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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Clemens to Be Indicted for Perjury in Doping Testimony — Federal authorities have decided to indict Roger Clemens on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, according to two people briefed on the matter. — An announcement is expected shortly.
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MLB:
Roger Clemens indicted … WASHINGTON — Former major league pitcher Roger Clemens is under indictment, accused of lying to Congress about using steroids. — Clemens faces charges of obstruction of Congress, making false statements and perjury. The New York Times first reported the indictment.
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SBNation.com and It's About The Money
Associated Press:
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens for allegedly lying to Congress about using steroids. — Clemens faces charges of obstruction of Congress, making false statements and perjury. — The former Major League baseball pitcher …
George Von Benko / MLB.com:
JJ returns to form as Marlins best Bucs — PITTSBURGH — Marlins right-hander Josh Johnson and Pirates right-hander Ross Ohlendorf hooked up in a pitchers' duel on Wednesday night at PNC Park. The Marlins prevailed 3-2. — Johnson bounced back from his worst outing of the season …
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FishStripes
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates agree to terms with Mexican pitcher Heredia — The Pirates early this morning agreed to terms with 16-year-old pitching prospect Luis Heredia of Mexico on a $2.6 million bonus, the biggest payout in franchise history for an international amateur. — In Mexico, the team owning …
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Baseball America, BBTF's Baseball Primer …, MLB Rumors, Fanhouse MLB Blog and MLB Daily Dish
Fox Sports:
Pieces come together for Braves' deal — This time, Derrek Lee waived his no-trade protection. — 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. — This is the way these things are supposed to work:
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VFTB, ESPN, Talking Chop, ESPN and Baseball America
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Paul Newberry / Associated Press:
Heyward's hit gives Braves another last at-bat win
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Federal Baseball and Talking Chop
Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
Livan Hernandez's unique season rolls on — The statistical cocktail brewed up by Livan Hernandez this year is becoming more and more remarkable all the time. Last night, he allowed nine hits and walked two and struck out one. Of course, then, he surrendered two earned runs in seven innings …
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Washington Post, The Goessling Game, The Nationals Enquirer and SB Nation DC
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
The Franchise Player — A few weeks ago, I was asked …
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William World News, Baseball Daily Digest, SB Nation DC and ESPN
Chicago Breaking Sports:
Ozzie fires back at critics over Thome's departure — Jim Thome acknowledges the crowd's cheers. (REUTERS / Eric Miller) — MINNEAPOLIS — White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen fired back at critics who still can't stomach the departure of Jim Thome, who hit a two-run walkoff home run Tuesday night …
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South Side Sox and A Fan's View
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Cardinals Acquire Pedro Feliz — The Cardinals acquired Pedro Feliz and cash from the Astros for pitcher David Carpenter, according to Astros director of social media Alyson Footer (on Twitter). Feliz, 35, has a .221/.243/.311 line this season with four homers in 304 plate appearances.
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Baseball America, Yahoo! Sports, Viva El Birdos and The Crawfish Boxes
Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
Redskins, Stephen Strasburg, Nats and more — Ask Boswell — Washington Post Sports Columnist Tom Boswell was online to take all your questions about the Redskins, Stephen Strasburg, the Nats and more. — Tom's latest columns — El Segundo, CA: Tom, — There's usually more hype than substance in August in the NFL.
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The Nats Blog, FJB and William World News
Associated Press:
Filing: Doc shows equal right in team — LOS ANGELES — Jamie McCourt's attorneys say they located an agreement that shows she has an equal right in the ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers and that it will dramatically alter a bitter struggle for the team.
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baseballmusings.com
Jayson Stark / MLB:
It's time to fix dysfunctional draft — Slotting, signing pool, world-wide draft are some of the options MLB will address — Now that another action-packed episode of Last Minute Draft Pick Signing Theater is behind us, we can sum up our sentiments on the not-so-great American baseball draft in three words:
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MLB Rumors
Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Padres recall reliever Webb from Triple-A — CHICAGO — When outfielder Tony Gwynn hit the 15-day disabled list Thursday with a fractured right hand, the Padres recalled reliever Ryan Webb from Triple-A Portland to add depth to their bullpen. — San Diego manager Bud Black acknowledged …
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Yahoo! Sports
Murray Chass / Murray Chass On Baseball:
THE NEWS KEEPS COMING — News Item: DOPE HEAD FORESEES BASEBALL'S DOOM Maybe that should be “head doper,” but John Fahey has said such dopey things “dope head” it shall be. John Fahey is the chief of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the body of steroids zealots who have appointed themselves …
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THE BOOK
TSN.ca:
BLUE JAYS SEND ARENCIBIA DOWN TO TRIPLE-A LAS VEGAS — The Toronto Blue Jays optioned rookie catcher J.P. Arencibia back to Triple-A Las Vegas on Wednesday following their 5-4 loss to the Oakland A's. — The move had been planned to coincide with the return of catcher John Buck …
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David Waldstein / New York Times:
Venezuela's Chávez Has Advice for Rodriguez — From one famous Venezuelan to another came a reassuring phone call this week. — Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez, a fan and a friend of the embattled Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez, said he reached out on Sunday to the pitcher known in his native country as El Kid.
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SPORTSbyBROOKS
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
MLB must deal with big issues
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Associated Press, ESPN, Mets Merized Online, MetsBlog.com and MLB Rumors
Bernardo Fallas / Houston Chronicle:
Lindstrom placed on 15-day DL — Lindstrom goes on DL — The Astros placed righthander Matt Lindstrom on the 15-day disabled list following Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Mets. — “We need to get him right,” Astros manager Brad Mills said. — Lindstrom is coming off three rough outings …
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Mike Silva's … and Sliding Into Home
