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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Cairo out 3 weeks; — Cano back — BALTIMORE - Yankees infielder Miguel Cairo is headed for the disabled list after straining his left hamstring Saturday and could miss up to three weeks, Joe Torre said. Luckily for the Yankees, Cairo will be replaced at second by the man he was filling in for, Robinson Cano.
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George King / New York Post:
BOBBY LAUDS — Add Bobby Abreu to the list of Yankee hitters who adore Don Mattingly. — According to Abreu, the hitting instructor is the reason the right fielder is batting .400 (10-for-25) with an on-base percentage of .464. — "He is the best," Abreu said of Mattingly, who has gotten Abreu away from being pull conscious.
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Replacement Level …
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Don's tweak helps make Abreu a hit — BALTIMORE - Don Mattingly watched video of Bobby Abreu's swing before the outfielder became a Yankee and thought he was jumping at pitches instead of "letting the ball just come to him." — So when Abreu arrived last week after a trade with the Phillies …
Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Pavano looks good — BALTIMORE - In all the talk of the possible return dates of injured Yankees - such as Hideki Matsui, Gary Sheffield and Robinson Cano - Carl Pavano is hardly spoken of seriously as someone who could come back and help the team in September.
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Wright's New Stats: 6 Years, $55 Million — David Wright and José Reyes achieved full-scale fame together this season and were named to their first All-Star Game together. So it seemed appropriate that only three days after the Mets locked up Reyes with a long-term contract extension …
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The Sports Frog
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
All signs point to Soriano's D.C. departure — The Nationals say they intend to re-sign left fielder Alfonso Soriano, but their actions will speak louder than their words. — Three significant obstacles likely will prevent the Nats from keeping Soriano, who is a free agent at the end of the season:
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Lone Star Ball
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Long shots — Devil Rays cash in as Red Sox relievers fade at the finish — Winning pitcher Shawn Camp (left) was part of the welcoming party for Greg Norton (14), who ended things in the 10th with a one-out homer. (AP Photo) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — This Torture at the Trop …
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Bullpen is able to share the blame — Failure to protect lead a group effort — Rookie Ben Zobrist was a pest to Red Sox pitchers, hitting a solo homer in the third and a two-run double in the seventh. (AP Photo) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There they were, lined up in perfect order for the win.
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Club mark for errors threatened — MIAMI GARDENS - The young Marlins are making errors at a record pace. — Shortstop Hanley Ramirez muffed Rafael Furcal's grounder on the first play of the game in Sunday's 7-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. — Two outs later, Scott Olsen's pitch got away from catcher Paul Hoover.
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FishStripes
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Kevin Baxter / Miami Herald:
Marlins at a loss on and off field — The Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of Florida, which now is six games back in the wild-card race and might have lost reliever Logan Kensing because of an injury. — kbaxter@MiamiHerald.com — Chalk it up as a lost weekend for the Marlins.
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Nats' Trip Hurt by Inability to Get Players Home — It's hard to blame Micah Bowie for this one, because the left-hander has been so effective for the Washington Nationals, and by the 10th inning Sunday, he was trying to retire his seventh and eighth batters of the day. — It's hard, too, to blame Ryan Church.
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Murray Chass / New York Times:
And Sometimes, Trades Do Work Out Best for Everybody — A PAIR of young first basemen forced their teams to make critical decisions last off-season, and neither the Philadelphia Phillies nor the Milwaukee Brewers have any reason to regret the decisions they made.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
From Small Field to Major Leagues — JUAN BARÓN, Dominican Republic, Aug. 3 — The town's only baseball field sits at the back of a dead end. Pigs, goats and chickens wander near a cement wall that surrounds the field. Small trenches mark the basepaths on the field, and rocks and trash are strewn on the grass.
Conor Nicholl / MLB.com:
Mulder tosses five innings in rehab start — Cardinals southpaw pitches for first time since June 20 — Mark Mulder took another step on his road back to the Major Leagues. — Pitching in a game for the first time since June 20, the tall left-hander allowed two runs on two hits …
Greg Wagner / MLB.com:
Full of mojo, Saunders baffles Rangers — Rookie now 3-0, aided by Anderson, Guerrero three-run belts — ANAHEIM — The Angels gave Joe Saunders plenty of support, though, it's not as if the rookie needed it. — Saunders was masterful, allowing three hits in seven scoreless innings …
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6-4-2
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs hoping to re-sign Pierre — The Cubs are desperately hoping to re-sign center fielder Juan Pierre, who has rebounded from a slow start to become the team's most consistent leadoff man since Kenny Lofton in 2003. — Whether they can is a question no one can answer.
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