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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
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
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
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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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Mark Polishuk / MLB Rumors:
White Sox Notes: Ramirez, Peavy, Crain — 8:04am: Jon Heyman of CBS Sports tweets that the White Sox did not turn down Martinez for Ramirez, though he wouldn't be surprised if the Cardinals are indeed interested in Chicago's shortstop. — 12:29am: The White Sox have as many trade chips …
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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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Let's Go Tribe and Baseball America
Fox Sports:
Royals best trade chip is Hochevar — The Kansas City Royals have given little indication that they will trade veterans before the July 31 non-waiver deadline. But if they were going to make an exception, right-hander Luke Hochevar would be an obvious candidate.
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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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