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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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Just Jared:
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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Bay City Ball
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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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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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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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Dan Evans the perfect fit for Cubs GM job — Dan Evans (right) helped rebuild the Los Angeles Dodgers during his three-year tenure as GM. M. Spencer Green~AP — Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts says he wants his new general manager to have a successful track record as a GM.
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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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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McCovey Chronicles
Kevin Lai / Hardball Times:
More Chernoffs — For your enjoyment on a lazy Friday, here's some more Chernoff Faces. The only difference from last time comes in the hair. Stolen bases and Fangraphs' Baserunning metric were used in defining the height and width of the hair, while the “style” of hair …