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MLB.com:
Red Sox activate outfielder Wily Mo Pena, recall righthander Jermaine Van Buren from Triple-A — Lefthander Javier Lopez optioned to Triple-A, infielder Willie Harris designated for assignment — BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox today activated outfielder Wily Mo Pena from the 15-day disabled list …
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Keep Your Sox On In Brooklyn
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Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
Graffanino back on the block — Trade rumors swirl around KC second baseman, but not to Boston. The Red Sox are solid at that position. — It was a year ago this week that he arrived here, in a trade from the Royals to the Red Sox. On Monday, he returned to Fenway Park, back with the Royals but again on the trading block.
USA Today:
Cashman finding a way to make things work in new era — In a bygone era, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman would have pushed the trade button by now, and Washington left fielder Alfonso Soriano would be back in pinstripes. Or Philadelphia right fielder Bobby Abreu might be wearing them for the first time.
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Sam Borden / NY Daily News:
Matsui ahead of schedule — Thursday is an important day for Hideki Matsui, who is scheduled to visit the doctor and could be given the go-ahead to begin basic hitting drills. — Matsui, who is recovering from a broken left wrist, already has been taking dry swings in which he allows …
New York Post:
RIGHT GUYS — YANKEES ARE TARGETING ABREU AND SANDERS TO FILL SHEFF VOID — July 18, 2006 — Tuesday morning short stop THE YANKEES have focused their pursuit of a right fielder on Philadelphia's Bobby Abreu and Kansas City's Reggie Sanders, not just because of their needs for this year …
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Ben Maller
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Confidence not flagging — Garland, on a roll, may repay Guillen's faith in his starters — DETROIT — Manager Ozzie Guillen has kept his faith in the White Sox's starting pitchers despite the 17 runs in 17 innings they gave up in a three-game sweep by the New York Yankees.
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South Side Sox
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Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
Rockies overhaul 'pen — Two down; Corpas sent up with Shealy — PITTSBURGH - The Rockies made the first move in a revamping of their bullpen Monday, hoping that smaller can be better. — Something needs to change. — With a 3-1 loss Monday against Pittsburgh at PNC Park …
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Bad Altitude
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers GM looking for pitchers — Market tricky for starters; GM won't mortgage the future — TORONTO - A weekend's worth of dreary offense did not dampen the sunny optimism general manager Jon Daniels has about his lineup. — He is still making the acquisition of pitching the Rangers …
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Daniel Brown / Mercury News:
Krukow adds color to Giants broadcasts — and how — In 1976, early in his pitching days with the Cubs, Mike Krukow had dinner with his wife's relatives in Chicago. One of the other guests that night was Raul Smith, a linguistics professor from Northwestern, who couldn't believe his ears.
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers lose and may lose Kent to DL — Sele allows five runs, nine hits in five-plus innings to D-Backs — PHOENIX — Jeff Kent said Monday was "not a good day," and he wasn't talking about the Dodgers' fifth consecutive loss that dropped them below .500 for the first time since May 11.
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Tony Jackson / L.A. Daily News:
GM not eyeing trades yet — PHOENIX - Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said Monday that with the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline looming, he has yet to find an available player that would justify giving up one of the club's many celebrated prospects. — "But that said, we're still two weeks away," Colletti said.
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Dodger Thoughts
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Associated Press:
O'Neil to play in minor league all-star game — KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil never got a free pass in life. — The grandson of a man brought to this continent as a slave, O'Neil moved to Kansas City to avoid racial persecution in the Deep South and played baseball during an era of segregation.
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AZ Snakepit
Ben Couch / MLB.com:
CITGO sign makes Hall of Fame — To be located in the Museum's Grandstand Theater — There is a famous image emblazoned in the mind of any baseball fan who has seen a replay of Carlton Fisk's famous home run in Game Six of the 1975 World Series. But it's a more subtle …
Steve Treder / Hardball Times:
Mid-Season Blockbusters: July (Part One: 1896-1996) — We've looked at the biggest trades ever made in April, as well as May, and the long list of June deals. Now it's time for the first of our two-installment survey of July transactions. — July 25, 1896: The New York Giants traded outfielder …
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Federal Baseball
ESPN:
MLB Transactions — Activated outfielder Wily Mo Pena from the 15-day disabled list; recalled pitcher Jermaine Van Buren from Pawtucket of the International League (AAA); optioned pitcher Javier Lopez to Pawtucket; designated infielder Willie Harris for assignment.
Childs Walker / Baltimore Sun:
Ortiz is hoping 3rd time charm … Russ Ortiz will make his third start for the Orioles tonight, and if it's not better than the first two, his future in the rotation may be uncertain. — When asked if Ortiz must pitch well to earn another start, manager Sam Perlozzo did not say yes …
MLB.com:
Indians acquire RHP Brian Sikorski from the San Diego Padres — CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians today announced the club has acquired RHP Brian Sikorski from the San Diego Padres in exchange for RHP Mike Adams. Sikorski will join the Indians in Anaheim prior to tonight's game.
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Let's Go Tribe
Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
Under The Knife — Muse — Let's get right to this today. Powered by Muse's "Revelations and Black Holes," on to the injuries: — Mets fans like to see Pedro Martinez on the mound, even if it's just a side session. Despite his problematic hip and a severe case of what the team thinks …
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Brew Crew Ball
dailysouthtown.com:
Implosion implored at Wrigley — The executioners did wrong to the Steve Bartman ball, may it rest in pieces. The lever should have been pressed on the monument that stands as the real symbol of the mostly miserable, rotten, stinkin' baseball that Cubs fans have endured the last 61 years.
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
