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Test reveals Cubs' Wood has torn rotator cuff — MILWAUKEE — The career path of Chicago pitcher Kerry Wood is as busted up as the Cubs season this year. — The team revealed Saturday night that the right-hander has a partial tear in the rotator cuff of his throwing shoulder and that he will miss at least four weeks.
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Associated Press:
Testing reveals partial tear in Wood's rotator cuff — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood has a partial tear in his right rotator cuff and will be out at least four weeks. — Wood underwent an arthrogram at Northwest Memorial Hospital on Friday, and the exam revealed the tear.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs' Wood likely done for season — MRI reveals partial tear in right rotator cuff — MILWAUKEE — Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood is likely done for the season after an MRI arthrogram Friday revealed a partial tear in his right rotator cuff. — The test was conducted Friday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Take your pick: Both struggling — Platooning outfielders Mench, Wilkerson are in a funk at same time — ARLINGTON - The informal platoon that has Brad Wilkerson and Kevin Mench essentially sharing a spot in the lineup doesn't seem to be working for either one.
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Kat O'Brien / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Major ideas — Rangers' two 'future' Stars looking ahead — ARLINGTON — Eric Hurley remembers watching last year's Major League Baseball All-Star Futures Game, in which fellow Rangers minor leaguers Edinson Volquez and Thomas Diamond pitched. He didn't watch with wide-eyed amazement.
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Wang foils Devil Rays hook, line & sinker — ST. PETERSBURG - So much for mixing up your pitches. Chien-Ming Wang's sinker, compared to a bowling ball by Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon - that's a compliment, mind you - was so effective last night that it was practically the only pitch Jorge Posada called.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
No Dark Thoughts for Yanks' Mr. Sunshine — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., July 8 — Last Tuesday, when the Yankees completed the 81st game of their schedule, Johnny Damon smiled and said he felt fine. For all the walls he had dented and the ground he had covered, Damon had made it through the first half intact.
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Schilling takes on defending champs — Boston (53-32) at Chicago White Sox (56-31), 2:05 p.m. ET — When the Red Sox were swept out of last October's Division Series by the White Sox, Curt Schilling was positively stunned in the aftermath. Never, in his career, had he been on a postseason team …
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Matthew Borenstein / MLB.com:
Notes: Rotation set for second half — Skipper Hurdle has starters lined up after All-Star break — DENVER — The Rockies rotation coming out of the All-Star break is set. — Jeff Francis is scheduled to start the second half of the season at Cincinnati.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs turn to Rusch in a pinch — Chicago (33-54) at Milwaukee (44-45), 1:05 p.m. CT — The Cubs won't have Mark Prior to close out the first half of the season. — Prior was a late scratch from his scheduled start on Sunday because of a strained left oblique muscle.
Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Florida Marlins: Cabrera takes his lumps, then gets the boot — NEW YORK — Miguel Cabrera's comments weren't directed at third-base umpire Charlie Reliford, yet they perturbed the 16-year veteran enough to eject the Marlins' All-Star. — It started in the ninth inning of Saturday's opener …
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Michelle Chang / Boston Globe:
The Breakup — In this exclusive excerpt from his new book, Feeding the Monster, Seth Mnookin explores the fascinating, curious, and combative relationship between Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino and the young man he hired to build a championship team, general manager Theo Epstein.
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Associated Press:
Indians sign 16-year-old Australian — CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians signed 16-year-old Jason Smit, an infielder on Australia's Junior National Team, on Sunday. — The team also agreed to terms with 17-year-old Chris Archer, a North Carolina right-hander drafted in the fifth round last month.
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Baker disputes rift on coaching staff — MILWAUKEE — Cubs manager Dusty Baker disputed a Tribune article that said his staff is composed of Baker's "handpicked" coaches and coaches general manager Jim Hendry has chosen. — Baker said Saturday they are all "my coaches."
NY Daily News:
Let the debate begin — The MVP of the American League last season, according to the voters, was the third baseman for the Yankees. The MVP of New York for the first half of this season - and maybe the National League by October - is the third baseman for the Mets.
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
'A Good Run' for Cabrera — OAKLAND — Babe Ruth never did this. — Ted Williams is the all-time leader in on-base percentage, at .482. Ruth is second, at .474. But Ruth never reached base in 63 consecutive games, as the Angels' Orlando Cabrera did. — Cabrera's streak ended Friday …
