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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Rangers Get Lee; Yanks Feel Used — The Yankees know how the game works. General Manager Brian Cashman — echoing the sage of the organization, Yogi Berra — often says a deal is never final until it is final. After all, George Steinbrenner once signed David Wells over Christmas Eve cheeseburgers …
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Tim Booth / Associated Press:
Hughes wins 11th, Teixeira's 2 homers power Yanks — SEATTLE—Phil Hughes joined teammates CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte as 11-game winners before the All-Star break, and Mark Teixeira's two home runs powered the New York Yankees to a 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Yankees miss out on Lee — this time — Bronx makes sense when Rangers' newly acquired ace becomes free agent in winter … SEATTLE — There is still a feeling around baseball that it is a matter of when, not if, Cliff Lee will become a Yankee. — The Yankees just missed out on Lee …
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Sports Illustrated:
With Lee fronting rotation, Rangers all but secure spot in postseason
With Lee fronting rotation, Rangers all but secure spot in postseason
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Mets Will Turn To Ted Lilly
Mets Will Turn To Ted Lilly
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Rangers Acquire Cliff Lee For Smoak, Prospects
Rangers Acquire Cliff Lee For Smoak, Prospects
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards look to add to clubhouse mix — • The Cardinals' search for help before the deadline likely includes a starting pitcher and a middle infielder. — It will also take into account the impact a new player will have on a clubhouse perceived as professional but quiet, according to general manager John Mozeliak.
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Andy McCullough / New Jersey Online:
Dead arm hampering Mets' Mike Pelfrey — NEW YORK — Some game soon — Mike Pelfrey does not know when — his pitches will miss bats again, and the radar-gun readings will ascend. The energy will return to his right arm, and it will no longer feel, in his words, “a little tired.”
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Karstens has exercise mishap — MILWAUKEE — If Jeff Karstens uses his head tonight to pitch his way past the Milwaukee Brewers, he will consider himself fortunate. — Karstens sustained a significant gash on the top of his head after a weightlifting accident in Houston Thursday …
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers GM disputes ‘seller’ label — MILWAUKEE — As the rumors began to fly and the Brewers prepared to move on from their dismal four-game series against the Giants, general manager Doug Melvin insisted he is not going to hang a “for sale” sign outside Miller Park.
Danica Patrick / Yahoo! Sports:
Wieters, Pie hurt running wet bases for Orioles — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)—Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters — left Friday night's game against the Texas Rangers after getting hurt while running on the rain-slicked field. — Wieters fell down rounding second base in the fifth inning …
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Beck / Beck's Blog:
Porcello update: “Not a ... chance” he gets traded — Apparently Tigers manager Jim Leyland found out about the Rick Porcello trade rumor sometime before the game Friday night. He was not happy, and he went off on it after the game. — “There's a rumor going around, I don't know if anybody's read it …
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Hanley confirms participation in Derby — Shortstop does not believe event will mess up his swing — PHOENIX — Swinging for the fences won't mess up Hanley Ramirez. — 2010 All-Stars — C: J. Mauer, MIN — C: Y. Molina, STL — Interactive Roster
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Jfay / Cincinnati Reds:
Atlanta II — “That one hurts as much as Atlanta,” Dusty Baker said. — Friday's 9-7, 10-inning loss to the Phillies that ended on Ryan Howard's two-run, walk-off homer was eerily similar to the 10-9 loss May 20 in the Atlanta. — Mike Leake started both. Both had major ninth inning meltdowns.
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Reyes Is Willing to Do What It Takes to Play — Life keeps getting stranger for Jose Reyes as he tries to figure out a way to stay in the lineup despite a sore oblique muscle. — On Tuesday, the switch-hitting Reyes abandoned switch-hitting for the first time since he was a teenager …
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