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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Hip check: A-Rod's three jacks power Yanks — Slugger works out mechanical flaw in power display vs. Royals — KANSAS CITY — Alex Rodriguez might have saved the most impressive blast for the finale of his own personal power showcase, rocketing a ninth-inning drive into the scarcely-reached …
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Associated Press:
Power surge: A-Rod belts three homers as Yankees rout Royals — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Rodriguez (FSY) hit three home runs in a game for the fourth time in his career, putting on a late power show that led the New York Yankees past the Kansas City Royals 8-3 Saturday night.
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Yankees Pull Further and Further and Further Away — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first baseball plopped into the left-field stands, but that was only the beginning. The next one caromed off a concrete wall beneath the batter's eye, and the third one shot off Alex Rodriguez's bat with such power …
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Fox Sports:
Source: Jays give Romero record deal — 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 Blue Jays locked up one of their top starting pitchers Saturday, reaching agreement …
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Glenn Rabney / MLB.com:
Jays, Romero agree to five-year extension
Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Nationals Spend Big On Solis, Cole — The Nationals likely will go down to the midnight deadline Monday to sign No. 1 overall pick Bryce Harper, who's expected to break the record for the largest guarantee ever given to a position player in the draft ($9.5 million by Mark Teixeira from the Rangers in 2001).
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
2006 to 2010: How the New York Mets have flushed four years down the drain — Things have soured for the Mets since the night Carlos Beltran took strike three to end Game 7 of the 2006 NL Championship Series. Here's a look at the embarrassments and oddities of the last four years:
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Associated Press:
Red Sox 3, Rangers 1 — Lester pitches Red Sox past Rangers — ARLINGTON, Texas - Jon Lester [stats] pitched eight scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox [team stats] stopped the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 3-1 on a steamy Saturday night. — Lester (13-7) was sharp …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Torre to announce plans in September — Skipper won't let intentions be known until LA's fate determined — ATLANTA — Joe Torre said Saturday he'll announce his plans for next season when this year's Dodgers clinch a postseason berth or are eliminated from one.
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' finances include an unusual revenue-generating plan: ‘Own to rent’ — The team has been charging itself rent on Dodger Stadium property it owns, and the tab this year, a whopping $14 million, is far greater than what is typically paid by teams that rent their stadiums from independent landlords.
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Dallas Morning News:
Rangers getting a playoff primer in homestand vs. Beasts of the East — ARLINGTON - Imagine the AL playoffs. It's easy if you try. — They will look an awfully lot like the last week's worth of baseball in Arlington. — Should the Rangers close out the AL West …
Associated Press:
Uribe's RBI single in 11th lifts Giants past Padres — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have had so much trouble beating the San Diego Padres that it took a heady play and a fortunate bounce to pull out an extra-inning win. — Buster Posey legged out a double …
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Ellsbury back on disabled list — Jacoby Ellsbury is back on the 15-day disabled list. He has swelling in the same area and a “faint line” around the same area as a previous fracture. — He had a CT scan and MRI today at Mass General. — UPDATE, 6:08 p.m.: Here's what Terry Francona had to say:
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