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Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Yankees need to regroup in a hurry after Red Sox's blowout win — BOSTON — Like an out-of-control snowball tumbling wildly down a mountain, the New York Yankees cascaded toward a 15-7 blowout loss to the Boston Red Sox on Thursday thanks to an avalanche of mental errors and moments of uninspired, lackluster play.
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Red Sox ‘shooting for’ Chris Sale (shoulder) to return Wednesday — The Boston Red Sox are aiming for ace lefty Chris Sale to return to the mound Wednesday against the Blue Jays in Toronto, manager Alex Cora said before Thursday night's series opener against the New York Yankees.
David SchoenfieldESPN Senior / ESPN:
This just might be the best Red Sox team ... ever — This fascinates me, more than it probably should: Since the advent of the 162-game schedule, the Boston Red Sox have never won 100 games. Of course, many franchises have failed to achieve that mark, but it's interesting in Boston's case …
Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Yankees' J.A. Happ on DL with hand, foot and mouth disease
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Kirk Meyer / New York Daily News:
Yankees send struggling Sonny Gray to the bullpen, add Lance Lynn to the rotation
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Move Sonny Gray To Bullpen
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CBSSports.com, MLB Baseball News … and Al's Ramblings
Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Yankees' Sonny Gray says tweet ‘an inside joke’ directed at a friend
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Los Angeles Times, Pinstripe Alley, New York Daily News, Deadspin, New York Post and Associated Press
Daily Record:
J.A. Happ placed on New York Yankees DL, won't pitch against Red Sox, report says
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MLB Trade Rumors and Pinstripe Alley
Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Can the Yankees actually catch the Red Sox?
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MLB Baseball News …, Over the Monster, Pinstripe Alley and Minor League Ball
Jim Hackett / WEEI:
Grading Red Sox after trade deadline
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baseballmusings.com and Talking Chop
Associated Press:
Brad Ziegler becomes first Arizona player to use D-backs' bullpen cart — PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks brought back an old tradition this season with a bullpen cart. One problem: None of the Diamondbacks wanted to use it. — Brad Ziegler changed that when he entered the game …
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Brad Ziegler's turnaround leads him back to Diamondbacks … CONNECT — Brad Ziegler's fourth pitch of the night was blasted into the right-field seats. As he watched it sail out, a look of defeat flashed across his face. This was in early June, the last time Ziegler stepped foot …
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Last Slide — The Diamondbacks were on the wrong end of a rules interpretation on Thursday night, a mistake by the umpiring crew that might have helped turn an already bad inning into a particularly ugly one. Or maybe it didn't. It's hard to say. — But what seems crystal clear …
Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Unemployed in the morning, Hauschild gets unlikely win for Jays at night — SEATTLE - If the alcohol content of the Pacific Northwest craft beers the thousands of Canadian fans invading Safeco Field on Thursday night was high enough, it likely wouldn't have mattered.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Sign Mike Hauschild — The Blue Jays have signed right-hander Mike Hauschild to a Major League contract, as first noted by Shi Davidi and Mike Wilner of Sportsnet (Twitter links). The Jays didn't make a formal announcement of the move via press release or on Twitter, but Hauschild is on tonight's lineup card.
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Shi Davidi / Sportsnet.ca:
Blue Jays' Pompey suspended for altercation with triple-A manager
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Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
Cubs may regret not adding lefty reliever before trade deadline — CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs have four lefty starters they like, but may not have even one in the bullpen they can count on. Did they miss the boat as the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline passed? — EDITOR'S PICKS
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Matt Carlson / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Hedges, Erlin lead Padres past Cubs 6-1 to stop 7-game slide
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Gaslamp Ball
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Time for the Cubs to capitalize on a favorable schedule
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MLB Baseball News … and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Peter Schmuck / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles, Cashner run into a buzz saw in Texas, lose to Rangers, 17-8 — Orioles starter Andrew Cashner could have been forgiven for cursing the fates and his lack of run support any number of times this year, but not Thursday night. — He came back to Globe Life Park after delivering …
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Toronto Sun:
Rangers score 10 in first 2 innings, beat Orioles 17-8 — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Jurickson Profar helped the Texas Rangers get a big win in a matchup of retooling teams, and hand the struggling Baltimore Orioles another low this season. — Jurickson Profar hit a three-run home run …
Mike DiGiovanna / Baltimore Sun:
Mike Trout misses game with injured wrist — Mike Trout suffered a right-wrist injury on an awkward feet-first slide into third base Wednesday night and did not play in a 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. — Trout, who started 108 of the team's first 109 games, 94 in center field and 14 …
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Phil Rogers / Chicago Tribune:
Eloy Jimenez still waiting for White Sox call-up: 'I'm going to be ready' for opportunity
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South Side Sox
Stats / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Rays aim to continue momentum vs. White Sox
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South Side Sox
John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds manager Jim Riggleman happy to be back to managing in his hometown — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jim Riggleman was back to where he made a decision that could have ended his chances of managing in the big leagues again. — Riggleman walked away from the Washington Nationals managing job …
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Tom Timmermann / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Ozuna expects to play Friday; Carpenter named NL's top player for July — Cardinals left fielder Marcell Ozuna came out of the game after the fourth inning on Thursday with discomfort in one of the toes on his left foot but said after the game he expected to play on Friday in Pittsburgh.
Philly.com:
2008 World Series Game 5, and all the rain that delayed the Phillies' reign | Oral History — Bud Selig knew it didn't look good. — For days, the commissioner of baseball studied forecasts — from three weather services, no less. He looked at models and listened to predictions.
Detroit Free Press:
What of Niko Goodrum's future? How many games will Tigers lose next season? Who will be the 2019 shortstop? Offseason trades? — Hall of Fame weekend has passed, as has the non-waiver trade deadline, and the dog days of summer are officially here for the Detroit Tigers and those who write about them.
Toronto Sun:
Astros return to Dodger Stadium in World Series rematch — LOS ANGELES — The Houston Astros will return to the scene of the title Friday when they open a three-game series at Dodger Stadium. — The Astros won Game 7 of the 2017 World Series at Dodger Stadium by a 5-1 count in a last act …
