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Giants beat Indians 1-0 on balk by Tony Sipp — SAN FRANCISCO — Tony Sipp balked home the go-ahead run with the bases loaded in the seventh inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 1-0 victory over the error-prone Cleveland Indians on Saturday for their fourth straight victory.
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McCovey Chronicles and San Francisco Chronicle
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Dylan Hernandez / Dodgers Blog:
Steve Soboroff steps down as Dodgers vice chairman — Steve Soboroff, who publicly clashed with the baseball commissioner's office in his brief tenure as the Dodgers' vice chairman, has resigned. — In a letter addressed to Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, Soboroff wrote: … — Bill Shaikin
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Yahoo! Sports, MLB Rumors, HardballTalk and Mike Scioscia's tragic illness
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Jim Riggleman / Yahoo! Sports:
McCourt may be willing to sell part of Dodgers
McCourt may be willing to sell part of Dodgers
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MLB Rumors
External / ESPN:
Yanks-Rockies matinee, CC on mound … CC Sabathia thrives in interleague play. That hasn't been the case against the Colorado Rockies, and the New York Yankees have had their own problems against them. — Sabathia looks to become the majors' first 10-game winner by ending the Yankees' four …
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Pinstripe Alley
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Ian O'Connor / ESPN:
Yankees can't count on A.J. Burnett — Now 30-30 as a Yank, righty's A-plus talent has continually produced C-plus results — NEW YORK — A.J. Burnett was wearing camouflage pants and a dark T-shirt exposing his tatted-up arms as he stood in the home clubhouse, looking …
Fox Sports:
McLaren likely to leave Nationals job — The Nationals remain in turmoil. — Acting manager John McLaren likely will resign when the team names Davey Johnson its permanent manager, according to major-league sources. — The Nationals intend for Johnson to take over as manager on Monday …
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HardballTalk
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Nick Friedell / ESPN:
Sources: Davey Johnson to lead Nats — CHICAGO — The Washington Nationals will name Davey Johnson as their new manager, according to a source familiar with the situation. — Johnson, 68, will manage the team for the rest of the season and next season, subject to league approval.
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Yahoo! Sports, Nats Insider, Mike Silva's …, Amazin' Avenue, NESN.com, ESPN, Mets Merized Online, Baseball Nation, New Jersey Online, MLB Rumors and USA Today
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
James Shields pitches sixth complete game as Tampa Bay Rays defeat Houston Astros 5-1 — James Shields, pitching to Angel Sanchez, allows three hits and his first earned run since June 8, a span of 242/3 innings. — HOUSTON — James Shields was actually soaked with sweat …
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HardballTalk
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Paul Casella / MLB.com:
Danks exits start with oblique injury — CHICAGO — White Sox starter John Danks, who was looking for his fourth straight victory on Saturday, had his day cut short after just 1 2/3 innings against the Nationals when he left the game with a strained right oblique.
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Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
Pirates Beat Red Sox 3-1 for 3rd Straight Win — PITTSBURGH (AP) — David Ortiz walked to the plate representing the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the thousands of Boston Red Sox fans who crammed PNC Park on Friday night waited for Big Papi to send the ball over the right-field wall and into the Allegheny River.
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Associated Press, Boston Herald and Boston Globe
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Will Graves / Associated Press:
Pirates beat Red Sox 3-1 for 3rd straight win
Pirates beat Red Sox 3-1 for 3rd straight win
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Boston Globe and Yahoo! Sports
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Francona wrestling with a tough decision
Francona wrestling with a tough decision
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Over the Monster and Associated Press
External / ESPN:
Mets trying to bounce back vs. Rangers — Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas — Box Score — Play-By-Play — Conversation — Mets-Rangers Preview … The Texas Rangers have been hot over the past week, which the New York Mets found out in their most recent meeting.
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Yahoo! Sports
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Bronx Baseball Daily, MLB Rumors and River Avenue Blues
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Derek Jeter swings a bat — NEW YORK — Derek Jeter hit off a tee and took soft toss in Tampa on Saturday, but did not run as he continued his rehab from his strained right calf. — Until Jeter begins full-out sprints, a timetable for his return to the pursuit of 3,000 hits will not be known.
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HardballTalk
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
First-round pick Wong on the way — ST. LOUIS • The Cardinals' first-round pick Kolten Wong was expected to be in St. Louis on Saturday as he and his representative near a finalized deal with the club that took him 22nd overall earlier this month, a club source confirmed.
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MLB Rumors
David Waldstein / New York Times:
Dr. Wakefield and Dr. Dickey, Dentists, Not Pitchers — DALLAS — For many players in baseball, the maddening act of trying to hit the knuckleballs thrown by R. A. Dickey and Tim Wakefield is like having teeth pulled. And for many patients in the Dallas area, facing Dickey and Wakefield literally means a tooth extraction.
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