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Charlie Morton / Yahoo! Sports:
MLB rejects Dodgers' television deal with Fox — So arrive what would appear to be the final days of Frank McCourt's ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers. — Commissioner Bud Selig has rejected McCourt's stab at solvency in the form of a television rights deal, finding that the financing …
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Bud Selig rejects Dodgers TV contract, nullifying McCourt divorce deal — The settlement between Frank and Jamie McCourt announced Friday was contingent on Commissioner Bud Selig's approval of a new Dodgers TV contract. A provision in that proposed contract that would have funneled $173.5 million …
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
McKeon takes Marlins job — Jack McKeon has accepted the job to become interim manager of the Florida Marlins. — McKeon, 80, replaces Edwin Rodriguez, who resigned on Sunday. Florida has won just one game this month and has fallen into last place in the NL East.
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Espn.Com / MLB:
Sources: Marlins to hire Jack McKeon — The Florida Marlins are expected to name 80-year old Jack McKeon their next manager, multiple league sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney late Sunday night. — Edwin Rodriguez unexpectedly resigned Sunday with his team in the midst of a 1-18 June …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Pujols has broken bone, out 4-6 weeks — ST. LOUIS • Cardinals first baseman and three-time MVP Albert Pujols will miss four to six weeks with a small fracture that was found near his left wrist, the team announced Monday. — Pujols had an MRI and followup X-Rays this morning with the Cardinals' team physicians.
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Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Pujols will undergo testing after spraining wrist
Pujols will undergo testing after spraining wrist
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Wallace Matthews / ESPN:
Yanks' Girardi: A-Rod has ‘small’ shoulder issue — CHICAGO — New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has been battling a left shoulder injury of unknown severity for the past couple of weeks, an injury that may be the reason for his lower-than-average power production.
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Associated Press:
Swisher Leads Yankees Past Cubs 10-4
Swisher Leads Yankees Past Cubs 10-4
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Sports Illustrated:
Mets' Reyes and Beltran top list of hitters on early trade market … The biggest everyday star with a chance to hit the trade market this summer remains the Mets' great shortstop Jose Reyes — although, a Reyes being dealt is far less than a certainty now. As one competing National League …
Espn.Com / MLB:
Sources: Chris Coghlan put on DL — An injury might be to blame for Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan's struggles this season. — The team announced Friday they had demoted Coghlan to Triple-A New Orleans. But in the aftermath of that decision, Coghlan told the Marlins …
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Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
Monday Morning Ten Pack — Parker Bridwell, RHP, Orioles (Short-season Aberdeen) — The start of short-season play means plenty of new names showing up in box scores, and not just this year's draftees. After signing for a well over-slot bonus of $625,000 last year as a ninth-round pick …
Robneyer / Baseball Nation:
MLB Weekend Update: American League Romping (Again) — First, a few of the weekend's scores: 3-2, 8-5 and — in a key game — 13-6. — Next, some of the baseball stories you might have missed if you spent your entire weekend in northeastern Oregon chasing birds ... It happens every spring and summer ...
Associated Press:
Giants fan beating suspect to be held 10 months — LOS ANGELES — The main suspect in the brutal beating of a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium has been ordered held in custody for 10 months on a parole violation. — The state Department of Corrections says a parole revocation hearing …
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NY Daily News:
Harper: Yanks miss their Captain, sort of — Brett Gardner belts a leadoff home run Sunday (above) on his way to a 3-for-5 evening with two runs scored and an RBI. He produces at a higher level than Derek Jeter has this season. — CHICAGO - It has been a week since Derek Jeter strained …
Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
White Sox enjoy atmosphere of Cubs series — PHOENIX — The Cubs and White Sox were pointed in different directions as far as the outlook for the 2011 regular season was concerned before the first pitch of Spring Training was even thrown. — Ozzie Guillen's crew was considered a favorite …
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