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Roy Oswalt / Yahoo! Sports:
Harper's arrogance is just what baseball needs — Baseball's greatest villain is an 18-year-old minor leaguer with a heinous mustache, an equally off-putting mullet and the scent of someone who emptied a bottle of Eau du Arrogance all over himself. — And you know what? He's exactly what the sport needs.
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ESPN and Washington Post
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Bryce Harper is going to get himself hurt — Check out the home run that Nats' prospect Bryce Harper hit last night. Specifically, check out the way he stopped to admire it and the kiss he blew to the pitcher when he crossed home plate: — Yes, he's young. But there's no excuse for that kind of thing.
Joseph White / Associated Press:
Harper runs the gamut in 1st year in the minors — HAGERSTOWN, Md.—Bryce Harper took an outside strike and shot a disapproving glance at the umpire. — It shouldn't have been a surprise to the young phenom. The ump had been calling them wide all game.
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Baseball Prospectus
Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Bryce Harper needs to grow up — There has been quite a response since the post of that Bryce Harper home run trot this morning. It has me thinking about the curious beast that is Bryce Harper and what, if anything, we can take from that little episode. — First, let me be clear: I'm not trying to be a moralizing old coot here.
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Tedquarters
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Game 60: Red Sox at Yankees — It's a beautiful day in New York. Here are the lineups: — RED SOX (33-26) — Ellsbury CF — Pedroia 2B — Gonzalez 1B — Youkilis 3B — Ortiz DH — Crawford LF — Saltalamacchia C — Drew RF — Scutaro SS — Pitching: LHP Jon Lester (7-2, 3.94)
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New York Magazine and Over the Monster
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds tab high school power arm with 27th pick
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Red Reporter, Brew Crew Ball, Baseball America, Cincinnati Reds, Examiner and Red Hot Mama
Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Indians break tradition, pick athletic prep Lindor
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Let's Go Tribe
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Red Sox take UConn righty Barnes at No. 19
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Boston Globe, Baseball America, Over the Monster and FenwayNationWorld
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
‘Impact’ arm Fulmer was Mets' target all along
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Amazin' Avenue and Britt's Bird Watch
Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Red Sox closer Papelbon banned for 3 games — NEW YORK — Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon has been suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount in the aftermath of Saturday's ejection by plate umpire Tony Randazzo. — MLB announced it was banning Papelbon on Tuesday because of …
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Boston Globe, Yahoo! Sports, Associated Press, Over the Monster and Call to the Pen
Fox Sports:
Reinsdorf, White Sox remain confident — CHICAGO — The White Sox are stuck below .500. Fan enthusiasm has been tepid. Adam Dunn, their $56 million slugger, is hitting .176. — Jerry Reinsdorf has seen this before. — Sort of. — Reinsdorf is in his 31st season as chairman of the White Sox.
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MLB.com and MLB Rumors
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MLB.com:
Could Rizzo be on his way to San Diego? — SAN DIEGO — Could the San Diego Padres be close to promoting first baseman Anthony Rizzo from Triple-A Tucson? — A baseball source said Monday that it's “quite possible” that the 21-year-old will join the team this week.
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MLB Rumors
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Fred Mitchell / Chicago Tribune:
Agent: Ramirez won't give up no-trade clause — Although the Chicago Cubs may consider a youth movement if their struggles continue, the agent for Aramis Ramirez says the veteran third baseman isn't inclined to drop his no-trade clause. — Ramirez is in the final year of a five-year, $75 million contract.
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MLB Rumors, HardballTalk, Chicago Breaking Sports and Chicago Breaking Sports
Adam Rubin / ESPN:
In-depth: How moving walls impacts HRs — After one year as CEO of the San Diego Padres, Sandy Alderson made the above change to the wall in right-center at Petco Park during the 2005-06 offseason. — Sandy Alderson makes measured rather than rash decisions.
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Baseball Crank, MetsBlog.com, Tedquarters, HardballTalk and The Mets Police
Joey Nowak / MLB.com:
D-backs' Vasquez, Gibson handed suspensions — Major League Baseball handed down suspensions to D-backs pitcher Esmerling Vasquez and manager Kirk Gibson for their involvement in Sunday's intentional throwing incidents between the Nationals and the D-backs, the league announced Tuesday afternoon.
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Yahoo! Sports
Bill Koch / Cincinnati.com:
Jim Leyritz writes of DUI ordeal in book — CINCINNATI — Few feats are more invigorating for a major league baseball player than hitting a home run that turns the World Series around for his team, especially when that team is the New York Yankees. — Jim Leyritz, a graduate of Turpin High School …
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HardballTalk
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Player Q&A: Jose Reyes talks focus, Wright & Tejada — Last week, MetsBlog's Rich Coutinho talked with Reyes for a one-on-one conversation about keeping focus on the field; missing David Wright; staying healthy; and the development of Ruben Tejada; which you can read here:
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Brew Crew Ball
Jayson Stark / MLB:
Stark: Key players performing well below expectations — Scouts try to pinpoint reasons for struggles of Danks, Jimenez, Uggla, Soria, others — With every day that goes by in this crazy season, we can't help but ask: Is there a more confusing sport than baseball? — Curling, maybe?
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MLB Rumors
Associated Press:
Indians drop fifth straight, 6-4 to Twins — CLEVELAND - Scott Baker survived a shaky start and Matt Tolbert drove in two runs as the Minnesota Twins extended their season-high winning streak to five games with a 6-4 win Monday night over the falling-fast Cleveland Indians, who lost their fifth in a row.
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Twinkie Town, Let's Go Tribe and Yahoo! Sports
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Michael Diaz / MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com:
A deeper look at Brandon Nimmo — Brandon Nimmo, OF, East HS (WY.) — 6'3″, 195lbs — [DOB]: 3-27-1993 — Brandon Nimmo is a tremendous athlete with outstanding tools across the board. Very high upside, with size, speed, and defense. Smooth left-handed hitting swing, with a lot of room to fill out.
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MetsBlog.com and Amazin' Avenue
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Mets draft OF Brandon Nimmo
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NY Daily News, Amazin' Avenue, New York Magazine, New York Times and OnTheBlack.com
