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Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
DH faces classic injustice — DH should be part of All-Star Game every year — Maybe this is a sacrilege, but would it really kill baseball to have the designated hitter at the All-Star Game every year? — I mean, who really wants to watch some scared American League pitcher try to bunt …
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Moehler's sore foot worsens, lands him on DL — · Brian Moehler's right big toe problem went from manageable to debilitating in less than an inning Saturday. — What was termed toe soreness two starts ago turned into a sprained right foot that forced him out of the game and onto the disabled list.
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David Heuschkel / Hartford Courant:
Errorless Streak: Record 17 Games — MIAMI — Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell fielded a tough hop to his right and made a low throw to first that Kevin Youkilis scooped. — The next inning, shortstop Alex Gonzalez went in the hole to field a grounder and made a throw that Youkilis dug out.
David Heuschkel / Hartford Courant:Flawless Fielding Can't Extend Win Streak
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Winter Olympics / Chicago Sun Times:
Baker's time getting short in already long season — Ozzie Guillen blustered on May 21 when the White Sox and Cubs last met that pitcher Rich Hill was going to get Dusty Baker fired. Ozzie left out quite a few names in that assessment, although he was quite perceptive in seeing that Baker's job status was teetering clear back then.
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Rick Gano / Associated Press:
Fans pelt field after Pierzynski homer — Fans pelt field after Pierzynski homer — CHICAGO (AP) — With the Cubs so close to winning, fans littered Wrigley Field with plastic bottles, cups, and other debris Saturday after A.J. Pierzynski hit a two-out, ninth-inning homer to send the White Sox to an 8-6 victory.
dailysouthtown.com:
Cubs' dish missing the shake 'n Bake — In the ongoing excuse-a-thon that your 2006 Cubs season has been, I never thought Dusty Baker would top "We don't have a left-handed batting-practice pitcher." — I was wrong. Just like I was wrong about retaining Baker. It's time for a new direction.
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' Matthews hopes for All-Star call — ARLINGTON - Gary Matthews Jr. won't find out if he's an All-Star for the first time in his career until this evening, but he earned an All-Star's ovation Saturday. — With the Rangers down 5-, Matthews went at least three feet above …
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Kat O'Brien / Dallas Star-Telegram:
RANGERS NOTES — Rangers not going to panic — ARLINGTON — A dismal 1-5 road trip was disappointing for all the Rangers, but many of the players weren't even aware they had fallen to third place in the American League West — one-half game behind Seattle — until Friday afternoon.
Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:Next option for Rangers' Bauer might be DL
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Sam Borden / NY Daily News:
Do you hate this man? — Seems like everybody despises A-Rod — Is Alex Rodriguez the most-hated man in sports? — Short answer: No way. Not when Barry Bonds and Terrell Owens and Kobe Bryant and Isiah Thomas are still masquerading on courts and fields wearing their own personal costumes of evil.
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards stumble early, late in tough loss — The "we're-still-in-first-place" Cardinals hit another (false) bottom Saturday night against the Kansas City Royals. What might have passed for inspiration instead became another installment of a first-place club's six-week slide.
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
Notes: Webb can't explain struggles — Right-hander doesn't know why he was winless in June — OAKLAND — Brandon Webb can't explain it. — The right-hander picked up win No. 8 on May 26 tossing a seven-hit shutout in Cincinnati in front of friends and family and seemed on top of the baseball world.
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New York Post:
TOUCHABLE — LASTINGS COULD MOVE FOR RIGHT PRICE — July 1, 2006 — OMAR Minaya made a very personal, very public goodbye to Lastings Milledge yesterday, sending the Mets' top position prospect back to the minors. As Milledge wrapped his arm around the GM in the late afternoon …
Associated Press:
Giants-Padres Preview — The San Francisco Giants were one inning away from moving into a first-place tie in the NL West Friday night. The San Diego Padres , though, were not ready to share the top spot just yet. — After rallying to victory in the series opener, the Padres look to increase …
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Spencer Fordin / MLB.com:
Ortiz, Orioles overcome Braves — Righty allows three runs in 4 1/3 innings, but drives in two — ATLANTA — When you're a starting pitcher, it's hard to be proud of a night where your batting line is the best part of your box score. Russ Ortiz singled twice and drove in two runs Saturday …
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Greg Wagner / MLB.com:
Angels' Anderson collects hit No. 2,000 — Outfielder shows humility after reaching hallowed ground — ANAHEIM — Garret Anderson has flown to where no Angel has before. — The left fielder, who has been with the franchise since he was signed out of high school in 1990 …
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Wakefield set to face Moehler — Boston (48-29) at Florida (35-41), 6:05 p.m. ET — The Red Sox will try to do what any top-notch team does a day after seeing a double-digit winning streak end — try to start another one. — After seeing their first 12-game winning streak in 11 seasons snapped …
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NY Daily News:
For Proctor, no call to doctor — Scott Proctor looked as if he had injured himself in the top of the seventh inning last night when he walked off the back of the mound during David Wright's at-bat, a move that brought Jorge Posada to the mound as well as Joe Torre and trainer Gene Monahan.
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