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Rob Bradford / WEEI:
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE RED SOX AFTER LATEST WAVE OF UNCERTAINTY — TORONTO — Monday — the day the Red Sox suffered a 1-0, 11-inning loss to the Blue Jays — might end up being a memorable moment in this 2011 season. For Sox fans' sake, they better hope that isn't the case.
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David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
The Juice: Brett Lawrie jumps off top rope, elbows Red Sox in 11 — Nine innings and nine items (although sometimes it's more!) to get you going. Ladies and gentleman of the Stew, take a sip of morning Juice. — 1. Kid can play, eh?: What a great Labour Day for the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Red Sox suffer an extra hit — Beckett exits early with ankle injury — Red Sox reliever Dan Wheeler walks off after Brett Lawrie homered in the 11th for the Blue Jays. (Associated Press/The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese) — TORONTO - When Josh Beckett walked slowly off the mound …
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Josh Beckett returning to Boston tomorrow for exam on ankle — TORONTO — Josh Beckett will return to Boston tomorrow to have his right ankle checked out by Dr. George Theodore, a foot specialist. — “I've never had it happen before,” he said. “It's something in my ankle, I'm not sure what,” Beckett said.
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Bedard to have next turn in rotation skipped
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Associated Press:
Red Sox RHP Beckett Leaves With Sprained Ankle
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Final: Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0 (11 innings)
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Hippeaux / It's About The Money:
Is WAR the new RBI? — Let's face it, it's the only reason we remember Tony Batista. In 2004, in his final full season as a major-leaguer, T-Bats drove in 110 runs for the Montreal Expos, despite a putrid .272 OBP. Although he was, arguably, the worst everyday player in the majors in '04 …
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Angela Watercutter / Wired.com:
Gallery: Empire Invades AT&T Park for San Francisco Giants' Star Wars Day — SAN FRANCISCO — A steady stream of Darth Vaders, Princess Leias, Boba Fetts and, of course, Stormtroopers descended on AT&T Park here Sunday as the world-champion San Francisco Giants played host to the Empire for Star Wars Day.
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Other Details Cloud Owners Comfort Level on Jim Crane and the Astros — It wasn't supposed to be like this. For Drayton McLane and Jim Crane, the sale of the Houston Astros was to be a smooth-sailing process. Although MLB protests such actions until sales are approved …
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Dave Sheinin / Washington Post:
After 12 long months, Stephen Strasburg is back at Nats Park — Every few days this season, Steve McCatty would get a text message with a picture attached, and before the Washington Nationals' pitching coach could even open it, he knew what was in the picture: It would be Stephen Strasburg's grinning face …
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Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers lose to Nationals, await Stephen Strasburg
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Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Ozzie: Embarrassment should spark Dunn, Rios — MINNEAPOLIS — There's only one guarantee for both Adam Dunn and Alex Rios as far as 2012 is concerned, and that's their contracts. — Dunn will have $14 million coming his way, while Rios collects a cool $12.5 million.
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Steve Dilbeck / Dodgers Blog:
Rod Barajas wants to return; do Dodgers want to go young? — Say this for catcher Rod Barajas, he gave the Dodgers exactly what they expected this season. Solid defensively and with some nice power. — Now he wonders if they'll want it again. — Barajas will be a free agent at the end …
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Geoff Baker / Seattle Times:
Alex Liddi about to become first Italian-born player in majors in almost 50 years | Mariners notebook — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Alex Liddi will do something Tuesday that no one from his homeland has in nearly half a century. — The third-base prospect will become the first Italian-born major …
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Associated Press:
Lee Tosses Another Gem, Shuts Out Braves — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cliff Lee tossed a five-hitter for his sixth shutout of the season, helping the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies beat the second-place Atlanta Braves 9-0 on Monday night. — Lee (16-7) struck out six …
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JSOnline:
Why Gamel wasn't called up — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — St. Louis - A lot of you Brewers fans have been asking me since yesterday why first baseman/third baseman Mat Gamel wasn't called up from Class AAA Nashville since yesterday, so I just had a conversation …
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Trumbo, Wells Homer for Angels in Win Over M's — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mark Trumbo continued his torrid rookie season with a two-run homer and an RBI double, Vernon Wells hit his 20th home run, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 7-3 on Monday night to put themselves within 2½ games …
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