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1:25 PM 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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Bondy: Girardi gets lost in the shuffle  —  Curtis Granderson strikes out in the ninth inning against Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon.  Granderson is floundering in his first season in the Bronx, batting just .240.  —  Sometimes it seems Brian Cashman has brought in half the Western hemisphere …
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.
Jeff Gordon / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Maybe Schumaker isn't so horrible after all  —  It was only appropriate that Skip Schumaker struck the first big blow in the Cards-Reds showdown this week.  —  He is a classic Tony La Russa-era Cardinal.  The skipper loves Schumaker.  He loves him so much that he moved him from the outfield …
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Associated Press:
CINCINNATI (AP) — Skip Schumaker watched the ball fly as he headed …
Discussion: Red Reporter and Associated Press
Hal McCoy / Dayton Daily News:
Phillips: “I hate the Cardinals, hate 'em”
Discussion: SPORTSbyBROOKS
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
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
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
Ian Koski / Nationals Daily News:
DC baseball greats' names to be displayed at Nats Park  —  In one of the most prominent acknowledgments of the history of D.C. baseball and perhaps the first in-stadium recognition of the franchise's history in Montreal, the Nationals have mounted the names of Washington and Montreal baseball greats …
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Craig DeVrieze / Quad City Times:
Smith says Cubs should pick Ryno as manager  —  The Chicago Cubs aren't likely to turn to one of the greatest players in modern St. Louis Cardinals history for managerial advice.  —  If they did, however, Ozzie Smith would have an answer.  —  Ryne Sandberg.  —  “To me, there's one guy,” he said.
Discussion: ESPN
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
 
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