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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Cashman Tinkers, and Resists Temptation — CLEVELAND, July 5 — The Yankees are needy right now, beset by injuries to their hitters and by poor performances from their pitchers. But as they seek to improve the team, they are operating from a position of weakness. — Other teams know what the Yankees want.
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NY Daily News:
Chacon could be on the way out — CLEVELAND - It appears unlikely that Shawn Chacon will make his scheduled start Sunday, but that could be the least of his concerns. With Chacon failing to show any of the magic he had last season, his time with the Yankees could be coming to an end.
Jim Baumbach / Newsday:
Claiming OF Guiel pleases Joe — CLEVELAND — The Yankees are eager to try anything that could give them a boost, as evidenced by their excitement yesterday regarding their waiver claim of Aaron Guiel. — Guiel, who was hitting .220 (11-for-50) for the Royals, will arrive here today …
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Bronx Banter
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
The Yankees Rebound, but Damon Falls to the Side — CLEVELAND, July 5 — A day after the second-worst loss in franchise history, the Yankees routed the Cleveland Indians, 11-3, at Jacobs Field on Wednesday night. Many things went right, but a big one went wrong.
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NY Daily News
Chris Snow / Boston Globe:
Selig up front about absence — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — About 10 minutes before last night's game a fan in the second deck of Tropicana Field yelled, ``That knee looks fine, Manny. Let's go. Despite the pleas of that fan and of Major League Baseball, it still appears Manny Ramírez …
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Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
The Crawford Show — Rays star steals spotlight vs. Sox — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Carl Crawford insists that he does not have a chip on his shoulder after being snubbed in the selection process for the All-Star Game, but the Tampa Bay Devil Rays star went out and almost single-handedly beat the Red Sox last night.
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The Soxaholix
Chris Snow / Boston Globe:
Sinking feeling again — Johnson ineffective as Sox drop another — An agitated Kevin Youkilis (above) pleads his case from the dugout after he was called out when his fly ball to left that caromed off a catwalk was caught by Carl Crawford. (AP Photo) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. …
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
METS 5, PIRATES 0 — Slow-Pitch Baseball as Hernández Quells the Pirates Softly — Cliff Floyd scored one of the Mets' five runs in the first inning in a 5-0 win over Kip Wells and the Pirates. Orlando Hernández earned the victory. — Orlando Hernández threw …
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David Lennon / Newsday:
Martinez unlikely for Saturday — The Mets anticipated making a decision on Pedro Martinez before last night's game against the Pirates. But when it was time for Willie Randolph to address the media yesterday, Martinez had yet to take part in his planned throwing session - or even arrive at Shea, for that matter.
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Eight-run inning ties Marlins mark; Marlins 18, Nationals 9 — WASHINGTON — The Marlins completed a double play to end the fifth inning and retreated to their dugout, but they could just as well have converged on the RFK Stadium diamond and started shaking hands.
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Associated Press:
Angels trade Weaver to Cards for minor-league OF — SEATTLE — The Los Angeles Angels traded disappointing right-hander Jeff Weaver to the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night for minor-league outfielder Terry Evans. — Weaver, 29, was designated for assignment by the Angels last Friday …
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John Branch / New York Times:
60 Years and 1,000 Tales Since 14 Were Ejected — Sixty years is a long time to stretch a memory. But Dario Lodigiani is certain that the reason that he and 13 other Chicago White Sox players and coaches were ejected from a game against the Boston Red Sox had nothing to do with a ventriloquist in the stands.
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Burnitz, Randa amenable to being traded — NEW YORK — Neither Jeromy Burnitz nor Joe Randa has asked the Pirates for a trade. — But neither sounds as if he would be terribly troubled if one were to happen. — Check out Burnitz's typically candid response to a question on the matter yesterday:
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Bucs Dugout
Mike Scarr / MLB.com:
Colon throws first shutout since 2002 — Four-hitter leads sweep of Mariners; Quinlan, Cabrera connect — SEATTLE — Bartolo Colon takes phone calls from only two people on days that he starts. — One of those people is his wife, Rosanna, and the other is his father, Miguel, but all other calls go unanswered.
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6-4-2
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers ride Penny past D-Backs — Four-run third paves way to All-Star righty's 10th win — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers, who at one point in Wednesday night's game with the Arizona Diamondbacks had six runs on the board, held on to win, 5-4. — Do the math.
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6-4-2
Associated Press:
Canseco gets trade after 1 Surf Dawg game — LOS ANGELES (AP) - Only one game into his comeback, Jose Canseco was traded Wednesday after seeking the move because of family obligations. — The Golden Baseball League approved the swap, sending the 42-year-old Canseco from the San Diego Surf Dawgs …
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Soriano Says He Wants to Stay In D.C. — With half a season under his belt and the trade deadline less than three weeks away, Alfonso Soriano has a new take on his stint with the Washington Nationals: He wants to stay. — "I feel very good here, better than I expected," Soriano said in an interview yesterday.
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THE BELTWAY BOYS
