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Associated Press:
Humber Pitches White Sox Past Mariners 5-1 — CHICAGO (AP) — Phil Humber tipped his cap to the crowd as he walked off the mound to a standing ovation Tuesday night. — It was a familiar feeling, but not one he had experienced in a long time. — Paul Konerko and Carlos Quentin homered …
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Laura Myers / MLB.com:
Pirates take chance on Bell in second round — Add another bat and two pitchers in rounds 3-5 — PITTSBURGH — Before the 2011 First-Year Player Draft began, Josh Bell sent a letter to the Major League Scouting Bureau advising teams not to draft him, because the Jesuit High School slugger …
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Bucs Dugout
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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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baseballmusings.com, New York Magazine and Over the Monster
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, Over the Monster and FenwayNationWorld
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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Joseph White / Associated Press:
Harper runs the gamut in 1st year in the minors
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Baseball Prospectus
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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Associated Press:
Cairo has grand slam in Reds win over Cubs — CINCINNATI, Ohio — Miguel Cairo hit a grand slam to help make Edinson Volquez's return to the majors a success and the Cincinnati Reds continued their dominance of the Chicago Cubs with an 8-2 win Tuesday night.
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Red Reporter and Associated Press
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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Over the Monster, baseballmusings.com and HardballTalk
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Thomas Boorstein / MLB.com:
Teixeira day to day with bruise on knee — NEW YORK — The Yankees exhaled Tuesday when X-rays on Mark Teixeira's right knee — which was hit by Red Sox ace Jon Lester's cutter in the first inning — showed no fracture. — The team diagnosed its star first baseman with a bone bruise …
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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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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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Associated Press:
Hanson pitches well to help Braves beat slumping Marlins — MIAMI — Tommy Hanson pitched six innings and the Atlanta Braves won with only two hits Tuesday night when they sent the Florida Marlins to their sixth consecutive loss, 1-0. — Florida's Brad Hand (-1) went six innings …
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Brian Erni / MetsBlog.com:
Final Score: Mets 2 Brewers 1 — The New York Mets (29-31) defeated the Milwaukee Brewers (34-27) tonight by a score of 2-1. — For a complete box score and game recap, check out SNY.TV. — The Least You Should Know: — Chris Capuano (4-6) tossed six innings and allowed six hits …
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Brew Crew Ball
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Associated Press:
Indians' right-hander Carrasco dominant in win over Twins — CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco took a shutout into the ninth inning and the Cleveland Indians pushed across an unearned run to defeat the Minnesota Twins 1-0 Tuesday night. — Carrasco (5-3) gave up three hits …
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Yahoo! Sports and Twinkie Town
Associated Press:
Westbrook Leads Cards to 7-4 Win Over Astros — HOUSTON (AP) — Jake Westbrook shook off early trouble on the mound and helped his cause with a three-run, tie-breaking double to help the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-4 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. — It was the NL-Central leading Cardinals' fourth straight win.
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The Crawfish Boxes
