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Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Yankees' woes continue as Jaime Garcia disappoints in loss to Indians — CLEVELAND — They've become the Bad News Bombers. — Gary Sanchez moved into the MLB lead with his 12th passed ball, Aaron Judge committed a throwing error and the Yankees suffered their fourth straight loss,7-2 …
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Pinstripe Alley
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Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Gary Sanchez rightfully gets earful from Joe Girardi as catching troubles continue against Indians
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Even with trade deadline deals, Yankees still have one of best farm systems in MLB
ESPN:
Giants' Brandon Belt has concussion symptoms after curveball to head — San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt was suffering from concussion symptoms after he was hit in the head by a 78 mph curveball Friday night. — The incident came in the sixth inning of the Giants' 2-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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McCovey Chronicles and FanRag Sports
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Michael Wagaman / MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
Goldschmidt stays hot, Diamondbacks edge Giants 2-1
Goldschmidt stays hot, Diamondbacks edge Giants 2-1
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AZ Snake Pit
Peter Botte / New York Daily News:
Mets series against scorching Dodgers shows just how far team has fallen since 2015 — T he Mets and the Dodgers squared off in a memorable National League division series not even two years ago, with the upstart young guns from New York mostly outpitching Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke …
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John Harper / New York Daily News:
Yu Darvish deal makes historically-hot Dodgers overwhelming World Series favorites — The Dodgers already were shaping up to be the heaviest October favorite since the 1998 Yankees, based on their scintillating play over the last several weeks. And then, much like the Cubs last year …
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Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
Though happy in Boston, Chris Sale upbeat about White Sox rebuild — Photos of five-time All-Star Chris Sale. — Chicago Tribune — It's nearing eight months since the White Sox traded Chris Sale to the Red Sox, and as far as breakups go, all parties seem to have emerged comfortable with their new realities.
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South Side Sox and FanRag Sports
MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
MLB trade rumors: Braves trade Sean Rodriguez to Pirates — The big trade deadline has passed, but there will still be some trades that happen here and there when a player is put on waivers. One of those trades reportedly just happened. … Atlanta is 12 1/2 games out of the Wild Card spot …
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MLB Trade Rumors, Bucs Dugout and FanRag Sports
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates Claim George Kontos From Giants — The Giants have announced that the Pirates have been awarded Giants reliever George Kontos on a waiver claim. The Giants evidently placed Kontos on revocable waivers, as Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle tweets, then gave him up without receiving anything in return.
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Bucs Dugout
Fox Sports:
Tigers vie to extend win streak against Orioles (Aug 05, 2017) — BALTIMORE — The Detroit Tigers will try to stretch their winning streak to five games on Saturday when they take on the Baltimore Orioles in the third contest of a weekend series at Camden Yards.
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Minor League Ball
Fox Sports:
Rangers, Twins still looking to make run (Aug 05, 2017) — MINNEAPOLIS — Following Minnesota's stirring win against Texas on Friday as 44-year-old Bartolo Colon became the oldest pitcher to throw a complete game since 2010, the Twins also closed the gap on the Kansas City Royals for an American League wild-card spot to 3.5 games.
Jeff Schultz / jeffschultz.blog.myajc.com:
Braves likely to bring back Snitker; Freeman praises him to front office — With the Braves looking to the future and Freddie Freeman feeling the need to do the same, the team's best player and longest tenured veteran did something unusual recently. He left the confines of the clubhouse …
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MLB Trade Rumors and Talking Chop
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Orioles Acquire Brallan Perez From Rangers For Int'l Bonus Spending Rights — 2:04pm: The Rangers will receive $500K in international spending rights, Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram tweets. — 11:25am: The Orioles have acquired minor-league infielder Brallan Perez from the Rangers …
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Lone Star Ball and School of Roch
Andy McCullough / The Charlotte Observer:
Is this the best Dodgers team ever? — On the 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers, even the anonymous get to spend a day in the sun. — One day in July, in the midst of an 11-game winning streak, the team called up a slender, 30-year-old reliever who had spent a dozen seasons in the minor leagues with four organizations.
Associated Press:
Dickey, Markakis help Braves overcome Stanton, Marlins 5-3 — ATLANTA (AP) — R.A. Dickey is glad he doesn't have to face Giancarlo Stanton too often. — Dickey won for the first time in seven starts, Nick Markakis hit a three-run homer and the Atlanta Braves overcame Stanton's two home runs …
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Talking Chop, MLB on Yahoo! Sports and Fish Stripes