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Reports: Mets deal for Diamondbacks OF Green — NEW YORK — Outfielder Shawn Green reportedly was traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the New York Mets on Tuesday night, giving the NL East leaders one more big bat as they gear up for the postseason. — Two team officials familiar …
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Ben Walker / Associated Press:
Mets acquire Green from Arizona — NEW YORK (AP) — Outfielder Shawn Green was traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the New York Mets on Tuesday night, giving the NL East leaders one more big bat as they gear up for the postseason. — The Diamondbacks sent the 33-year-old Green and cash …
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
D-Backs, Mets complete deal for Green — Veteran waives no-trade clause; deal awaiting approval — SAN FRANCISCO — Shawn Green's career with the Diamondbacks appears to have come to an end. — A baseball source told MLB.com that the veteran outfielder was dealt along with cash considerations …
Sports Illustrated:
Done deal — Mets acquire Green from D'backs, also consider Alou — NEW YORK — With an eye on October, the New York Mets acquired veteran outfielder Shawn Green from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night. — The Diamondbacks sent the 33-year-old Green and slightly more than $6.3 million …
Steve Buckley / Boston Herald:
Playoffs are a wild idea: These Sox not worthy of October — An hour or so after the Yankees had completed their five-game annihilation of the deflated Red Sox with a 2-1 victory yesterday at Fenway Park, the two teams headed for the airport to catch their charter flights to the West Coast.
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Jack Curry / New York Times:
Abreu Has Become a Natural Fit In a Patient and Powerful Lineup — About 10 seconds after hearing that Bobby Abreu had been traded from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Yankees, Curt Schilling, who is as much of a baseball analyst as a pitcher, was concerned.
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Relieved Glavine to miss just one start — Clot not threatening; lefty targets return to rotation by weekend — NEW YORK — A sense of great relief washed over the Mets on Tuesday when they learned that Tom Glavine will not require surgery and that he will rejoin the team's rotation after missing just one turn.
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ESPN:
Mets' Glavine doesn't need surgery, will return soon — On Sunday it was feared Tom Glavine might miss the rest of the season. Now, the veteran Mets left-hander might be on the mound as soon as next week. — Sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney that an angiogram performed Monday revealed …
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Mets' Karma Is Taking a Turn for the Worse — Pedro Martínez blurted out a remark three weeks ago that seemed offhand then, but poignantly prescient now. — Standing in the visitors' clubhouse at Turner Field in Atlanta, Martínez responded to a television commentator's assertion …
Mark Hale / New York Post:TOM'S TERRIFIC — SOURCE: TEST SAYS GLAV CAN — RETURN IN WEEK
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Ryan Crawford / MLB.com:
Phils find .500, but win may be costly — Rowand injured in collision with Utley as Philly fends off Cubs — CHICAGO — The Phillies got back to .500 on Monday for the first time since June 19, but it didn't come easy and it didn't come without a cost. — Arthur Rhodes entered …
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Toni Ginnetti / Chicago Sun Times:Marmol on DL; Rusch rushes back to fill void
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates trade Hernandez to Phillies for cash — By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — ATLANTA — The Pirates today traded utilityman Jose Hernandez to the Philadelphia Phillies for an undisclosed amount of cash. — Hernandez, 37, was making $850,000 on a one-year contract.
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Associated Press:
Dodgers-Padres Preview — Jake Peavy has started to turn around his miserable season. That bodes well for the San Diego Padres as they look to defend their NL West crown. — Peavy will try to help the Padres move closer to the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers when the NL West rivals resume their three-game series on Tuesday.
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Bloomberg:
New York Yankees Are Losing Money, Cashman Says (Update1) — Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) — The New York Yankees are losing money even as they're winning games, General Manager Brian Cashman said. — The team's highest-in-baseball payroll, revenue-sharing outlay and other expenses eclipse its revenue …
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Dave Gorgon / thenewsherald.com:
JLWS umpire nurtures baseball in Romania — Years from now, if baseball becomes popular in Romania, Cristian Manea may be considered the person responsible for getting it there. — Manea, a successful 32-year-old computer business owner in his native Bucharest, became the first umpire …
Matthew Haggman / Miami Herald:
Stadium plan for downtown gets a boost — Major League Baseball has its sights on downtown Miami land for a new Florida Marlins stadium, adding a new twist in the long quest for a new home. — mhaggman@MiamiHerald.com — Reigniting hopes for baseball in downtown Miami …
