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Richard Durrett / ESPN:
Texas Rangers finalize trade for Bengie Molina, send Chris Ray and Michael Main to San Francisco Giants … ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants finalized the trade that brings catcher Bengie Molina to Texas in exchange for reliever Chris Ray and minor league starter Michael Main.
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Fox Sports:
Molina trade clears way for Giants' Posey — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. Follow him on Twitter. — The Bengie Molina trade not only marks the beginning of a transition for the Giants …
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Fox Sports:
Sources: Giants, Rangers in Molina talks
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Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com:
Rangers make deal to acquire Giants' Molina
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Mike Sielski / Wall Street Journal:
There's No Accounting for This — Thanks to a Deferred Buyout, the Mets Still Owe Bobby Bonilla 25 Annual Payments of $1.19 Million — SAN JUAN, P.R.—One year from today, the Mets will add to their payroll a 47-year-old, past-his-prime power hitter who has a reputation as a malcontent …
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Bobby Valentine's parting shot for Florida Marlins: Process was ‘insulting at times’
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Associated Press:
Yanks' Sabathia wins 10th thanks to A-Rod's 2-run home run — NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez (FSY) hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning and CC Sabathia (FSY) won his sixth straight start, leading the New York Yankees past the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep.
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NY Daily News:
Smith: Seattle has no ‘Felix Rules’ — Mariners don't limit Hernandez, while New York Yankees have rules for Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes — Seattle pitcher Felix Hernandez (r.), celebrating with Cliff Lee (l.), is allowed to operate without a pitch-count limit while the Yankees remain cautious with young Phil Hughes (b.).
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
If piece fills need, White Sox could make deal — GM Williams willing to do what it takes ‘within reason’ — CHICAGO — The big board often talked about by White Sox general manager Ken Williams, featuring the club's outlook for the next three years, has not been viewed by anyone outside the organization.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Image, sometimes, is everything — Bob Ryan was just on WEEI's Dale and Holley Show and made a great point. — If Alex Rodriguez broke his foot, cast aside his crutches and took grounders from his knees in the infield a few days later, he would be universally ripped as being a glory-seeking fraud.
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Joe McDonald / ESPN:
Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia (broken foot) was taking grounders
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Yahoo! Sports
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Pedroia — yes, Pedroia — is taking grounders
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The Joy of Sox
Fox Sports:
Buzz: Latest news from around the horn — Fox Sports — JULY 1 NEWS AND NOTES — Sources: 3 teams interested in unemployed Dye — 5:19 p.m. — As teams scour the trade market for hitters, the unemployed Jermaine Dye continues to attract interest. — The Padres, Rockies …
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Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
Top 11 Prospects Still in the Minors — With the flurry of June promotions to the big leagues, I went back and reviewed my Top 101 Prospects list coming into the year. As it turns out, it's been completely obliterated, with five of the top six and seven of the top 10 players now in the big leagues.
Jayson Stark / MLB:
Chase Utley of Philadelphia Phillies to miss eight weeks following surgery — Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley will be out at least eight weeks after having surgery on his injured right thumb, Phillies athletic trainer Scott Sheridan said. — The operation was performed Thursday …
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Beckett takes another step forward — Josh Beckett just completed a two-inning simulated game at Fenway Park against hitters from the independent Brockton Rox. — He threw 41 pitches and. according to Sox media relations chief Pam Ganley, felt fine. — Beckett's next step will be to start …
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NBA.COM:
Gay spurns others, re-signs with Griz for $82 million — TNT analyst David Aldridge will be writing during the NBA's free agency period to offer up quick takes on the latest free agency news and breaking news updates as they happen. You can e-mail David here and follow him on twitter.
