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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Quake shakes Jays, Padres at PETCO — Player reaction ranges from ‘freaky’ to ‘fun’ on 5.7 temblor — SAN DIEGO — Depending on where you stood or sat on Monday at PETCO Park, the 5.7-magnitude earthquake that sent a ripple through the downtown stadium was either a big deal …
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Bernie Wilson / Associated Press:
Buck's homers, Hill's doubles carry Blue Jays — SAN DIEGO—John Buck homered twice and Aaron Hill had three doubles and three RBIs to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-3 win over the San Diego Padres on Monday night as Jon Garland struggled on three days' rest.
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Bluebird Banter
Mark Polishuk / MLB Rumors:
The Trade Market For Kosuke Fukudome And Ryan Theriot — 10:28pm: Morosi and Ken Rosenthal provided a Fukudome update on the FOX Sports MLB Buzz page. They note that the Nationals are on Fukudome's no-trade list, but the Yankees and Red Sox aren't. New York and Boston aren't known …
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Mets Fever
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B.J. Rains / Fox Sports Midwest:
La Russa moves slumping Holliday to second in batting order — A long flight back to St. Louis after a heartbreaking end to a 1-5 road trip Sunday evening allowed manager Tony La Russa time to think about what might get his struggling offense going. — His decision: move Matt Holliday to second in the batting order.
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Associated Press:
Pujols absorbs throw to head as Cards whip M's — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols has a souvenir from the St. Louis Cardinals' latest victory: a good-sized welt on the left side of his neck. — The three-time NL MVP took one off the noggin on a perfect day at the plate …
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Viva El Birdos
Associated Press:
Burrell homers again in Giants win — SAN FRANCISCO—Pat Burrell homered for the second time in four days, Freddy Sanchez drove in four runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-2 on Monday night. — Jonathan Sanchez pitched 7 2-3 innings for the Giants, allowing two runs and eight hits.
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Yahoo! Sports
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Cash Kruth / MLB.com:
Huff recalls stint with Orioles — SAN FRANCISCO — Aubrey Huff has experienced his share of losing during his 11-year Major League career. — The Giants outfielder/first baseman spent five-plus seasons in Tampa Bay, where the team finished in last place every year but one.
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Camden Chat
Aaron Gleeman / HardballTalk:
Alex Gordon is apparently too good for the Royals — Alex Gordon has been destroying Triple-A pitching since his demotion last month, hitting .359 with 10 homers and a 1.128 OPS in 38 games. He ranks second among Pacific Coast League hitters in batting average (.359), on-base percentage …
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Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
DeJesus may be center of attention in countdown to trade deadline
DeJesus may be center of attention in countdown to trade deadline
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Royals Review
Matt Ehalt / NY Daily News:
Once a treasured commodity of teams, baseballs become an everyday giveaway for fans at ballparks — It was a surreal scene: the burly father in a Mets T-shirt, accompanying his 3-year-old, being booed by the Citi Field faithful. His transgression? Reaching in front of a 10-year-old fan …
Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Aybar day-to-day after limping off — ANAHEIM — Angels shortstop Erick Aybar was helped off the field by team trainers after he was bowled over by the Brewers' Casey McGehee on a seventh-inning force play on Monday night at Angel Stadium. — The initial report from the Angels was hyperextension …
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Hardball Times
Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Game Changers: Picking up the game's pace — Focus, some say, should be on changing on-field habits — Much of baseball's essence is wrapped in its timelessness. The game has stood through three centuries, two world wars, an ever-changing society, and, unlike most other major sports …
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Confessions of a She-Fan
Brad Johnson / Hardball Times:
See you soon: Pedro Alvarez — I missed some big call ups last week while moving from Minnesota to Washington D.C. I did stop by my ancestral home near Philadelphia long enough to drop by Citizen's Bank Park and watch Roy Halladay dominate the Marlins (and lose, kudos Josh Johnson).
Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
The Rangers are working hard to get Roy Oswalt — UPDATE: Now the Fort Worth Star-Telegrams is calling applesauce on my report. GM Jon Dainels didn't directly deny it, but he did say “you can probably figure this one out,” suggesting that it's not happening.
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Foul Territory, Postcards from Elysian Fields, Section 518, MLB Rumors, The Crawfish Boxes, MetsBlog.com and Lone Star Ball
New York Post:
BOX SCORE — Much can change between now and the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline, but manager Jerry Manuel indicated he isn't campaigning for the Mets to add a starting pitcher. — Manuel pointed to the fact Nos. 4 and 5 starters, R.A. Dickey and Hisanori Takahashi, are a combined 9-2.
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