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9:15 AM ET, August 10, 2006

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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Guillen visits clubhouse  —  Outfielder packs up belongings, ready to begin rehab  —  WASHINGTON — Almost two weeks after having elbow reconstruction, Nationals outfielder Jose Guillen arrived at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium on Wednesday afternoon to pack some boxes and then rehab his elbow in Miami.
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Associated Press:   Nats strand 14 runners but sneak by shaky Dontrelle, Fish
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds, Nats GMs discuss Majewski
Discussion: District of Baseball
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:   Ortiz lifts Nats past Marlins
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Questions swirl around Majewski
Discussion: Red Hot Mama
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Baker: Cubs are not out of it yet  —  Chicago manager won't talk about the future, just this season  —  MILWAUKEE — The Cubs are playing better, but it has nothing to do with the pressure being off and them conceding the season.  There may be 11 teams ahead of them in the National League Wild Card race …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs won't concede they're out of race
Discussion: GROTA
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Spotlight's off, Cubs turn it on
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Notes: Dempster appears in 300th game
Discussion: Bleed Cubbie Blue
Associated Press:
Piazza tags Pedro for two HRs, but Mets hold off Padres  —  CBS SportsLine.com wire reports  —  NEW YORK — Mike Piazza hit the ball so well, he turned the cheers to boos.  He almost turned the game in the San Diego Padres' favor, too.  —  Piazza hit two more home runs off Pedro Martinez …
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Maybe it's nicer just as a visitor
Discussion: striketwo.net and Mike's Mets
Associated Press:
Padres-Mets Preview  —  New York Mets ace Pedro Martinez …
Discussion: Ducksnorts
Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:   Hensley to face Martinez
Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
Report: Marlins top pick Allison has second overdose  —  Marlins pitching prospect Jeff Allison has reportedly suffered his second overdose in just over two years.  —  According to The Boston Globe, Medford, Mass., police found Allison unconscious Monday in an apartment building.
Discussion: FishStripes
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Boston Globe:
Ex-Peabody star Allison suffers heroin overdose  —  The sad saga of former Peabody High ace and Florida Marlins pitching prospect Jeff Allison , whose once-promising baseball career has been derailed by drug problems, took another disappointing turn Monday when, according to a Medford Police report, he suffered a heroin overdose.
Kevin Druley / MLB.com:
Red Sox try to end three-game slide  —  Boston (65-46) at Kansas City (39-73), 8:10 p.m. ET  —  Stop the skid.  —  That will be the Red Sox's mission as they look to end a three-game losing streak Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium.  —  Despite Tuesday's loss, Boston is 3-1 against Kansas City in 2006.
Discussion: The Joy of Sox
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Kevin Druley / MLB.com:
Papelbon can't stop skid  —  All-Star closer unable to protect one-run lead in ninth  —  KANSAS CITY — Appropriately, the play that the Red Sox were unable to execute Wednesday night, ultimately leading to their 5-4 loss to the Royals, was called a "do or die."
Discussion: Cursed To First
Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:   Royals send Redman to face Red Sox
Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
Utley right in middle of Phils' big inning  —  Second baseman laces key three-run double, hustles to score  —  ATLANTA — At the core of Philadelphia's eventful, extended seventh-inning offensive barrage stood Chase Utley, pumping his fist at second base one second and daringly sliding into home the next.
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Associated Press:
Phillies sting Braves with eight-run eighth, take series
Aaron / AaronGleeman.com:
Finally 30  —  It took 19 years and at times the drought seemed like a lot longer than that, but the Twins finally have another 30-homer hitter.  Justin Morneau smacked his 30th homer of the season last night, becoming the first Twins batter to reach that mark since I was four years old.  Seriously.
Associated Press:
Yankee Stadium jumper banned for life  —  Harper, 19, dropped 40 feet onto large net behind home plate last year  —  NEW YORK - A baseball fan who jumped from the upper deck at Yankee Stadium onto the netting behind home plate has been banned for life from the ballpark and could be sent to jail, a judge said Wednesday.
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Ross' walk-off caps Reds' wild win  —  Cincinnati overcomes early four-run deficit against St. Louis  —  CINCINNATI — When thinking of Reds hitters capable of delivering gargantuan home run blasts, David Ross wouldn't even put David Ross near the top — or bottom — of the list.
Murray Chass / New York Times:
Mitchell Investigators to Try Again With Baker  —  WHAT did Dusty Baker know and when did he know it?  Maybe he did not know anything, but whatever the level of Baker's knowledge, the Mitchell steroids investigators may yet have a chance to ask him.  —  They had their first chance to speak to Baker …
Larry Shenk / MLB.com:
Catching up with Kent Tekulve  —  Longtime Bucs closer surpsingly became a Phillie in 1985  —  PHILADELPHIA — He knew as soon as the visiting bullpen gate opened at Veterans Stadium that Philadelphia fans would shower him with boos.  —  It was mostly a case of booing the uniform and not the person.
Discussion: Bucco Blog
Free Lance-Star:
BRANDON HARPER  —  Nationals Report: Pitch and catch with ....  Was there ever a point in 10 years that you considered giving it up?  —  I had a few low points, but just the injuries I had were tough.  I missed a whole season [in 2002] and I missed parts of three seasons other times.
Lindsey Frazier / MLB.com:
Defense helps Batista baffle Giants  —  Arizona turns club-record five double plays to back righty  —  PHOENIX — If given the choice, Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin would rather his pitchers give up one too many hits, rather than issue an exorbitant amount of bases on balls.
Discussion: AZ Snakepit
 
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