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People.com:
Minka Kelly and Derek Jeter Split — After dating for three years, Minka Kelly and Derek Jeter have broken up, her rep confirms to PEOPLE. — “They care about each other and it was amicable,” says a source. “They're still friends.” — Kelly, 31, the star of the upcoming reboot …
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Derek Jeter & Minka Kelly Split — Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly have called it quits after three years together, JustJared.com can confirm. — “The split was amicable,” sources exclusively tell JJ of the 37-year-old Yankees superstar and 31-year-old actress. “But they remain friends.
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards will pick up Wainwright option — The Cardinals will assume the two-year, $21 million option on starting pitcher Adam Wainwright, barring an unforeseen complication in his return from ligament replacement surgery in February, general manager John Mozeliak confirmed Thursday night.
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Marcos Breton / Sacramento Bee:
Giants' Tim Lincecum deserves Cy Young consideration — No matter the naysayers. No matter the haters. No matter the Philadelphia Phillies fans who whistle at him like drunken sailors eyeballing a young woman. — Tim Lincecum, baseball's little big man, deserves to be in the Cy Young Award conversation …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Blue Jays Claim Dewayne Wise — Dewayne Wise is heading to Toronto for a third stint with the Blue Jays. The team announced that they have claimed the outfielder off of waivers from the Marlins. He is scheduled to report to Toronto tomorrow, at which point the club will make a corresponding move.
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Gavin Day / MLB.com:
Johnson makes debut with Blue Jays
Johnson makes debut with Blue Jays
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Bruce Levine / ESPN:
2016 All-Star Game at Wrigley? — CHICAGO — Wrigley Field is the most likely destination for the 2016 All-Star Game, according to major league sources. — The Chicago Cubs originally had petitioned Major League Baseball for the 2014 game, but Wrigley Field, in its current state …
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David Ginsburg / Globe and Mail:
Orioles honour ex-pitcher Flanagan — The Baltimore Orioles will honour former pitcher Mike Flanagan by wearing patches on their jersey sleeves for the rest of the season. — The team also placed his No. 46 on the right-field scoreboard before Friday's game against the New York Yankees.
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Globe and Mail:
A's shuffle roster after thrashing in N.Y. — Relievers Jordan Norberto and Bruce Billings, two of the pitchers responsible for the 22 runs the Oakland Athletics gave up in New York Thursday, paid the price Friday by being sent to the minor leagues. — The A's, in Boston for a three …
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Pena happy to stay with Cubs — Although club lost again, he's glad nothing came of Yankees' waiver claim — When a player is relieved he can stay on a fifth-place team instead of going to the Yankees in the middle of a pennant race, it's reasonable to question his sanity.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Ramon Hernandez Claimed On Waivers, Pulled Back — An unknown team claimed Ramon Hernandez on waivers, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com (Twitter links). However, the Reds pulled the catcher back off of waivers, so he'll be staying in Cincinnati. — The 35-year-old earns $3MM this year …
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Andrew Baggarly / Extra Baggs:
POSTGAME NOTES: The time for hard decisions has come (27) — When you manage a major league team, you do more than double-switch and call the hit-and-run. — That's the easiest part, actually. — You must manage people. You must manage personalities.
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Dash Treyhorn / The Fightins:
The Mentality of Closers — A week ago tonight, the Phillies suffered what is perhaps their worst loss of the season when the Washington Nationals scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth inning off Ryan Madson to erase a two-run deficit. In the grand scheme of things …
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