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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, Washington Post and Nats Enquirer
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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
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Baseball Prospectus
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
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Associated Press:
Bosox RHP Papelbon suspended 3 games, he appeals — NEW YORK—Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon has been suspended three games for making contact with an umpire. — The suspension was to begin Tuesday night against the New York Yankees, but Papelbon is appealing.
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Boston Herald and Boston Globe
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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Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Indians break tradition, pick athletic prep Lindor
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Let's Go Tribe
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
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Red Sox take UConn righty Barnes at No. 19
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Boston Globe, Over the Monster, Baseball America 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
Doug Padilla / ESPN:
Jake Peavy headed back to DL — CHICAGO — White Sox right-hander Jake Peavy is headed back to the disabled list with a strained right groin. — The team hasn't made it official, but Peavy said before Tuesday's game against the Mariners that he's talked to general manager Ken Williams.
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HardballTalk
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Associated Press:
Rockies OF Fowler goes on DL with abdominal strain — DENVER—The Colorado Rockies have placed slumping outfielder Dexter Fowler on the 15-day disabled list due to a left abdominal strain. — To take his place, the team purchased the contract of outfielder Charlie Blackmon from Triple-A Colorado Springs.
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baseballmusings.com
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Year after debut, Strasburg focuses on health — SAN FRANCISCO — A year ago on Wednesday, Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg made his Major League debut against the Pirates and what a debut it was. He pitched seven innings, allowed two runs on four hits and struck out 14 batters.
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Yahoo! Sports
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
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Jeter would ‘love’ to reach 3K hits while at home — NEW YORK — Derek Jeter said he would “love” to reach 3,000 hits on the New York Yankees current 10-game homestand. Jeter is 14 hits shy of becoming the first Yankee to reach the mark. — “I would love to do it here,” …
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HardballTalk
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
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Pirates Designate Jose Ascanio For Assignment — The Pirates designated right-hander Jose Ascanio for assignment to create 25-man roster space for left-hander Tony Watson, according to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (on Twitter). Manager Clint Hurdle will have the second lefty reliever …
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Bucs Dugout
