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Mark Attanasio should set example for rest of professional sports — The team's owner can send a powerful message that cheating won't be tolerated — Ryan Braun has to go. — Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio has an opportunity to make the most powerful statement any owner has ever …
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Report: Braun-Biogenesis link began in 2011 — MILWAUKEE — As Ryan Braun's suspension — and his silence — entered Day 3, details began to emerge Wednesday about transgressions that led to his suspension under Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
Fox Sports:
A-Rod saga multi-layered, lawyered — If you had to bet, which would you say Alex Rodriguez stands a better chance of doing? — Returning to form as a healthy player for the New York Yankees, or avoiding a monstrous suspension from baseball? — On both fronts, A-Rod appears to be trailing …
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Yankees' Alex Rodriguez now the most wanted criminal in baseball history on heels of Ryan Braun suspension — In this, baseball's requiem for the steroids plague that has tarnished the game's integrity and made a mockery of the home run records, A-Rod has not only been one of the biggest cheats of all …
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Bkallet / CBS New York:
Report: Alex Rodriguez Is Looking To Make Deal; Could Face Lifetime Ban
Report: Alex Rodriguez Is Looking To Make Deal; Could Face Lifetime Ban
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Alex Rodriguez not planning to make deal with MLB
Alex Rodriguez not planning to make deal with MLB
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Fox Sports:
Orioles likely aren't done dealing — The Baltimore Orioles have been the most aggressive buyers on the trade market, acquiring right-handed starter Scott Feldman from the Chicago Cubs and right-handed reliever Francisco Rodriguez from the Milwaukee Brewers. — And they might not be done.
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Doug Melvin / JSOnline:
Reaction from both Doug Melvin and Francisco Rodriguez
Reaction from both Doug Melvin and Francisco Rodriguez
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Reds Agree To Sign Dominican Lefthander Luis Tejada — The Reds have agreed to terms with 19-year-old Dominican lefthander Luis Tejada for a $600,000 signing bonus. — Tejada had originally signed with the Braves for $125,000, but that contract never became official after Major League Baseball declared …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Scouts flocking to watch Sox — With players available for right price, especially Peavy and Crain, contenders on prowl — White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper on overseeing Jesse Crain's injury rehab. — Scouts are well aware White Sox starter Jake Peavy will pitch Thursday in what appears …
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Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Tigers Sign Jair Jurrjens — The Tigers announced (via Twitter) that they have signed Jair Jurrjens to a minor league contract. Jurrjens declined an outright assignment from the Orioles last week, electing free agency instead. He will join Triple-A Toledo on Friday.
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ESPN:
Sources: A-Rod thinks Yankees against him — Facing the threat of a possible lifetime ban from Major League Baseball for alleged use of performance enhancing drugs, Alex Rodriguez has decided to take his private battle with the New York Yankees public. — In a media blitz …
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Soriano, Yankees deal makes too much sense not to happen — Various sources have been suggesting throughout the day that the Yankees and Cubs aren't necessarily all that close to a deal involving Alfonso Soriano, and that's very believable. — They are surely haggling over the money …
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NY Daily News:
MORE METS — Maybe Anthony Weiner isn't the only Carlos Danger in town. Carlos Torres used more than his arm to earn his first win as a Met on Tuesday, smacking an RBI single along with his six innings of one-run...
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Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com:
Indians agree to deal with teenage phenom Gonzalez — The Indians have reached a deal worth $950,000 with Cuban teenage right-hander Leandro Linares Gonzalez, according to an industry source. — Linares, 19, pitched for the Cuban National Team 16-and-under squad in competitions in Chinese Taipei …
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