leave Giants reeling in NL West — Division leaders push third-place SF to 8 1/2 games back — SAN FRANCISCO — Vicente Padilla, who came to the Dodgers with a reputation as a head hunter, officially became a Giants killer on Saturday night. — Padilla remained unbeaten …
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