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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates entertaining offers for Jack Wilson — But team apparently is not eager to trade shortstop — The Pirates are entertaining trade offers for shortstop Jack Wilson, multiple sources said yesterday, although it is unlikely he will be dealt by Major League Baseball's July 31 deadline.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Cordero shocked by recent move — Closer didn't expect Majewski and Bray to be traded — PITTSBURGH — Nationals closer Chad Cordero said he was shocked that relievers Gary Majewski and Bill Bray were traded to the Reds for Austin Kearns and Felipe Lopez, because the Nationals …
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District of Baseball
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.
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Beanball incident may have carryover — Milton Bradley might have a thing or two to teach his Oakland teammates about anger management before the final pitch of today's series finale is thrown. — Because the A's are steamed. — The 96 mph fastball thrown by Curt Schilling that hit Nick Swisher …
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Associated Press:
Schilling shuts down A's as Red Sox win — BOSTON —All the Boston Red Sox needed was a strong effort from Curt Schilling so their weary bullpen could rest. Schilling allowed two hits and struck out nine in seven innings and David Ortiz snapped out of an RBI slump with his major league-leading 32nd homer …
Howard Kussoy / MLB.com:
Schilling, Ortiz team up to bully A's — Ace yields just two hits; Big Papi knocks in three runs — BOSTON — Before the Red Sox took on the A's on Saturday night at Fenway Park, Boston's starting pitcher, Curt Schilling, was sitting on a couch in the clubhouse watching the Yankees demolish the White Sox.
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The Baseball Desert
David Heuschkel / Hartford Courant:Foulke Says Selig Was Unfair
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
Christian Red / NY Daily News:
For Ozzie, blowout is sobering — The final score alone was lopsided enough to warrant the blizzard of Ozzie. — But despite yesterday's 14-3 pounding at the hands of the Yankees, a third consecutive shaky outing by southpaw Mark Buehrle and Chicago's fourth loss in the last five games …
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:Phils' Abreu Has Become the Center of Attention
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Andrew Bagnato / Houston Chronicle:
Stephen Drew make ML debut for Arizona — PHOENIX — The Drew family has a tradition. When one of the Drew brothers is promoted to the major leagues, everyone gets a phone call. It happened first with J.D. in 1998, then with Tim in 2000. — On Friday night it was Stephen Drew's turn.
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Baseball Musings
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Ira Podell / Associated Press:
No saves recorded during full day of baseball — NEW YORK (AP) — There was no saving baseball during a wild Saturday full of blowouts and walkoff wins. — It marked the first time in nearly three decades a full day of major league games were played without a save recorded.
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The Griddle
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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Amanda Branam / MLB.com:
Padres send Park to contain Braves — Atlanta (41-49) at San Diego (48-41), 7:05 p.m. PT — In Saturday's game between the Braves and the Padres, it will be interesting to see if either team's offense has anything left in the tank. — The same holds true for each team's bullpens …
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Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
Somebody stop Selig — Game's managers vehemently against Selig's Never on Sunday plan. — Somebody stop Bud Selig before he tinkers again. — Assigning home-field advantage for the World Series to the league that wins the All-Star Game was bad enough, but last week …
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
No simple solution for Selig — Cincinnati - It permeates the game like a bad odor, seeping through clubhouses and settling in the commissioner's office. — Barry Bonds' legal problems soon will intersect with Bud Selig's best interests. — The embattled San Francisco Giants slugger …
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Purple Row
Ira Berkow / New York Times:
Metal Bats Are an Issue of Life and Death — On a July night three years ago, a line drive rocketed off a metal bat and smashed into the left temple of Brandon Patch, an 18-year-old American Legion pitcher in Montana. Within hours, he was dead. — In April 2005, a line drive off …
Twins Without Spin:
Anybody got an outfielder? — The excitement about tonight's victory over Cleveland and the bulbous C.C. (Captain Cheeseburger*) Sabathia was tempered by the news that Torii Hunter left the game in the second inning because his left foot was sore in the area near where he broke it last season …
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