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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
It's time to get caught up in the chase — For a while, it was tempting to think the Yankees might go away. Fade into the sunset. Disappear from sight altogether. The Red Sox had ripped off 12 straight wins and Yankee millionaires were falling like Italian soccer players in the path of Zinedine Zidane.
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Dan Shaughnessy Watch
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
A's ire surely raised — Retaliation pitch causes backlash — With plate umpire Mike Reilly having warned both dugouts after Red Sox starter Curt Schilling hit Nick Swisher in the sixth inning last night in apparent retaliation for A's starter Dan Haren hitting Jason Varitek …
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
Howard Kussoy / MLB.com:
Red Sox ask Snyder to secure split — Oakland (47-44) at Boston (54-35), 2:05 p.m. ET — On June 19, Kyle Snyder made a spot start for the Red Sox and pulled out a victory for a team that was fighting injuries to its pitching staff. Now, less than one month later, the right-hander …
Associated Press:
Blue Jays' Molina drives in winning run with single in 14th inning — CBS SportsLine.com wire reports — TORONTO — Bengie Molina wanted to end the game more than anybody after catching 14 innings. — Molina's RBI single in the 14th lifted the Toronto Blue Jays over the Seattle Mariners 7-6 Saturday.
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Associated Press:
Jays overcome Ryan's blown save, beat M's in extras again — CBS SportsLine.com wire reports — TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays are very comfortable when the game goes to extra innings. — Frank Catalanotto singled in the winning run in the 11th inning to lift the Blue Jays over the Seattle Mariners 4-3 Sunday.
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Bumbling in the Bronx — Buehrle gets bombed, fielding turns faulty as Sox lose 4th of last 5 — NEW YORK — A malaise spread Saturday throughout the White Sox, well after first baseman Paul Konerko woke up with flu-like symptoms. — The Sox were deficient on the mound and in the field …
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The Bard's Room
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Associated Press:
Buehrle battered — Yankees chase All-Star early in rout of White Sox — NEW YORK (AP) — Instead of swinging for the fences, the New York Yankees put down a string of splendid bunts and beat Ozzie Guillen's White Sox at their own game of small ball. — Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams …
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FIRE JOE MORGAN
Joe Kay / Associated Press:
Reds rally to complete sweep of Rockies — CINCINNATI — With two late-game rallies, the Cincinnati Reds learned what it's like to be on the other side of those bullpen meltdowns. — Rich Aurilia's pinch-hit, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the eighth inning rallied the Reds …
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Baseball Musings
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Notes: Denorfia glad to be in Majors — Rookie outfielder happy to have a spot in Reds outfield — CINCINNATI — Rookie outfielder Chris Denorfia's 26th birthday was on Saturday, but the biggest surprise already came on Thursday. — An eight-player deal that sent Austin Kearns to Washington …
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Red Hot Mama
Associated Press:
Braves-Padres Preview — The Atlanta Braves are showing Petco Park is not just a pitcher's park. They're also showing they may not be out of the NL East race just yet. — The surging Braves look for a third consecutive offensive outburst as they look to close out a three-game sweep against the San Diego Padres on Sunday.
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Ducksnorts
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Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
Nationals Let One Get Away — Washington Loses Lead in the Eighth, Game in the Ninth : Pirates 7, Nationals 6 — PITTSBURGH, July 15 — A pair of Oakley's with clear lenses covering his eyes and a chain glistening around his neck, Roy Corcoran looked the part of a menacing closer in his first appearance as a Washington National.
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Federal Baseball
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Lindsey Frazier / MLB.com:
D-Backs call up Drew — Shortstop set to make debut in place of injured Counsell — PHOENIX — The future is now for at least one Diamondbacks prospect. — After veteran shortstop Craig Counsell broke a rib in the seventh inning of Friday night's win over the Brewers …
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Andrew Bagnato / Houston Chronicle:Stephen Drew make ML debut for Arizona
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Baseball Musings
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Notes: Chemistry, leadership are key — For Wedge, off-the-field action as important as game play — MINNEAPOLIS — Ultimately, manager Eric Wedge knows, a team is only as good as its performance on the field. — But Wedge isn't one to discount the importance of clubhouse chemistry and leadership …
ESPN:
Bonds' lawyer refutes report that indictment expected — While Barry Bonds' legal team is prepared if the Giants slugger is indicted on perjury and tax evasion charges, it remains hopeful it won't have to mount a defense at all, attorney Laura Enos told Bloomberg News.
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Lab is helping baseball to clean up its act — LOS ANGELES — You can't work here if you're an athlete. And forget about getting a lab coat if you are a fan or rotisserie league geek. The man who runs the world's best sports drug-testing laboratory has no interest in hiring chemists …
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Dan Shaughnessy Watch
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Early Pitchers' Duel Turns Into Cubs Rout — CHICAGO, July 15 — The game was scoreless through five innings, a crisp pitchers' duel that nonetheless seemed ominous for Cubs fans as soon as their pitcher's focus on scoring runs disrupted his ability to prevent them.
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Metsblog.com
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Chris / Redleg Nation:
Is Majewski Worn Out? — Bill Bray and Gary Majewski have been touted as everything from the next Nasty Boys to the cure for b.o. Everyone who's supported this trade starts by saying that improved middle relief is essential to the Reds' chances of contention.


