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Bradley suspended for rest of season — ST. LOUIS — For this season, it's game over for Milton Bradley. — The outspoken outfielder, who took shots at the Cubs in a Saturday interview with the Daily Herald, has been suspended for the rest of the season, according to general manager Jim Hendry.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 150: Yankees at Mariners — YANKEES (95-54) — Pitching: RHP Joba Chamberlain (8-5, 4.39). — MARINERS (77-72) — Suzuki RF — Gutierrez CF — Lopez 2B — Griffey Jr. DH — Beltre 3B — Hall LF — Carp 1B — Moore C — Wilson SS — Pitching: RHP Ian Snell (4-2, 4.86).
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yanks' Chamberlain gets ruled in Seattle — SEATTLE - Joba Chamberlain pitched only three innings against the Mariners Sunday, but it had nothing to do with any rules. — The righthander was roughed up for seven runs in the first two frames, as the Yankees dropped a 7-1 decision to Seattle …
Floyd Mayweather Jr / Associated Press:
Police: Giants' prospect a suspect in killing — SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic(AP)—A Dominican baseball prospect for the San Francisco Giants is the main suspect in the killing of a 25-year-old man, police said Sunday. — Angel Villalona turned himself in 12 hours after the man …
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David Venn / MLB.com:
Giants teen Villalona suspected of murder — Top hitting prospect detained after shooting in Dominican — Giants top prospect Angel Villalona has been detained in connection with a murder that occurred in the Dominican Republic on Saturday night, according to a report by the Associated Press.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Kennedy finishes season with Yankees — SEATTLE - When Ian Kennedy got the news that he was headed to Seattle to join the Yankees, he almost didn't believe it. — Having missed four months of the season following surgery to repair an aneurysm in his right arm, Kennedy never expected to finish his year in the big leagues.
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Ethier helps Dodgers derail Lincecum, Giants — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andre Ethier (FSY) hit a go-ahead two-run homer off Tim Lincecum (FSY), Ronnie Belliard (FSY) added a two-run single against the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 …
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Rockies defeat Arizona 5-1 — PHOENIX — A pair of aces showed up at Chase Field on Sunday afternoon. — Ultimately, Rockies baby-faced flamethrower Ubaldo Jimenez won out over Arizona's Dan Haren, moving the Rockies ever closer to a wild-card playoff berth.
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Boof! Bam! Zowie! — Ill-timed as it was after a loss, the Yankees had their annual rookie hazing today. — The theme was the old Batman television show. — Mark Melancon was Batman. Ramiro Pena was a disturbing Catwoman and Mike Dunn was the Riddler.
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Associated Press:
Bay, Ellsbury lead Bosox over O's, increase wild card lead — BALTIMORE (AP) — Jason Bay (FSY) and Jacoby Ellsbury (FSY) both homered and drove in three runs to lead Daisuke Matsuzaka (FSY) and the Boston Red Sox past the Baltimore Orioles 9-3 Sunday. — Bay's 35th homer tied a career high …
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John Perrotto / Baseball Prospectus:
On the Beat — Weekend Wrapup — Just two in-season managerial changes have been made this year in the major leagues. As a result, t will be interesting to see how many there will be once the season ends in two weeks. Of the two made during the season, one has been credited for making …
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Alex Pedicini / Hardball Times:
Offensive environments in the minors | part two — The other day I looked at the run scoring environments in Triple-A and Double-A and today I will continue with the lower levels of the minors. — Advanced-A — California League- .270/.341/.416 — Runs-5.114 — 2B- 1.914 — 3B- .350
Canadian Press:
RAYS BEAT JAYS ACE HALLADAY FOR FOURTH TIME THIS SEASON — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — David Price allowed one run over 6 2-3 innings, Carl Crawford hit a two-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Roy Halladay and the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Sunday. — The Rays are 4-1 against Halladay this year …
Associated Press:
Prez says Yankees heading to World Series — Obama hints at Bombers-Cardinals Classic — So who will be in the World Series, Mr. President? — President Barack Obama is such a big Chicago White Sox fan that he's not making any predictions as long as his beloved home team has a mathematical shot at the playoffs.
Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Pedro leaves due to neck stiffness — Philadelphia right-hander hopes to make next start — ATLANTA — Pedro Martinez lost the 100th game of his career on Saturday night in the Phillies' 6-4 setback against the Braves at Turner Field, but that wasn't on his mind. — His neck was.
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