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2:15 PM ET, August 1, 2011

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Sean McAdam / Comcast SportsNet:
Buchholz has stress fracture, likely out for year  —  To view this site, you need to have Flash Player 9.0.115 or later installed.  Click here to get the latest Flash player. … CHICAGO — With the benefit of hindsight, it's easy to now understand why the Red Sox spent so much time and energy …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Epstein On Bedard, Harden, Fields, Buchholz
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Final: Red Sox 5, White Sox 3
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and Over the Monster
John Nalbone / New Jersey Online:
Trenton Thunder ace Manny Banuelos is on the move ... to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre  —  TRENTON - After weeks of speculation leading up to today's 4 p.m. non-waiver trade deadline, Thunder ace left-hander Manny Banuelos is on the move.  —  To Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Fox Sports:
Yankees cast lot with their prospects  —  All I know is, Manny Banuelos, Dellin Betances and Co. had better be good.  —  New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, for the second straight season, refused to trade prospects for a starting pitcher who could provide more immediate help.
Discussion: Bronx Baseball Daily
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Winners, losers and tweeners from trade deadline  —  At 10 Degrees Headquarters, we've been having a bit of an identity crisis lately.  First we drop 25 Degrees coming out of the All-Star break, and today we're going with 30, one for every team in baseball.  Next thing you know, it's going to be 180 - totally backward.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Keeping Storen at Deadline important to Nats
Discussion: Talking Chop and Federal Baseball
Associated Press:
A's Owner Lew Wolff Calls for Sale of Dodgers  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff is hopeful that Frank McCourt will soon sell the financially troubled Los Angeles Dodgers so baseball can move forward from the sticky situation.  —  Wolff, a successful retail developer based …
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
David Waldstein / New York Times:
Behind the Scenes of a Trade That Sent a Met to Milwaukee  —  WASHINGTON — In the weeks before he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers, Francisco Rodriguez told the Mets that he wanted to eliminate the now-defunct $17.5 million vesting option in his contract.
Discussion: Mets Merized Online
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Associated Press:
Brewers win 6th straight, complete sweep of Astros
Discussion: TSN.ca and Hardball Times
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
August Trade Candidates  —  Last August, players such as Jim Edmonds, Mike Fontenot, Derrek Lee, Brian Fuentes, Manny Delcarmen, and Jeff Francoeur were traded, while Cody Ross, Rod Barajas, and Manny Ramirez were claimed off waivers.  The previous year Carl Pavano, Aubrey Huff, Ivan Rodriguez …
Discussion: CloserNews
Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Angels' Weaver ejected for buzzing Avila  —  Ace righty tossed for purpose pitch after Guillen admires homer  —  DETROIT — With the Tigers' Justin Verlander working on a no-hitter through seven innings — which would be broken up two outs later by Maicer Izturis — bad blood boiled …
Discussion: Beck's Blog
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Associated Press:
Justin Verlander flirts with no-hitter, Tigers top Angels
Discussion: Bless You Boys and Halos Heaven
Associated Press:
Athletics trade reliever Ziegler to Diamondbacks  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired right-handed reliever Brad Ziegler from the Oakland Athletics for a pair of young players, boosting their bullpen for a playoff push.  —  The 31-year-old Ziegler is 3-2 with a 2.39 ERA …
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Associated Press:
Castro, Cubs solve Westbrook to earn victory over Cardinals  —  ST. LOUIS — Starlin Castro and Marlon Byrd had key hits as the Chicago Cubs broke up Jake Westbrook's perfect game with a four-run sixth inning and held off the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 Sunday night to avoid a three-game sweep.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and TSN.ca
Associated Press:
Nicasio's Solid Outing Ruined by Bullpen in Loss  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie Juan Nicasio was in line for his first road win before the Colorado Rockies fell apart.  —  Nicasio pitched seven strong innings but the bullpen couldn't hold it as the San Diego Padres rallied for six runs …
Discussion: Purple Row and Associated Press
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Rangers Acquire Mike Adams  —  The Rangers' bullpen may be a strength instead of a weakness for the final two months of the season.  A day after acquiring Koji Uehara from the Orioles, Texas obtained Mike Adams from the Padres.  Pitching prospects Robbie Erlin and Joe Wieland go to San Diego in the deal, the Padres announced.
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Tough trade deadline for Friedman: Saturday night appendectomy  —  The trade deadline turned out to be a painful experience for Rays executive VP Andrew Friedman, who was hospitalized on Saturday and underwent an appendectomy Saturday night, then conducted business today from his hospital room.
Discussion: HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Jeter hit by pitch, leaves with bruised finger  —  NEW YORK—Derek Jeter has left a game against Baltimore after being hit by a pitch on the knuckles of his right hand.  —  Jeter was hit by the first pitch from Orioles starter Jake Arrieta in the third inning Sunday.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Jeter day to day after hand hit by pitch
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
 
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