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4:25 PM ET, July 28, 2010

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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Pedroia is jolted by news  —  Healing won't be on his schedule  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Dustin Pedroia, much to his dismay, is human.  —  Dr. Lewis Yocum examined the injured Red Sox second baseman yesterday and informed him that the broken medial navicular bone in his left foot will need …
Discussion: Boston Herald, TYU and sox1fan.com
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Recap: John Lackey heaven sent in Sox win
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Specialist gives Pedroia a wake-up call
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
No good reason for no-nos  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Welcome …
Greg Beacham / Associated Press:
Lackey leads Sox in return to Angel Stadium
Discussion: Boston Globe and Yahoo! Sports
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
MRI shows no damage in Strasburg's shoulder  —  An MRI revealed no damage in the shoulder of Nationals' star rookie pitcher Stephen Strasburg.  Washington will monitor him closely and see how he responds.  It's uncertain how long he'll be out.  —  Strasburg, the Nats rookie phenom …
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
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Howard Fendrich / Associated Press:
Without Strasburg, Nationals beat Braves 3-0
Discussion: Talking Chop
Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
Stephen Strasburg scratched [UPDATED]
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Associated Press:
Strasburg scratched from start
Fox Sports:
Phillies could get Oswalt, keep Werth  —  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 Phillies are positioned to get Roy Oswalt — if they want him.
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Todd Zolecki / The Zo Zone:
Domonic Brown Is On His Way  —  The Domonic Brown era begins tonight at Citizens Bank Park.  —  The Phillies placed Shane Victorino on the DL with a strained left abdominal muscle.  He had a MRI exam this morning morning, which revealed the severity of the injury.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
TSN.ca:
Phillies use timely homers to beat D-Backs; win 6th straight
Dave Krieger / Denver Post:
Trade won't make sense unless it all turns around  —  When a team plays as badly as the Rockies are right now, fans tend to think making a trade becomes more urgent.  —  The front office tends to think the opposite.  —  If management believes one or two well-placed additions could put …
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Purple Row
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Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Street diagnosed with abdominal contusion
Jim Armstrong / All Things Rockies:
Street taken to hospital after fainting
Colin Wyers / Baseball Prospectus:
Looking Farther Afield  —  I have been making something of a ruckus recently about where I feel the state of current defensive analysis is.  I have been long on listing problems, and short on proposing solutions.  —  Well, allow me to make amends there.  I don't pretend to have the problem solved.
Discussion: THE BOOK
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Mike Fast / Hardball Times:   A very important article on fielding
New York Post:
Mets must show they've learned from past mistakes  —  Mets on Twitter  —  We have seen this movie.  The Mets had a manager and GM holding on for their jobs.  They had played surprisingly well for about half the schedule, but as the trade deadline neared they began trending the wrong way.
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Ben Walker / Associated Press:
Beltran wrecks Wainwright, Mets beat Cardinals 8-2
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett says Coghlan's freak accident won't deter him from throwing pies  —  CLEVELAND - Celebrating has become dangerous in baseball, but don't expect A.J. Burnett to curb his pie throwing.  —  Florida's Chris Coghlan tore the meniscus in his left knee on Sunday …
Discussion: NESN.com, Bronx Baseball Daily and TYU
Joe Mauer / Yahoo! Sports:
Mauer playing through all kinds of pain  —  is hurt.  He smiles through the pain because the unwritten part of a $184 million contract calls for grinning and bearing.  He refuses to talk about his injuries because to do so would be to admit they exist, and to do that would seem like an excuse …
Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Okajima caught in culture clash  —  Red Sox reliever talks about lack of communication with media, teammates  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — There's an easy way to refute the notion that Boston Red Sox reliever Hideki Okajima has no use for reporters: He's married to one.
Discussion: HardballTalk, NESN.com and Boston Globe
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Leyland hit with one-game suspension  —  Tigers skipper also fined an undisclosed amount  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Jim Leyland figured he'd be hearing from the Commissioner's Office after his ejection from the Tigers' eventual no-hit loss to the Rays on Monday.  —  His prediction was on-target.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Joe Capozzi / Fish Tank:
Dan Uggla homers twice, but Josh Johnson's streak ends in Florida Marlins' 6-4 loss  —  In the Marlins' 6-3 loss to the Giants tonight, Josh Johnson wasn't at his best — but even then, he was still pretty darn good.  —  Johnson avoided the loss but he allowed three runs in seven innings …
Discussion: FishStripes and McCovey Chronicles
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Joe Capozzi / Fish Tank:
Hanley Ramirez leading off for Florida Marlins, Logan Morrison second
Bruce Levine / ESPN:
Derrek Lee to remain a Cub  —  CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee has told the organization he prefers to remain a Cub rather than accept a trade, general manager Jim Hendry told ESPNChicago.com on Wednesday.  —  The Los Angeles Angels proposed a trade to the Cubs over the past 10 days …
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB Opening Day 2011 to fall on Friday, April 1; season to end on a Wednesday  —  Major League Baseball, trying to avoid having long underwear as part of its players' postseason apparel, is planning to start the 2011 season in earnest on Friday, April 1 - three days earlier than the traditional Monday opener.
Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Choice, A's Agree On $2 Million Bonus  —  The Athletics and No. 10 overall pick Michael Choice have agreed on a $2 million bonus.  Choice becomes just the 11th of 32 first-rounders to sign this summer, and the first since the Angels landed Chevez Clarke on July 2.
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Daily Rumble: Three who will get traded  —  As the chances of a Roy Oswalt deal by Saturday fade to black, we're going to do something revolutionary:  —  We're going to look at three players who, unless something changes, actually will get traded this week.  —  OK, so he isn't the most magical name on the Trade Deadline Marquee.
Discussion: MLB Rumors
 
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Jfay / Cincinnati Reds:
Jocketty: Very good chance Reds won't make a trade before deadline
Discussion: Fanhouse MLB Blog and MLB Rumors
Kuiperfan / Joe Posnanski:
Hall of Fame Comps
Discussion: ESPN
Jason Quick / The Blazers Beat:
Trail Blazers looking for a fast trade involving Rudy Fernandez
Doug Padilla / ESPN:
Sox told Beckham he's staying put
Alex Speier / Full Count:
Sources: Sox, Ranaudo have yet to start talks
Discussion: NESN.com and MLB Rumors
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Colin Fly / Associated Press:
Reds smack 19 hits, rough up Brewers
Associated Press:
Rangers beat A's on Cruz's 10th-inning HR
Discussion: Lone Star Ball and Yahoo! Sports
TSN.ca:
Rays beat Tigers again to close in on Yankees in East
Discussion: DRaysBay
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
D-backs still in play as Deadline nears
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Associated Press:
Bautista hits 2 homers as Blue Jays beat Orioles
Jim Armstrong / All Things Rockies:
Dick Monfort: Rox would deal in “right situation'
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