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Todd Zolecki / Philly.com:
Phils fall to Red Sox in 12th — BOSTON - This latest loss left Charlie Manuel at a total loss. — His players can't explain it, either. — "I don't know what we can do," Manuel said after yesterday's 8-7 loss in 12 innings to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
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John Sahly / MLB.com:
Notes: Wise hurt by salad tongs — Reliever hoped to be available Wednesday after strange injury — CHICAGO — Baseball has seen its share of freak injuries. Now, Matt Wise can add his name to the list. — Wise joined a long list of weird injuries in baseball by cutting the middle finger …
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Davis scratched from Thursday's start — Gonzalez will make first start in Brewers uniform — CHICAGO — Milwaukee scratched Doug Davis from his scheduled start in Thursday's series finale against Chicago. The Brewers will instead go with right-hander Geremi Gonzalez, a former Cub who will be making his first Brewers start.
Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Notes: Sore arms are healing — Ohka, De La Rosa to go on rehab assignments in minors — thaudricourt@journalsentinel.com — Chicago - The Milwaukee Brewers moved a step closer Tuesday to getting back one of their injured starting pitchers when right-hander Tomo Ohka was scheduled …
Associated Press:
Gammons in good condition after surgery — BOSTON (AP) - Peter Gammons, an ESPN analyst and member of the writer's wing of the baseball Hall of Fame, was in good condition Wednesday at a Boston hospital after surgery for a brain aneurysm. — The 61-year-old Gammons was treated at Brigham …
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Associated Press:
Bowden's fiancee accepts plea deal — MIAMI (AP) — The fiancee of Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden accepted a plea agreement Wednesday to settle charges of battery and resisting arrest while in Miami Beach. — Joy Browning, 36, must complete 25 hours of community service …
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Hill Focused On Results, Not Return — TORONTO, June 27 — Shawn Hill grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, perhaps 30 minutes from Toronto's Rogers Center, and his earliest baseball memories include rooting for the Blue Jays as an 8-year-old in 1989. It would seem, then, that his start …
Amy K. Nelson / ESPN:
The good son returns home … BOSTON — The wrapped bottle of Cristal champagne was sitting in his new chair. A case of his country's Presidente beer was nearby on the floor with a card on top from Jason Varitek addressed to "Petey." Tommy McLaughlin, the visitors' clubhouse manager at Fenway Park …
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Hot Foot
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' catching platoon a solid hit — Barajas and Laird are swinging mean bats at the same time — SAN FRANCISCO - Just three weeks ago, Rangers manager Buck Showalter said he heard Gerald Laird's noisy bat speaking loud and clear and indicated the backup catcher's playing time might increase.
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Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Can the Cubs be fixed? Here are 6 ideas — Let's assume the Cubs will fire Dusty Baker and part ways with pitcher Kerry Wood before Opening Day 2007. Plenty of other work lies ahead if the Cubs are going to avoid that century-mark stigma in 2008 of putting 100 years between them and their last World Series championship.
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds reward Narron, Krivsky — Manager, GM have helped Cincinnati to surprising success — CINCINNATI — The Reds have been surprise playoff contenders this season, but chief executive officer Bob Castellini didn't wait for the race's final outcome to reward his two main architects.
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Red Hot Mama
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Tim Sullivan / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Padres continue to treat fallen LaChappa as one of their own — Matt LaChappa hasn't thrown a pitch professionally in 10 years. He is confined to a wheelchair, and constrained by the physical fallout from back-to-back heart attacks. — Yet the Padres continue to pay him as if he were an active player.
Steve Treder / Hardball Times:
Mid-Season Blockbusters: June (Part Three: 1975-2005) — We've examined the most prominent June trades from the early portion of the 20th century, as well as from the middle period. Now we'll take a look at the big deals from the past few decades. — June 13, 1975: The Texas Rangers …
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Associated Press:
Red Sox continue to roll in interleague play; Pirates in 12-game skid — The Boston Red Sox are beating up on the National League while the Pittsburgh Pirates keep losing to every team they face. — Mike Lowell and Alex Gonzalez homered to back rookie Jon Lester on Tuesday night …
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The Catbird …
Sasha Talcott / Boston Globe:
Firm seeks Sox radio network name deal — Entercom looks to recoup portion of cost of broadcast rights — The owner of radio stations WEEI and WRKO, fresh from signing one of Major League Baseball's most expensive radio rights deals, has found a way to get some money back: selling naming rights to the Red Sox radio network.
Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Notebook — Astros, Mets, Blue Jays — HOUSTON ASTROS — Last week's Roger Clemens-Francisco Liriano matchup was a disappointment for Astros fans looking for a splashy return from the Rocket, but it underscored a bigger problem for Houston.
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Mike's Mets
Chuck Finder / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Irate Pirates fans uncork wild pitches of frustration on Web — The Pirates' nagging habit of losing has angered the P out of more than a few followers. — Iratefans.com is one of the latest in a litany of Web sites that sling venom, vinegar and vitriol toward the cellar-dwelling baseball club heading …
Associated Press:
Former pitcher Howe had meth in system when he died in crash — RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Former major league pitcher Steve Howe had methamphetamine in his system when he died after his pickup truck drifted off a desert highway, a coroner's autopsy showed. — Howe, a former NL Rookie …
Basil / Federal Baseball:
Freewriting — Sometimes, I feel like this blog is too focused on reacting to things or constrained by the day's news or pigeon-holed by who else is saying stuff about what other people are saying. I don't mean to make this style sound so desultory; by the nature of the medium …
