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10:15 AM ET, August 10, 2010

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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Let's face it, Grandy's no Johnny Damon  —  Yankees outfielder booed as Red Sox salvage series split, playoff hopes in the Bronx … Damon, that is.  —  In a moment fit for Johnny Damon no matter what side of the rivalry he was on, his Yankeereplacement, the underwhelming Curtis Granderson …
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Marc Carig / New Jersey Online:
Yankees slugger Mark Teixeira may miss games to be with wife for birth of child  —  NEW YORK — The Yankees may be without first baseman Mark Teixeira for the start of the team's six-game road trip because he plans to be with his wife for the birth of their child.
NY Daily News:
Bondy: Girardi gets lost in the shuffle
Discussion: Subway Squawkers
Kuiperfan / Joe Posnanski:
Why We Miss the Obvious (Mariners Edition)  —  Don Wakamatsu went 127-147 before being fired by the Mariners.  (AP)  —  It all seems so obvious now, doesn't it?  Bringing back Ken Griffey Jr.?  Trading for Milton Bradley?  Giving 32-year-old Chone Figgins (and his lifetime 99 OPS+) …
Discussion: ESPN
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Scott Boeck / USA Today:
Seattle Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu amidst miserable season
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
Price K's nine Tigers to win No. 15  —  Lefty sets Tampa Bay single-season record for victories  —  DETROIT — David Price made Rays history Monday night, but he had to lean on his teammates to do so.  —  The Rays' 24-year-old left-hander established a new single-season club record …
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Associated Press:
Price earns AL-best 15th win as Rays top Tigers  —  DETROIT (AP) — On a night the Tampa Bay Rays needed a strong start to rest their bullpen and snap a five-game losing streak, David Price could only go five innings.  —  Good thing he made them all count.
Discussion: DRaysBay and Bless You Boys
David Ginsburg / Associated Press:
Roberts homer lifts Orioles over White Sox 3-2  —  BALTIMORE—Brian Roberts hit his first home run of the season leading off the 10th inning, and the Baltimore Orioles continued their uncanny run of success under new manager Buck Showalter with a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.
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Jeff Seidel / MLB.com:   Izturis reaches 1,000-hit plateau
ESPN.com:
Jim Edmonds traded to Reds  —  Jim Edmonds has been traded from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for outfielder Chris Dickerson.  —  The trade was first reported by ESPN's Eduardo Perez, who received a text message from Edmonds saying that he had been traded.
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JSOnline:
Controlling Dickerson a key
Discussion: Brew Crew Ball
Bailey Stephens / MLB.com:
Reds pick up Edmonds for playoff push
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
CINCINNATI (AP) — Skip Schumaker watched the ball fly as he headed for first base, unsure whether it had enough to create a little personal history.  —  Just enough.  —  Schumaker hit his first career grand slam during the St. Louis Cardinals' biggest inning of the season Monday night …
Discussion: Associated Press and Red Reporter
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Eric Seidman / Baseball Prospectus:
'90s Nine, Meet the '00s Ten  —  People love groups, plain and simple.  There is something innately fascinating about grouping together people, places, or things in order to express a point or frame an argument.  In baseball especially, representative groupings are important given the very large quantity of available information.
Discussion: THE BOOK
Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Zambrano still the man in the middle  —  Whether he stays or goes, Zambrano remains a key to the Cubs' plans for next season  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Cubs' rebuilding effort for 2011 took one of its first and biggest steps Monday night when Carlos Zambrano stepped onto the mound …
Discussion: Bats
Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Burrell's sacrifice fly in 11th lifts Giants  —  SAN FRANCISCO—Carlos Zambrano matched his career-high with seven walks in his first start since a June 25 dugout blowup and ensuing banishment, and his short-handed Chicago Cubs lost to the San Francisco Giants 4-3 in 11 innings Monday night long after he left the game.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Gregg Bell / Associated Press:
Daren Brown wins 1st game as M's manager  —  SEATTLE—Last-place Seattle welcomed new interim manager Daren Brown by getting its first triple play in 15 years in a 3-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.  —  Brown moved up from Triple-A Tacoma earlier Monday when Seattle fired …
Discussion: Lookout Landing
Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
It's time for Jerry Manuel to go  —  The Atlanta-Philadelphia road trip was the summer's final gasp, but hardly shocking to anyone who's been paying attention.  Actually, the six games were a microcosm of everything that's gone wrong, including a lack of timely hitting …
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Jeff Francoeur will still get at-bats against righty pitchers …
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
 
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