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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
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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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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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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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Associated Press:
Junior Lake, Cubs help boot Diamondbacks from 1st in NL West — PHOENIX, Ariz. — Rookie Junior Lake hit his first major league homer and drove in three runs to power the Chicago Cubs to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. — Lake's two-run homer off Tyler Skaggs with no outs in the fifth inning gave the Cubs a 3-0 lead.
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Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Marlins To Promote Christian Yelich, Jake Marisnick — The Marlins have announced that they will select the contracts of top outfield prospects Christian Yelich and Jake Marisnick tomorrow and demote Derek Dietrich and Marcell Ozuna to Double-A Jacksonville.
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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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Canadian Press:
Davis, Hardy each have three RBIs as Orioles beat Royals — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chris Davis and J.J. Hardy each drove in three runs and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals 9-2 on Monday night to extend their winning streak to a season-high five games.
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Associated Press:
Marlins score for 1st time since July 14, win — Recap — Box Score — Play-By-Play — Photos — Conversation — Marlins snap scoreless stretch, bring down Rockies — DENVER — Tom Koehler tossed seven strong innings, Ed Lucas homered and the Miami Marlins scored …
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Canadian Press:
Guzman homers in Padres win over Brewers — MILWAUKEE — Jesus Guzman homered and had three RBI to lift the Padres to a 5-3 win over Milwaukee on Monday, hours after the Brewers learned that Ryan Braun would be suspended for the rest of the season. — The 2011 National League MVP …
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