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Rob Iracane / Yahoo! Sports:
Top 10 revelations from SI's oral history of ‘Major League’ — The 1989 baseball comedy Major League is consistently near the top of moviegoers' favorite sports films despite the ridiculous concept of the Cleveland Indians beating the New York Yankees for a pennant. Crazy, right?
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Chris Nashawaty / Sports Illustrated:
A League Of Its Own … By the early 1980s writer-director David S. Ward should have been a happy man. At 29, he'd won an Oscar for writing the Robert Redford—Paul Newman con man caper The Sting. He was at the top of his profession—the sort of bankable storyteller with whom every movie studio wanted to do business.
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Associated Press:
Sheen says he used steroids during filming of Major League … NEW YORK (AP) — Turns out Wild Thing's fastball had a little extra juice. — Actor Charlie Sheen tells Sports Illustrated in its latest issue that he took steroids “for like six or eight weeks” while filming the 1989 movie “Major League.”
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Ryan Franklin released by Cardinals — BALTIMORE — The Cardinals have released one-time closer Ryan Franklin. — The team has yet to make an announcement about a corresponding move. This story will be updated when the move occurs. — Franklin (1-4, 8.46 ERA, nine homers allowed in 27.2 innings) …
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Decision near on Franklin? — BALTIMORE — Two games shy of the season's midpoint, the Cardinals may be closer to a decision regarding relief pitcher Ryan Franklin, who left the field Tuesday looking upset after allowing hits to three of four batters he faced.
Discussion:
Brew Crew Ball and MLB Rumors
Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Top White Sox pick tweets of imminent signing — CHICAGO — Keenyn Walker is close to becoming a member of the Chicago White Sox organization ... or at least that's what his Twitter post would indicate. — Walker, the White Sox's top pick in the 2011 First-Year Player …
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External / ESPN:
A.J. takes mound, looks to snap skid … The New York Yankees extended their past success against one of the Milwaukee Brewers' new starters from the AL. The odds are in their favor that they will do so against another one. — The Yankees have enjoyed facing Shaun Marcum in the past …
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Brew Crew Ball and Associated Press
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Howie Rumberg / Associated Press:
Teixeira homers, has 4 RBIs in Yankees' win
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Pinstripe Alley and Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
Baker Fans 9 as Twins Beat Dodgers 1-0 — MINNEAPOLIS — Scott Baker struck out nine while pitching neatly into the eighth inning and Ben Revere had two hits to help the Minnesota Twins to a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday. — Baker (6-5) allowed six hits and walked …
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Bill Shaikin / Dodgers Blog:
Frank McCourt gets his money, for now
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HardballTalk, USA Today, True Blue LA, Bloomberg, Mike Scioscia's tragic illness, 6-4-2 and Lone Star Ball
Mark Zuckerman / Nats Insider:
Nats sign Romero to AAA contract — The Nationals have signed veteran left-hander J.C. Romero to a minor-league contract and assigned him to Class AAA Syracuse, according to a club source. — Romero, 35, was designated for assignment by the Phillies on June 16 after losing his late-inning role …
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NY Daily News:
Harper: Prince or Tex, why not both? — Up in the press box, a major league scout was watching Prince Fielder flick line drives into the right field seats during batting practice Tuesday, the Brewers' star first baseman making home runs look practically effortless.
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HardballTalk, NESN.com, Mike Silva's … and lenNY's Yankees
Associated Press:
Presley's 1st Homer Lifts Pirates Over Blue Jays — TORONTO (AP) — Alex Presley hit his first career home run, Andrew McCutchen added a solo shot, and the Pittsburgh Pirates held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Tuesday night, earning their first interleague road win in more than two years.
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Minor League Ball and Bucs Dugout
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Cubs Release Doug Davis — The Giants have had a lot of trouble scoring this year, so giving up ten runs to them looks especially bad, even though they're defending World Series champions. Doug Davis did just that yesterday and today he has lost his roster spot.
ESPN:
Red Sox put Papi at 1st, Gonzalez in OF in Philly — PHILADELPHIA — As expected, David Ortiz is playing first base and Adrian Gonzalez has moved to right field for the Boston Red Sox's interleague game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. — After Tuesday night's game …
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Associated Press:
Mariners place Erik Bedard on DL — SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners' stellar starting rotation took a hit on Wednesday as lefty Erik Bedard was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left knee. — Bedard — The Mariners selected catcher Jose Yepez from Triple-A Tacoma to take Bedard's spot.
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Yahoo! Sports and Associated Press
Hartylfc / CBS New York:
Hartnett: Why The New Yankee Stadium Will Never Feel Like Home — The new Yankee Stadium is most definitely a stunning palace that can rival any professional sporting arena worldwide. It is a majestic beast of a building that is everything the late George M. Steinbrenner III envisioned it to be.
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Near-Genius Nephew / BIG BAD BASEBALL:
A JUBILEE YEAR FOR BASEBALL ... AND A DOUBLE-ENTRY PLAYOFF SYSTEM — There has been a lot of talk (loose and otherwise) about the idea of dismantling divisions in search of something... anything new—as if “new and improved!” actually meant that. — This is likely just another example …
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Prince Fielder Open To DH Role Next Year? — First baseman Prince Fielder wouldn't rule out signing as a DH, talking to John Harper of the New York Daily News: — “I'm not ruling anything out, but as for right now, I like playing first base.” — Admittedly, that's a tiny scrap of information …
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Al's Ramblings
New York Post:
BOX SCORE — Beltran to some degree controls the outcome — he holds a full no-trade and can block any deal — but indicated he's willing to waive that clause should GM Sandy Alderson come up with the right deal. — “The team is always going to do what is best for the team …
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NY Daily News, ESPN, HardballTalk and New Jersey Online
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Florida Marlins ace Josh Johnson to have Dr. Andrews examine sore shoulder — OAKLAND, CALIF. — Marlins ace Josh Johnson has stopped his throwing program because of lingering discomfort in his right shoulder, raising doubts about whether he'll return next month as the team had hoped.
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Getting Blanked and HardballTalk
