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9:15 PM ET, June 20, 2011

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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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Frank McCourt Must Go (UPDATED)  —  UPDATE: Major League Baseball has announced that it has rejected the proposed TV deal between the Dodgers and Fox.  The reasons given by MLB include many of those stated below: the deal is not in the best interests of baseball, it diverts too much money away …
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 …
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Tom D'Angelo / Fish Tank:
Jack McKeon's first move in his return as Marlins manager: Bench late arriving Hanley Ramirez  —  Jack McKeon's first move in his second go-around as the Marlins manager was to bench Hanley Ramirez.  —  Ramirez, the three-time All-Star arrived late to the clubhouse Monday …
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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.
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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Pujols out 4-6 weeks with injured wrist  —  St. Louis Cardinals slugging first baseman Albert Pujols is out four to six weeks with a small fracture in his left arm, the club announced Monday.  —  Pujols left the Cardinals' 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday after a collision …
Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Pujols will undergo testing after spraining wrist
Matthew Pouliot / HardballTalk:
Adrian Gonzalez willing to play outfield to make room for David Ortiz  —  Expectations were that either the AL's third-best or fourth-best hitter would have to be held out of the lineup when the Red Sox start a nine-game road trip in National League parks on Friday.  There is an alternative, though.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Gonzalez may play OF in interleague  —  Terry Francona acknowledged that the organization has discussed the possibility of Adrian Gonzalez playing rightfield on the nine-game interleague road trip which starts Friday in Pittsburgh.  —  And Gonzalez said he would be up for it if the Red Sox needed …
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 …
Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Rays Sign Two More Sandwich Picks  —  The Rays signed their third and fourth supplemental first-rounders in the last five days on Monday, landing Lower Columbia (Wash.) JC righthander Jeff Ames for $650,000 and Oakland Technical HS outfielder James Harris for $490,000.
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Catching Top Priority For Giants; Kottaras Available  —  Obtaining catching help remains the Giants' top priority, according to Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter links).  One potential target is Brewers catcher George Kottaras, who is available according to Schulman.
Wallace Matthews / ESPN:
New York Yankees' Joe Girardi: Alex Rodriguez 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
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