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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
With Henry, dinner and The Show — It's 7 p.m. on a glorious Tuesday in a leafy suburb not far from Fenway Park and John Henry is in his home office, staring at a computer screen almost as big as the frame bordering Jane Swift's gubernatorial portrait. He's downloading some crucial information …
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Dan Shaughnessy Watch
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David Heuschkel / Hartford Courant:
House Of Blues — Papelbon Allows Two Runs In Ninth — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kauffman Stadium was a sweatbox Wednesday night as the temperature reached 102 degrees at game time. — Just when you thought things couldn't get any hotter ... The Red Sox managed to turn the heat up on themselves …
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Boston Sports Media Watch
David Heuschkel / Hartford Courant:
Players Shrug Off Lack Of Moves — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — More than a week has passed since the July 31 trade deadline and Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein is still taking heat for not making a deal. — Gabe Kapler, who made his first start since July 23 in Wednesday night's 5-4 loss to the Royals …
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The Joy of Sox
Steve Buckley / Boston Herald:
For starters, Schilling offers a deep solution — KANSAS CITY, Mo. - It's no secret that Red Sox relief pitchers have taken a beating lately, what with Sox manager Terry Francona making more and more calls to his beleaguered bullpen. — But right-hander Curt Schilling believes he has a solution …
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The Joy of Sox
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Calling for reinforcements — Struggles prompt a team meeting — KANSAS CITY, Mo. —The team meeting held prior to last night's game wasn't designed to fuel the emotions of the players. — In fact, it was designed, as Mike Lowell described it after a 5-4 walkoff loss to the Royals last night …
Seth Mnookin / The Feeding the Monster Blog:Get smart: Reasons why Sox fans should move back from the ledge
Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Today — Summer Drama — It's been a long, hard slog from their 17-24 start, but as of this morning, the Minnesota Twins have the third-best record in the American League and a tenuous grip on the AL's wild-card slot. They won two out of three this week in Detroit …
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South Side Sox
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Alex Belth / Baseball Prospectus:A Night at Shea — Piazza's Return to New York
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Bronx Banter
David Picker / New York Times:
Floyd Put on D.L.; Tucker Is Recalled — The Mets placed Cliff Floyd on the 15-day disabled list yesterday with tendinitis in his left Achilles' tendon, and purchased the contract of outfielder Michael Tucker from Class AAA Norfolk. — Floyd did not start in left field against the San Diego Padres …
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Metsblog.com
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Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
Position Breakdown: Center Fielders — The 2005 draft is looking like it could go down in history as the year of the centerfielder. Half of the 12 players listed here were selected in the first round of last year's pickfest, and two of the five honorable mentions were selected later on.
Jeff Albert / Baseball Analysts:
The Shifting Swings of A-Rod and Andruw: Part 1 — It might be different in New York, but from here in Atlanta, it seems as though the media criticism of Alex Rodriguez has tapered off. Apparently, all is well now that the Yankees have returned to their rightful position at the top of the AL East.
Todd Jones / New York Times:
Who Needs a Heart When a Heart Can Be Broken? — Like something from Mark Twain's imagination, the big, red paddle wheel on the Mississippi Queen slowly churned through the muddy Ohio River, just beyond the right-field seats of the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.
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Derek Zumsteg / ESPN:
Cubs' scheme a bad sign — Proving that there's as much justice in the justice system as jazz in Utah, an appeals court ruled recently that the Chicago Cubs' ticket-scalping scheme did not violate state anti-scalping laws, despite clearly violating the state's anti-trust law.
Roman Modrowski / Chicago Sun Times:
Dusty on '07: 'I've got a choice, too' — MILWAUKEE — Whether he was motivated by his team's recent success or by months of speculation about his job, Dusty Baker spoke with a sense of defiant confidence Wednesday before the Cubs faced the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Associated Press:
Liriano's absence indefinite after second MRI — MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins are optimistic, but not totally confident, that injured left-hander Francisco Liriano will return this season. — Liriano, 12-3 with a league-leading 2.19 ERA, had a second, enhanced MRI exam Thursday when a shot …
Jason / Faith and Fear in Flushing:
Freeze This Moment — So. Eighth inning. Two on. One out. Aaron Heilman on the hill. Here comes Mike Piazza, 800 feet of home runs hastily appended to his resume, only this time we're not talking about some cosmetic solo shot. He's the go-ahead run.
Los Angeles Times:
A Signature Moment for This Relationship — We almost won, we almost won. — Had the streak continued, we would have been in first place, but that's all right, the guys are still great, and it's like I was telling my bro Jeff Kent before the game, we're one big family around here when the Dodgers are going good.
Mark Lamster / Sports Illustrated:
Book excerpt: Spalding's World Tour — The Epic Adventure That Took Baseball Around The Globe — And Made It America's Game … Rough seas made the four-day trip due west from Auckland to Sydney one of the more difficult legs of the tour, but the welcome Spalding and his men received …
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Yanksfan vs Soxfan
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Tigers fall short in finale vs. Twins — Zumaya gives up game-deciding homer in eighth — DETROIT — For the third time in this six-game homestand, the Tigers went ahead with late-inning heroics. This time, however, the other team answered back. — Brandon Inge's two-run …
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Roar of the Tigers
