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2:34 AM ET, July 20, 2010

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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 …
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Pregame news from Oakland: Sox looking; Lowell gets a shot
Discussion: The Joy of Sox
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox, Yankees Interested In Scott Downs
Discussion: LEEInks
Associated Press:
Rockies lose as Marlins walk off with two-run home run  —  MIAMI — Pinch-hitter Donnie Murphy hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning Monday night, and the Florida Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 9-8.  —  It was the fifth lead change in the game.
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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 …
Brian Costello / New York Post:
Yankees Blog  —  With 12 days to go before the trade deadline, Brian Cashman is sticking to his plan even with Andy Pettitte on the shelf for 4-5 weeks.  —  That plan involves trying to bolster the Yankees' bench and possibly their bullpen, but it does not include the pursuit of a starting pitcher.
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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Mitre starting for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre tonight
Fox Sports:
Venters suspended for throwing at Prince Fielder  —  NEW YORK (AP)  —  Atlanta Braves pitcher Jonny Venters was suspended for four games and fined by Major League Baseball on Monday for throwing consecutive pitches at Milwaukee's Prince Fielder last weekend.
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
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Associated Press:
Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox suspended one game, pitcher Jonny …
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
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 …
Andy Martino / Surfing The Mets:
MLB likely to speak to Phil Cuzzi, discipline possible  —  Phil Cuzzi missed a game-altering call Sunday, and that was just one of several strange ninth-inning moments for the home plate umpire in the 4-3 Mets win over San Francisco.  —  Afterward, Mets catcher Henry Blanco called for baseball …
Associated Press:
Cardinals blast Kendrick with homers, pound Phillies 8-4  —  ST. LOUIS (AP) — No worries about offense on Matt Holliday's (FSY) day off.  The St. Louis Cardinals had plenty of it without their cleanup hitter.  —  Albert Pujols' (FSY) two-run home run in the fifth inning began a barrage …
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and Phillies Nation
Yahoo! Sports:
Analysis precedes action in Arizona  —  The telephone Josh Byrnes used to answer at Chase Field has a recording that deflects the caller to another in-house number, “for any general manager-type calls,” which, it turns out, is the wrong number, too.  —  Jerry DiPoto, a general manager-type …
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Dave Campbell / Associated Press:
Crowe's career-high 4 hits lead Indians past Twins  —  MINNEAPOLIS—Trevor Crowe drove in two runs and had a career-high four hits, and the Cleveland Indians collected a season-high 20 hits in their fifth straight win, 10-4 over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
Cruz's 2-run homer ends marathon game in 14th  —  DETROIT—Nelson Cruz's two-run homer in the 14th inning gave the Texas Rangers an 8-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday in a game that was marred by two injuries and finally ended in the rain two minutes before midnight.
Peter Gammons / MLB.com:
Power often the last thing to come  —  Bautista, Byrd, Bay, Ludwick, Cruz, Ibanez were all late bloomers  —  Some figure it out early.  When Jeff Bagwell was in his early years in Houston, Dave Magadan asked him how he could go from hitting four homers in New Britain in his second professional season …
Sports Illustrated:
Quantity, not quality, hallmark of market for position players … Last Friday, I took a look at the best pitchers available in a trading market that has thinned now that the biggest prize — Cliff Lee, who was dealt from Seattle to Texas on July 9 — is off the board.
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 …
Discussion: NESN.com and Sliding Into Home
 
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