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Yankees have tentative deal for Abreu, Lidle — The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees have a tentative deal to send Phillies right fiedler Bobby Abreu and pitcher Cory Lidle to New York ESPN.com's Jayson Stark and ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney reported Sunday.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Phillies expected to deal Abreu to Yanks — The Bobby Abreu trade is likely to happen Sunday, and the Phillies are expected to send the right fielder to the Yankees — even though the Red Sox are still in the mix — FOXSports.com has learned. — The Yankees would get Abreu and right-hander Cory Lidle …
Sam Borden / NY Daily News:
Yankees near a Bobby prize — Close to bringing Phils' RF to Bronx — The Yankees moved closer last night to landing Bobby Abreu, according to sources, as the field for the Phillies outfielder was narrowed to just three teams - with the Bombers believed to have the best chance of landing him.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Tejada deal faces major roadblock — Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada would have little choice but to move to third base if the Angels or Rangers acquired him to play that position. However, he possesses the leverage to discourage such a deal. — If Tejada were traded in the middle …
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Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Tejada happy with O's … On a day when Miguel Tejada affirmed his desire to stay in Baltimore, the Orioles worked late into last night, mulling offers for their star shortstop. — The Los Angeles Angels, once considered the front-runner to land Tejada if he is moved …
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Reports: Tejada doesn't want switch to third, trade — A potential trade of Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada may have hit a snag — he doesn't want to play third base, at least not now. — The Orioles are reportedly working on a trade of their All-Star shortstop …
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Soriano Trade Talk Continues to Swirl — Dodgers Rip O'Connor, Top Nats Again: Dodgers 7, Nationals 5 — Washington Nationals General Manager Jim Bowden sat in the front row behind home plate Saturday afternoon at Dodger Stadium, BlackBerry in his hand, fiancée at his side, the entire baseball world spread out before him.
Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
Will's Mill — Another Day, Another Rumor — Sunday, 11:45 a.m. ET: Ken Rosenthal broke the news that the Yankees are ready to deal for Bobby Abreu and Cory Lidle. He also got that the Red Sox were attempting to get Abreu as well, or at least raise the price for their rivals.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
For moment, the tension is broken — David Ortiz stepped to the plate in the 11th inning on a hot summer day before a packed Fenway Park and saw the shift he often sees. — He's mumbled about it under his breath. Called it every name in the book. And once claimed it was costing him 30-40 points on his batting average.
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Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:Towers might wait for 3B deal until after deadline
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Let's Go Tribe
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
They'd be double trouble — Santana and Liriano make Twins tough — We asked five major league baseball experts (three general managers, one special assignment scout, and one manager) to list the teams they wouldn't want to face in the playoffs in each league, in order of toughness.
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Baseball Musings
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:Reexamining the Hall — COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - The plan didn't work.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
Fluto Shinzawa / Boston Globe:
Momentum shift — Ortiz's single in 11th caps Red Sox' rally — Like Josh Beckett, yesterday's starting pitcher, said after the Red Sox' 7-6, 11-inning victory over the Los Angeles Angels before 35,621 at Fenway Park, it has become the team joke. — He can't do it again, can he?
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Manny does it with 'D' — Manny Ramirez wasn't needed to provide walkoff dramatics with his bat yesterday, but he again offered proof with his throwing arm that he's not to be trifled with by opposing baserunners. — Los Angeles' Mike Napoli found out the hard way in yesterday's 7-6 …
Associated Press:
Padres-Rockies Preview — It's been a long and grueling road trip for the San Diego Padres . — The Padres hope to finish the 11-game trek with a winning record Sunday when they play the finale of a four-game series against the Colorado Rockies . — San Diego (55-49) has had mixed results on its longest road trip of the season.
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Ducksnorts
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Scott Miller / CBS SportsLine.com:
Time running out for Mets to move on Zito — Maybe the New York Mets strike gold and add Barry Zito to their rotation for a World Series push, but the odds remain far more likely that they'll be leaning on a recovering Brian Bannister and rookies like John Maine down the stretch.
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Joe Lapointe / New York Times:
Devil Rays Find Weaknesses in Yanks' Pitching — Jonny Gomes and Damon Hollins celebrating the Devil Rays' victory. Hollins, who hit his 11th homer, drove in five runs. — When a team as bad as Tampa Bay trounces a team as good as the Yankees — as the Devil Rays did by 19-6 yesterday …
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Team's leadership, personality could change soon — By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — In the next day and a half, it is likely — if not certain — that the Pirates will ship out several veterans. — Such an exodus could leave a roster as young …
John Michael Lauinger / NY Daily News:
The bell of the ballpark — The New York Mets were down seven runs by the seventh-inning stretch to the worst team in the National League one recent night, and it seemed the only thing keeping fans inside steamy-hot Shea Stadium was the promise of post-game pyrotechnics.
