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Nate Taylor / Boston Globe:
Surgery on Youkilis set for tomorrow — loading video... (please wait a moment) — Requires Adobe Flash Player — Terry Francona said Kevin Youkilis will have season-ending surgery tomorrow on his right thumb tomorrow in Cleveland. Dr. Thomas Graham, who examined the first baseman today, will perform the surgery.
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Bruce Levine / ESPN:
Source: White Sox eye Carlos Delgado — The Chicago White Sox have had extensive conversations with the agent for free-agent slugger Carlos Delgado, according to a Major League Baseball source. — The Sox have been seeking left-handed power in their stretch run for the playoffs …
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John Tomase / Boston Herald:
Youkilis to have surgery; likely done for year — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio — The Red Sox [team stats] just announced that Kevin Youkilis [stats] will undergo what is expected to be season-ending surgery on the torn muscle in his thumb.
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Zuri Berry / Boston Globe:
Youkilis out for the season — News just coming in from Fenway Park that Kevin Youkilis' season will come to an end after undergoing thumb surgery tomorrow in Cleveland. — The Globe's Amalie Benjamin is currently in the clubhouse gathering more information.
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Mark Polishuk / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Looking At Left-Handed First Base Options — 7:06PM: Daric Barton could be another possible pick-up for the Sox, as Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe tweets that the Oakland first baseman was put on waivers today. Barton's .377 OBP fits right in with Boston's patient plate mentality …
John Tomase / Clubhouse Insider:
Sox to work out Delgado — According to a source with knowledge of their thinking, the Red Sox plan to work out veteran first baseman Carlos Delgado in the next couple of days to see if he could be a possible left-handed complement to Mike Lowell at first base.
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Amazing on-field feats well within reach — Three first basemen and two pitchers striving to join some exclusive company in 2010 — Nobody loves a good trade rumor more than Rumblings and Grumblings. But this just in: — While we've all been obsessing these last few weeks …
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Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
Greinke doubts Royals' rebuilding plan will bear fruit soon — Zack Greinke isn't sure he wants to endure the growing pains he knows are coming as the Royals gear up for another youth-based rebuilding plan. — It matters little that growing optimism surrounds numerous prospects currently …
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Jon Paul Morosi / Fox Sports:
Source: Nats' Dunn claimed on waivers — Washington Nationals slugger Adam Dunn was claimed on trade waivers today, one major league source told FOXSports.com. — The identity of the club is not known. The news lessens the likelihood that Dunn will be dealt this month.
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David Ginsburg / Associated Press:
Orioles beat Angels 5-4 for three-game sweep — BALTIMORE—Cesar Izturis singled in the winning run in the ninth inning and the Baltimore Orioles remained unbeaten under new manager Buck Showalter, defeating the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 Thursday night for a three-game sweep.
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Joe Capozzi / Fish Tank:
Chad Tracy signs with Florida Marlins, Brett Hayes is back — The Marlins have signed free agent Chad Tracy and put him on the roster, sending outfielder Bryan Petersen to Class AAA New Orleans. — Tracy, 30, gives the Marlins a left-handed bat off the bench with a potential for power.
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Steven Wine / Associated Press:
Bad calls helps Phils beat Marlins 5-4 — MIAMI—Carlos Ruiz homered leading off the 10th inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies benefited from a bad call to complete a three-game series sweep by beating the Florida Marlins 5-4 Thursday night. — A ruling by third base umpire Bob Davidson cost the Marlins a victory in the ninth.
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Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
Webb gives up on starting in '10, eyes 'pen — PHOENIX — Time is running out for Brandon Webb to see any game action and the D-backs' ace has given up on the notion of starting a game this year. — “I think starting is now out of the question,” he said. “Starting is unrealistic.”
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Associated Press:
Dome run! Twins' Kubel hits go-ahead single off catwalk — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — This pop-up took a bad hop. — Jason Kubel's (FSY) two-out pop clanked off a catwalk high above Tropicana Field and fell behind the pitcher's mound for a go-ahead single in the ninth inning …
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Ian O'Connor / ESPN:
A-Rod can't inject meaning into No. 600 — Rodriguez's PED use taints what could have been a truly historic home run … Poor Alex Rodriguez, he coulda been a contenduh. In a perfect big league world, a world in which sluggers drink their milk and take their Vitamin C and do their chin-ups …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
It's all over: Chuck Greenberg, Nolan Ryan outlast Mark Cuban, win Texas Rangers auction — FORT WORTH, Texas — In a courtroom drama that lasted nearly 15 hours, Pittsburgh attorney Chuck Greenberg and Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan fended off a rival bid from Mark Cuban and emerged victorious …
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
GREENBERG-RYAN WIN TEXAS RANGERS AUCTION AFTER CUBAN-CRANE CONCEDE
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