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Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
MLB suspends Ryan Braun for remainder of season — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Major League Baseball has suspended Brewers leftfielder Ryan Braun without pay for the remainder of the 2013 season and he has accepted the penalty, meaning he was caught red-handed either buying and/or using performance-enhancing drugs.
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Braun suspended for rest of season — Said Ryan Braun: “I am not perfect. I realize now that I have made some mistakes.” (Joe Sargent/Getty) — MILWAUKEE — Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun has been suspended for the remainder of 2013 and came clean Monday about violating Major League …
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
(USATSI) — Alex Rodriguez, who once appeared on his way to breaking baseball's all-time home run record, is all but assured of a Biogenesis-related MLB ban being levied against him — quite possibly more than the usual 50 games for first-time offenders — people familiar with the case say.
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Erik Brady / USA Today:
Brewers' Ryan Braun suspended for rest of season — Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun has been suspended without pay for the rest of the season, a 65-game ban announced Monday by Major League Baseball in what appears to be the first salvo in the league's fight against players allegedly tied to the Biogenesis lab.
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Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
MLB Suspends Ryan Braun For Remainder Of Season — Major League Baseball has suspended Ryan Braun for the rest of the season due to his involvement in the Biogenesis PED scandal, and he has accepted the deal, according to Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
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Tom Verducci / Sports Illustrated:
Ryan Braun had previously been suspended in Dec. 2011 …
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Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Rangers Acquire Matt Garza — 9:05pm: Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times reports (via Twitter) that the Cubs can select right-hander Neil Ramirez as the PTBNL in the deal. However, if the Cubs select Ramirez, they will not receive a second PTBNL. Otherwise, they can select …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Sveum: 100 percent chance Garza starts Monday
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Games of the Day — The Rays travel to Boston on a roll, 14-2 in the month of July to sit just 1 1/2 games behind the Red Sox. Matt Moore starts game one of the four game series against Brandon Workman. Moore is tied with Bartolo Colon and Max Scherzer for most wins the American League …
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Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Andrew Bailey to undergo surgery
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Matt Snyder / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
A plea to stop the obsession with RISP batting average — While being tortured by play-by-play announcer Thom Brennaman during Saturday afternoon's Fox game in my region — Reds hosting Pirates — I stumbled upon my absolute limit when it comes to one particular “stat.”
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Associated Press:
McCutchen Hits 2 HRs as Pirates Beat Nationals 6-5 — WASHINGTON — Andrew McCutchen hit a pair of two-run homers to back a solid outing by right-hander Charlie Morton, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the skidding Washington Nationals 6-5 Monday night. — McCutchen connected in the first inning …
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Andrew Wharton / Metsblog:
Final: Braves 2 Mets 1 — The Least You Should Know... Dillon Gee started for the Mets and flirted with a no-hitter. Freddie Freeman broke up the bid with a leadoff single in the seventh inning. After loading the bases a few batters later, Gee struck out Joey Terdoslavich to end the inning.
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Gabe Kapler / Full Count:
Stats 101: Why it's time to re-educate players in meaningful statistics — For years, the team-by-team stats in USA Today were the gospel for how players understood their values. … On a recent flight out of LAX, I searched for a copy of the LA Times near my gate.
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves' Maholm to DL, rookie Wood to take his spot Thursday — NEW YORK - Braves pitcher Paul Maholm is going on the disabled list with a sprained wrist, and rookie Alex Wood is coming back to the majors to take his spot in the starting rotation Thursday. — Wood, 22, will make his second …
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