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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Some fill-ins filled out lineup — Cora and Kapler get manager's call — While Yankees manager Joe Torre filled out his lineup card with all the usual suspects yesterday, the only significant difference Johnny Damon tapped to serve as DH instead of center fielder, there were two notable absentees from the Red Sox lineup.
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Red Sox Notebook: Pitching woes disarming — BOSTON — After using Kyle Snyder in relief for 1 2/3 innings yesterday, the Red Sox are officially without a starting pitcher for their road-trip opener Tuesday night at Anaheim. — Snyder was set to open the trip, but instead, the Sox will probably go with lefty Kason Gabbard.
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:Hill of beans — Beckett (9 walks), Sox can't stop slide
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MLB.com:
Cubs trade Perez to Detroit for Robinson — The Chicago Cubs today traded infielder Neifi Perez to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for the Tigers' third-round selection from the 2005 First-Year Player Draft, catcher Chris Robinson. — Robinson, 22, was named to the Florida State League All-Star Game …
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Paul Harris / MLB.com:
Notes: Leyland keeps open mind — Manager considers fans' suggestions when composing lineups — DETROIT — Even though Tigers manager Jim Leyland makes out lineups for a living, he's not too busy to check out the ideas of amateurs. — Leyland says that he begins to read every letter …
Chicago Tribune:
Cubs send Perez to Tigers — The Cubs traded infielder Neifi Perez to Detroit for catcher Chris Robinson, the Tigers' third-round selection in the 2005 draft. — Robinson, a University of Illinois graduate, was named to the Florida State League All-Star game after hitting .288 with 22 doubles and 47 RBIs for Class A Lakeland.
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Getting that sinking feeling — The Red Sox brass set sail on John Henry's big boat last night. The owner held a party to celebrate the engagement of his star general manager, Theo Epstein. Nice gesture. Toasts all around, no doubt. A three-hour tour.
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Jack Curry / New York Times:A Mound of Trouble, and Beckett Is No Help at All
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Tom may have a blood clot — Lefty's season is in jeopardy — Tom Glavine's health and his season are in jeopardy, a potentially crushing blow to the pitcher as well as to the Mets' World Series ambitions, the Daily News has learned. Sources said the southpaw has experienced coldness …
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Report: Unknown ailment could derail Mets' Glavine — Tom Glavine's season could be in jeopardy. — Glavine, 40, has experienced coldness in a finger on his pitching hand, and the New York Mets left-hander is scheduled to undergo medical tests next week in hopes of finding the cause, sources told the New York Daily News.
MLB.com:
A's Place RHP Huston Street on 15-Day Disabled List — LHP Ron Flores Recalled from Triple-A Sacramento — OAKLAND — The Oakland A's today placed right-handed pitcher Huston Street on the 15-day Disabled List retroactive to August 19 with a strained right groin.
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John Hickey / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
M's trade Moyer to Phils for two minor-leaguers — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Another link to the Mariners' more successful past was traded Saturday night when Seattle shipped 43-year-old Jamie Moyer to the Philadelphia Phillies for a pair of minor league pitchers.
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New York Post:
DODGERBALL — L.A. IS BETTER THAN METS NOW AND IN — FUTURE, NL GM CLAIMS — THE biggest threat to the Mets has the fewest homers in the NL, a 2006 dossier that includes 13 losses in 14 games to begin the second half and a manager best known as an October fool.
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Irv Moss / Denver Post:
Prospects thriving living on Tulsa time — Koshansky, Smith, Stewart and Tulowitzki excelling — If it were next year and the Rockies were looking for help in September for a pennant run in the National League West, they would probably have to look no further than the Colorado Springs Sky Sox.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Hernandez could be in the future plans — CINCINNATI — Jim Tracy indicated yesterday he would like to see the Pirates sign utility player Jose Hernandez for next season. — "I think it's fairly safe to say there's probably an opportunity for a continuation," Tracy said.
Associated Press:
Diamondbacks-Padres Preview — With less than six weeks remaining in the regular season, the Arizona Diamondbacks have their eyes on more than a wild card berth. — Arizona will try to climb up both the wild card and NL West standings when they finish a three-game series against the San Diego Padres on Sunday.
