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Chicago Sun Times:
Ozzie Guillen calls White Sox loss to Rockies the worst of year — DENVER, CO - JUNE 28: Troy Tulowitzki #2 of the Colorado Rockies reacts after sliding home with the winning run past catcher A.J. Pierzynski #12 of the Chicago White Sox on a single by Ty Wigginton #21 of the Colorado Rockies …
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Deadspin
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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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MLB Rumors and Baseball Nation
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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Getting Blanked and HardballTalk
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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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NESN.com
Associated Press:
Twins Beat Dodgers 6-4 to Snap 6-Game Skid — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Luke Hughes hit a tiebreaking homer and the Minnesota Twins snapped a six-game losing streak, rebounding from an embarrassing blowout to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Tuesday night. — Ben Revere scored twice, stole two bases and drove in a run for Minnesota.
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Twinkie Town, True Blue LA and Associated Press
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Bill Shaikin / Dodgers Blog:
Frank McCourt gets his money, for now
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USA Today, True Blue LA, Mike Scioscia's tragic illness, Lone Star Ball and HardballTalk
David McLaughlin / Bloomberg:
Dodgers Didn't Have Authority to File Bankruptcy, MLB Says
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HardballTalk, 6-4-2, Dodgers Blog and Fox News
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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MLB Rumors, Federal Baseball, The Fightins and HardballTalk
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.
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Brew Crew Ball and MLB Rumors
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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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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WasWatching.com
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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baseballmusings.com
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 and lenNY's Yankees
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
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.
Discussion:
Getting Blanked and HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Gonzalez pitches gem, Athletics beat Marlins 1-0 — OAKLAND, Calif. — Gio Gonzalez allowed one hit over eight innings, pitching the Oakland Athletics to a rain-delayed 1-0 victory over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday night. — Hideki Matsui doubled and scored the only run on Kurt Suzuki's sacrifice fly.
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Athletics Nation and baseballmusings.com
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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New Jersey Online, HardballTalk and ESPN
Sam Dykstra / Full Count:
Kevin Millwood looking to make MLB return with Red Sox, declines June opt-out — PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Kevin Millwood was signed to a minor-league deal by the Red Sox on May 19 to provide organizational starting pitching depth at a time when John Lackey and Daisuke Matsuzaka were headed to the disabled list.
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HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Longoria lifts Rays past Reds 4-3 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Evan Longoria hit a game-ending solo homer in the ninth inning to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night. — Longoria, who has struggled at home this season, sent an 0-1 pitch from Logan Ondrusek …
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Yahoo! Sports, Red Reporter and DRaysBay
Associated Press:
McCann Keys Atlanta's Rally Past Seattle 5-4 — SEATTLE (AP) — Brian McCann tormented Seattle pitching again with a tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh inning, part of a four-hit night by the Atlanta catcher, and the Braves rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Mariners 5-4 on Tuesday night.
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Lookout Landing and Talking Chop
Howie Rumberg / Associated Press:
Teixeira homers, has 4 RBIs in Yankees' win — NEW YORK—Mark Teixeira homered and had four RBIs, Nick Swisher hit a three-run homer to cap a five-run second inning and the New York Yankees gave the sloppy Milwaukee Brewers a rude welcome back to the Bronx on Tuesday night …
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Pinstripe Alley and Yahoo! Sports
