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Bob Ryan / Boston Globe:
Gammons stricken, undergoes surgery — ESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons, 61, is undergoing surgery this afternoon for an aneurysm in his brain. — Gammons was stricken earlier today and was taken to a Boston-area hospital. He is expected to be in intensive care for the next 10 to 12 days.
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ESPN:
Peter Gammons suffers brain aneurysm, in surgery … Longtime ESPN Baseball analyst Peter Gammons suffered an aneurysm in his brain Tuesday morning near his home on Cape Cod, Mass. He was airlifted to a Boston hospital, where he is currently undergoing surgery.
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Boston Sports Media Watch
Associated Press:
Devil Rays trade Hall, Hendrickson to Dodgers for Seo, Navarro — LOS ANGELES (AP) — With an eye toward the future, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays traded pitcher Mark Hendrickson, catcher Toby Hall and $1 million to the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday for pitcher Jae Seo, catcher Dioner Navarro and a player to be named.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Dodgers, Devil Rays swap catchers, pitchers — The Dodgers have acquired left-hander Mark Hendrickson and catcher Toby Hall from the Devil Rays for right-hander Jae Seo, catcher Dioner Navarro and a player to be named, FOXSports.com has learned. — Hendrickson, 4-8 with a 3.81 ERA …
Tony Jackson / L.A. Daily News:
L.A. closing in — on a starter? Dodgers on verge of acquiring Hendrickson — MINNEAPOLIS - The Dodgers' struggling rotation might be on the verge of getting some help. — Following Monday night's game, an 8-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins in front of 22,528 at the Metrodome …
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Lone Star Ball
Jason Brummond / MLB.com:
Dodgers trade for Hendrickson, Hall — LA bolsters battery, deal Seo, Navarro to Tampa Bay — MINNEAPOLIS — The Dodgers acquired left-hander starter Mark Hendrickson and catcher Toby Hall from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Tuesday in exchange for right-hander Jae Seo and Triple-A catcher Dioner Navarro.
Inside the Dodgers:
Dodgers Acquire Hendrickson and Hall — The rumors are true. We've acquired Mark Hendrickson, one of the top lefties in the AL this year and catcher Toby Hall, plus cash, for Dioner Navarro, Jae Seo and a player to be named later. I've pasted the press release below.
Howard Kussoy / MLB.com:
Sox, Mets meet 20 years after Series — Boston (45-28) vs, New York (47-28), 7:05 p.m. ET — Twenty years ago, millions of baseball fans were mesmerized by the unimaginable drama of the 1986 World Series between the Red Sox and the Mets, but rookie sensation Jon Lester was just a 2-year-old infant …
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John Tomase / Boston Herald:You can't pitch to Papi — Perhaps it's not our place to offer …
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Boston Sports Media Watch
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Womack demoted; Nevin next to go? — The Cubs sent second baseman Tony Womack to Triple-A Iowa on Tuesday, a move that could signal the beginning of a midsummer purge. — Manager Dusty Baker said Womack's demotion was made because catcher Henry Blanco had a sore neck …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Hendry won't accept excuses — GM insists on better results despite youth, injuries — Dusty Baker will get "every opportunity" to turn things around, general manager Jim Hendry said before Tuesday's game at Wrigley Field. — But Hendry waltzed around the question of whether Baker deserves …
Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:A Baker's dozen reasons Dusty should be fired
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
Associated Press:
Athletics-Padres Preview — Two of the major league's most successful pitchers over the past month look to continue their unbeaten runs when the Oakland Athletics visit the San Diego Padres on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series at Petco Park. — Barry Zito has won his last six decisions …
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Bob Herzog / Newsday:
Dotel's feeling better — It's a rare day when Octavio Dotel isn't smiling, but the relief pitcher was especially ebullient yesterday. — "The only thing I can say is that I feel great," Dotel said after coming in from the bullpen before last night's game. "I threw 30 pitches from 45 feet.
Associated Press:
Myers takes personal leave after assault charge — PHILADELPHIA — Phillies pitcher Brett Myers will take a leave of absence through the All-Star break, saying he has embarrassed his family and the team with his arrest on charges that he hit his wife in the face.
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Tim Kurkjian / ESPN:
Having that selfless approach … Baseball is a game of intangibles. It is a game that requires doing "the little things,'' which can mean something as big as barreling over a catcher or as subtle as a whisper in the ear of a teammate after a good or bad at-bat.
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FIRE JOE MORGAN
Tim Marchman / New York Sun:
Mets' Reyes Is Becoming A Superstar — Baseball players get hot all the time, and it's usually best not to make too much of it. Over a week or a month the best hitter in the league can hit .100, and the worst can hit .400. It's part of the nature of the game; more than in any of the other team sports …
Baseball Crank:
Scouting Valentin — One of the decisions the Mets have coming up is what to do about second base: stick with Jose Valentin or go get an upgrade. Statistical analysis of the situation is important, but let's not forget that the numbers can only take you up to a point; sometimes …
