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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
After Carlos Beltran trade, Mike Pelfrey goes the distance, Mets pound Bronson Arroyo and Reds 8-2 — CINCINNATI - Nearly every Met gathered at a local steakhouse Tuesday night. Carlos Beltran invited them and paid the tab. The next evening, he made a brief pregame stop in the clubhouse, then left to become a San Francisco Giant.
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Fox Sports:
Beltran sweepstakes nearing a close — FOX Sports — The Giants have reached a tentative agreement to acquire outfielder Carlos Beltran from the New York Mets, major-league sources told FOXSports.com on Wednesday. — Pending approval from Beltran and the commissioner's office …
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Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus, MLB Rumors, McCovey Chronicles, Boston Globe, The Good Phight, Yahoo! Sports and Rangers Blog
Andrew Keh / New York Times:
Beltran All but Gone to the Giants — CINCINNATI — Carlos Beltran's jersey was still on view Wednesday afternoon in the same corner stall where it had been all week at Great American Ballpark, a lingering reminder of what was and no longer is. — Beltran, himself, was not around the Mets' clubhouse.
Discussion:
Baseball Prospectus, Red Reporter and Faith and Fear in Flushing
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Giants Do Not Plan To Release Pat Burrell
Discussion:
CSNCalifornia.com and New York Mets Fan Blog
Associated Press:
Research Notes … CINCINNATI — The Mets said goodbye …
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NY Daily News, Faith and Fear in Flushing and ESPN
ESPN:
Carlos Beltran OKs trade to Giants
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MetsBlog.com, Mets Merized Online and Associated Press
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Carlos Beltran to the Giants is awaiting approval
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Tedquarters, Sports Illustrated, Baseball Nation, HardballTalk and SNY - Sportsnetny
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Giants To Acquire Carlos Beltran
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Phillies Nation, Full Count and Real Dirty Mets Blog
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Giants To Acquire Carlos Beltran
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New York Mets Fan Blog, Boston Globe, MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com, DRaysBay, McCovey Chronicles and MLB Daily Dish
Fox Sports:
Cards may come to regret Rasmus deal — Well, I've finally identified the most difficult-to-find commodity in baseball. — Not a catcher. Not a shortstop. Not a third baseman. — Someone who likes the Cardinals' return for outfielder Colby Rasmus.
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MLB Rumors
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Bob Elliott / Toronto Sun:
SPORTS BASEBALL — Rasmus' dad blasts Tony La Russa — Former St. Louis Cardinals' outfielder Colby Rasmus was traded to the Blue Jays on Wednesday. (GETTY IMAGES) — Report an error — TORONTO - … Not so, says the man supposedly in Rasmus' ear.
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HardballTalk and NESN.com
Associated Press:
Astros Beat Cardinals 4-2 to End 5-Game Skid
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Associated Press and The Crawfish Boxes
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Deals done: Rasmus to Toronto, Jackson to St. Louis, Frasor to Chicago
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Baseball Prospectus and Plain Dealer
Vince Caramela / Hardball Times:
Trade season is finally heating up
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FanGraphs Baseball, Baseball America and MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Eight-Player Deal Sending Rasmus To Jays For Jackson Imminent
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Hardball Times, It's About The Money, The Big Lead, HardballTalk, MLB Daily Dish, Viva El Birdos, Baseball Nation and Al's Ramblings
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Jays Acquire Jackson; Rasmus Involved?
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Jason Mastrodonato / MLB.com:
Homer extends Pedroia's hitting streak to 24 — BOSTON — Dustin Pedroia wasted no time extending his hitting streak to a career-high 24 games Wednesday night against the Royals. — After fouling off a pair of offspeed pitches in his first at-bat against Kansas City starter Bruce Chen …
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Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:
Red Sox bats take care of Royals — Like a runaway train, or partisan bickering in Washington, the Red Sox [team stats]' bats just don't stop. — For the third time in four games and the seventh time this month, they produced a double-digit run total last night at Fenway Park [map] — and that was before the fifth inning.
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Boston Globe
Rich Thompson / Boston Herald:
David Ortiz keeps up the power — Big Papi's slam earns his 1,000th RBI as Red Sox — David Ortiz found inspiration watching Jacoby Ellsbury [stats] and Dustin Pedroia [stats] open the Red Sox [team stats] half of the first inning with back-to-back solo home runs.
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Boston Globe and Associated Press
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Yankees keeping an eye on Dodgers' Kuroda — The Yankees remain uncomfortable with the high price tag of Ubaldo Jimenez, but also equally uncomfortable with the state of their rotation behind CC Sabathia. — Thus, they are remaining in regular contact with the Dodgers about Hiroki Kuroda.
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Canadian Press:
Romero makes Bautista's early RBI stand as Jays defeat Orioles — TORONTO — Jose Bautista recovered from a scary incident to open the scoring with a first-inning RBI single, then Ricky Romero pitched 8 1/3 shutout innings as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-0 Wednesday.
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Bluebird Banter and TSN.ca
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Associated Press:
Danks strikes out 10 as White Sox top Tigers
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South Side Sox, Bless You Boys, TSN.ca and Canadian Press
ESPN:
White Sox deal Jackson, Teahen to Blue Jays
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Associated Press, Bless You Boys and MLB
Jay Paris / North County Times:
Burroughs is back, but not his old habits — SAN DIEGO — Micah Owings heard what his Diamondbacks teammate Sean Burroughs stated. — He just couldn't believe it. — “You were running from light poles?” Owings said. — “No,” Burroughs said, quickly correcting Owings. “I was talking to them.”
Fox Sports:
Angels' Santana no-hits the Indians — FOX Sports Ohio — CLEVELAND — It took a little more than six years, but Angels pitcher Ervin Santana finally got his revenge on the Indians. — And what revenge it was, as Santana threw the first no-hitter in Progressive Field history …
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National Post:
Father Raymond J. de Souza: Honouring Roger Maris, baseball's moral champion — Sunday was Blue Jays day at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., with former general manager Pat Gillick and second baseman Roberto Alomar inducted. The first Blue Jays to make it to the Hall …
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HardballTalk
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Daily Rumble: Trade Ubaldo Jimenez? — Ubetcha! Rockies are shopping their ace, and at least a half-dozen teams are interested — ESPN.com — A week or so ago, when Ubaldo Jimenez's name first popped out there in the Rumor-verse, it felt like a trial dirigible …
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HardballTalk, Full Count, Redleg Nation and MLB Rumors
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Kieran Darcy / ESPN:
Yankees HOPE Week makes big splash — It was water balloons and baseball memories for a crew of kids affected by 9/11 … NEW YORK — Most of the 46,132 people at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday will remember it as the day CC Sabathia struck out 14 Mariners and flirted with perfection.
Associated Press:
Upton homers twice, Nady once as Diamondbacks beat Padres — SAN DIEGO — Justin Upton homered twice and Xavier Nady added a two-run shot, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night. — Ian Kennedy (12-3) won his fourth straight start …
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Yahoo! Sports and Associated Press
Jfay / Cincinnati Reds:
Baker: Heisey will get most of time in LF — Some pregame notes: — Chris Heisey started in left field Wednesday. That sounds like Dusty Baker's plan going forward. — “Probably most of the time is going to go to Heisey,” Baker said. — The Reds brought Yonder Alonso in the wake …
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Minor League Ball and All Things Bubba
