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3:05 PM ET, July 19, 2010

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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Padres to give Black three-year extension  —  SAN DIEGO — It's not his capacity to handle a double-switch, command a clubhouse or simply his experience as a player, coach and now manager that make Bud Black the best person to manage the Padres, second baseman David Eckstein said Sunday.
Josh Thomson / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Injury update: Pettitte diagnosed with Grade 1 strain (UPDATED)  —  Andy Pettitte is already back from his MRI.  He was diagnosed with a Grade 1 strain of his groin.  Grade 1 is the least severe diagnosis.  —  The Yankees will continue to evaluate Pettitte over the next couple days.
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Wallace Matthews / ESPN:
New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte will miss four to five weeks …
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Associated Press:
Yankees' Pettitte leaves game with strained groin
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NY Daily News:
New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi puts Joba Chamberlain on notice …
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Baldelli set to return to minors tonight  —  Rocco Baldelli is set to make his return to the field as a player tonight for Class A Charlotte, the first step in what could lead him back to the Rays later this season.  —  Baldelli, 28, has spent this season working as a special assistant coach …
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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Mitre starting for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre tonight  —  Sergio Mitre will make a rehab start tonight for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.  According to general manager Brian Cashman, Mitre will throw 75 pitches.  He'll be working on short rest — he just pitched Thursday — but this should help him get a little more stretched out.
Clark Spencer / MiamiHerald.com:
Keeping Uggla might help Florida Marlins' payroll promise  —  The Boston Red Sox have phoned.  So have the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, Philadelphia Phillies and others as the July 31 trading deadline draws near.  But as the interest level remains high …
Adam Rubin / ESPN:
New York Mets welcome back second baseman Luis Castillo  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The New York Mets should have their full lineup for the first time this season when they open a series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.  —  Second baseman Luis Castillo is due to be activated …
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue
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Fox Sports:
A-Rod's suddenly an afterthought  —  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.  —  Alex Rodriguez is two home runs shy of 600.  —  Does anyone care?  —  The Yankees do — A-Rod …
Discussion: Full Count
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Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
July 19: a good day for pitcher debuts  —  Today, July 19, marks the anniversary of some rather impressive MLB pitching debuts.  —  It was on July 19, 1936 that teenager Bob Feller first stepped on a MLB mound. 74 years later, he's still with us.  How many people can say they're still around 74 years …
Matt Brown / MLB.com:
Three members inducted into Reds HOF  —  Sabo, Borbon, Mullane honored in 2010 Induction Gala  —  CINCINNATI — Past met present and more than a century of baseball history was remembered as the Reds capped off their Hall of Fame weekend with the 2010 Induction Gala.
Discussion: Red Reporter
Cash Kruth / MLB.com:
Close call snuffs Giants' comeback bid  —  Ishikawa's single ties game in ninth, but Mets win in 10  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Ishikawa didn't think he was safe; he knew it.  —  So, too, did the Giants' dugout, which began to celebrate.  —  Heck, even Mets catcher Henry Blanco was getting ready to walk back to the dugout.
New York Times:
Selig's Battle With Lenders Is Complicating Rangers' Sale  —  BOSTON — The Texas Rangers have started the second half of the season much the way they played before the All-Star break: like a confident team eager to make the playoffs for the first time since 1999.
Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Yogi Berra in hospital, but in good condition after missing Yankees Old-timers' Day due to fall  —  A day after he missed Old-timers' Day because of a fall at his Montclair, N.J. home, Yankee legend Yogi Berra was back in the hospital but in good condition, according to sources …
 
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