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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Giants Do Not Plan To Release Pat Burrell — 11:00pm: The Giants are not releasing Burrell, according to Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle (on Twitter). — 9:37pm: The Giants are expected to release Pat Burrell to create roster space for Carlos Beltran, according to CSNBayArea.com.
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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.
George Vecsey / New York Times:
An Underachieving Symbol of the Mets' Lost Decade
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Associated Press:
Research Notes … CINCINNATI — The Mets said goodbye …
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ESPN:
Carlos Beltran OKs trade to Giants
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Andrew Keh / New York Times:
Beltran All but Gone to the Giants
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Carlos Beltran to the Giants is awaiting approval
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Giants Acquire Carlos Beltran
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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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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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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Deals done: Rasmus to Toronto, Jackson to St. Louis, Frasor to Chicago
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Eight-Player Deal Sending Rasmus To Jays For Jackson Imminent
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Vince Caramela / Hardball Times:
Trade season is finally heating up
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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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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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Alex Speier / WEEI:
AS CONCERN ABOUT BUCHHOLZ GROWS, RED SOX EXPLORE STARTING MARKET — It is no longer simply a matter of “when” Clay Buchholz will come back from a back issue that has now had him on the disabled list for more than five weeks. Other questions are starting to creep into the equation, such as “if” and “in what capacity.”
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Indians Very Close To Acquiring Kosuke Fukudome — 11:02am: A Cubs source told ESPN's Jim Bowden the prospects are outfielder Abner Abreu and reliever Carlton Smith (Twitter link). — 10:30am: Hoynes tweets that the Indians are paying $775K of Fukudome's remaining salary, which would leave about $3.9MM for the Cubs.
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Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Tribe acquires Fukudome in deal with Cubs — CLEVELAND — The Indians reeled in some help for their depleted outfield on Thursday, acquiring Kosuke Fokudome from the Cubs. — The two sides were close to finalizing a deal with only minor details still being worked out.
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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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Associated Press:
Derek Jeter 3K film out Thursday — NEW YORK — Derek Jeter allowed cameras to follow him during his pursuit of 3,000 hits partly because “if and when” he has children, he'd like them to be able to see him as a player. — In the hour-long documentary that premieres Thursday night on HBO …
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Crawford out with elbow strain — Carl Crawford said this morning that he has a strained left elbow and had a cortisone injection on Tuesday night. He hopes to return to the lineup tomorrow night in Chicago. — “It has been bothering me for a little while, more when I throw than with my swing.
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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.”
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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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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