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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Missed call ends Galarraga's perfect bid — Tigers righty loses perfect game on 27th hitter — DETROIT — Tigers right-hander Armando Galarraga nearly made history, and might have anyway. He fell one batter and a disputed call shy of a perfect game, settling for a one-hitter …
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Larry Lage / NBCSports.com:
Blown call costs Galarraga perfect game in 9th — Veteran Joyce admits 2-out call that denied Tigers' Galarraga history wrong — DETROIT - Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers lost his bid for a perfect game Wednesday night with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admitted he blew.
Larry Lage / Denver Post:
Blown call costs Tiger pitcher perfect game in 9th — DETROIT—Armando Galarraga squeezed the ball in his mitt, stepped on first base with his right foot and was ready to celebrate the first perfect game in Detroit Tigers' history. — What happened next will be the talk of baseball …
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Instant. Replay. Now. — We've all seen it. We can't un-see it. And because we've seen it — and because we'll watch it over and over again for the next 48 hours or longer — we know it's wrong. But baseball won't see it. Not officially. Baseball has decided against the expansion of instant replay beyond home run calls.
MLB.com:
Griffey Jr. announces his retirement from game — Griffey Jr. ends historic career ranked 5th on all-time home run list with 630 — SEATTLE, Wash. — After 22 seasons, 630 home runs and a highlight reel of catches, Seattle sports icon Ken Griffey Jr. has announced his retirement from professional baseball in a statement today.
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Associated Press:
Seattle Mariners announce Ken Griffey Jr. retiring … SEATTLE — The Kid has called it quits. — Just the way Ken Griffey Jr. wanted, there will be no farewell tour for one of the greatest players in baseball history. Instead, Griffey simply informed the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night his career was over.
John Hickey / Fanhouse MLB Blog:
Ken Griffey Jr. Announces Retirement — SEATTLE — Ken Griffey Jr. has retired from baseball. — FanHouse was first to report the news of his retirement, and the future Hall of Famer announced his decision officially in a formal statement Wednesday night
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Associated Press:
Anderson, Dodgers top slumping D-backs in 14 — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Garret Anderson came up in the 10th inning with a runner at second base and a chance to win the game. He struck out, and the crowd predictably booed. — The 17-year veteran went hitless in his first five at-bats …
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Blister puts Bush's next start in doubt — MIAMI — Dave Bush's next Brewers start is in doubt after the right-hander exited his outing on Tuesday after six innings because of a blister. — Asked on Wednesday afternoon whether Bush would be able to start as scheduled against the Cardinals on Sunday …
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Joe McDonald / ESPN:
Source: Clubs contacting Sox on Lowell — BOSTON — A Red Sox source ruled out any possibility of Mike Lowell going to the Los Angeles Angels in the wake of first baseman Kendry Morales going down with a broken ankle suffered while celebrating a walk-off grand slam over the weekend. — Lowell
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Five years ago, the Washington Nationals were on top of the world — The closer is in the capital of California, awaiting a midday, midweek special between the homestanding Sacramento River Cats and his own Tacoma Rainiers. The would-be ace rises each morning in his home town …
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Associated Press:
Crawford's ninth-inning slam lifts Rays past Jays — TORONTO (AP) — Down by a run heading into the ninth inning, the Tampa Bay Rays had the Toronto Blue Jays right where they wanted them. — David Price became the American League's first eight-game winner, Carl Crawford hit a grand slam …
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Associated Press:
Red Sox rally again to beat A's 6-4 — David Ortiz hit a two-run homer to help Boston rally for the second straight game, and Daisuke Matsuzaka [stats] settled down to beat the Oakland Athletics 6-4 on Wednesday night. — One night after scoring nine straight runs to overcome a 4-0 deficit …
Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
Minor League Transactions — Check out the Transactions Glossary for the key to deciphering the various inactive lists presented here. — An asterisk (*) denotes an instance of a player agreeing to terms on a minor league contract with an organization with which he already had a major league agreement.
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Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Mets too gutless to stand up to Ollie — By now, everyone knows the Mets are engaged in a to-the-death war with Oliver Perez, the kind that will produce no truce. Perez, acting on his agent Scott Boras' instructions, continues to refuse an assignment to the minor leagues, daring the Mets to eat the final $20 million of his contract.
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Team official says Mets won't release Oliver Perez; Club is happy …
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