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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Notes: Mets focusing on this season with Green — It's easy to understand why the Mets want right fielder Shawn Green for the rest of this season: With Cliff Floyd on the disabled list, they've been rotating Endy Chavez, Michael Tucker and rookie Lastings Milledge in their corner-outfield spots.
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ESPN:
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 …
Chris Haft / Contra Costa Times:
Byrnes re-establishes his value at a good time — Giants notebook — SAN FRANCISCO — Although it's questionable whether Eric Byrnes will return to the Arizona Diamondbacks next season, there's no question that he has re-established his value. — Byrnes entered Tuesday batting .277 batting …
Amanda Branam / MLB.com:
Peavy aims to bring stability to Padres — San Diego (63-62) vs. Los Angeles (66-59), 7:05 p.m. PT — If they could, the Padres might keep Tuesday's starter Jake Peavy in a protective bubble where nothing could harm him. — Should Peavy make it past the first inning in the middle …
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Steve Henson / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' Loss Is Out of Sight — Padres' Peavy shuts them down and San Diego continues its dominance in the series with a 1-0 victory that cuts lead to two games. — SAN DIEGO — Jake Peavy took a seat in the dugout, looked at the scoreboard and saw nothing.
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Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:
A bad deal for Sox: Front office caught in a mess with trade for Lopez — ANAHEIM, Calif. - Now, somewhat astonishingly, this is not solely about the deals that Red Sox officials failed to make at the annual trading deadline. It is also about a trade the Sox did make that has blown up in their face like a trick cigar.
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Notes: Ramirez sits with sore hamstring — Sox don't want to play him and lose him for extended period — ANAHEIM — The one constant the Red Sox have had this season, through hot streaks and cold streaks, has been the lethal 3-4 lineup combo of David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez.
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The Feeding the Monster Blog
Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers GM talks to his future free agents — GM begins early discussions with club's impending free agents — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - General manager Jon Daniels has begun talking with agents representing the club's impending free agents but said he doesn't want it to become a distraction in the clubhouse.
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Lone Star Ball
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Jan Hubbard / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Millwood is at his best on road — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — If the Rangers have something close to a sure thing, it will be displayed on the mound tonight at Tropicana Field. — Kevin Millwood gets another road start and although Rangers fans might not have the statistics memorized, any local baseball fan knows this:
Associated Press:
Phillies CF Rowand could miss rest of the year with broken ankle — CHICAGO (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Aaron Rowand is hoping to emulate former Eagles receiver Terrell Owens by coming back from an ankle injury to shine in the postseason. — Rowand could miss the rest …
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Girardi Doesn't Dodge Query On Hit Batters — Florida Marlins Manager Joe Girardi said Tuesday that he does not instruct his players to stay in the way of breaking pitches to get on base, an accusation levied by Washington Nationals Manager Frank Robinson following Monday night's 3-1 Florida victory.
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Daniel Brown / Mercury News:
Their tools of ignominy — A baseball box score adds up as neatly as an accountant's ledger. For every home run, walk or strikeout in a hitter's column, there is an accompanying mark for the pitcher. For every winner, there is — as every Cubs fan knows — a loser.
Charles F. Gardner / JSOnline:
Notes: View from the top — Hart adapting well to role as team's leadoff hitter — cgardner@journalsentinel.com — Corey Hart is getting his chance to play every day in the outfield, and the 24-year-old is trying out a new spot in the batting order. — Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost …
Deadspin:
Hacking Bernie — What About The Children (And Their Wallets)? — At first the idea sounds nuts, like barbecuing in the nude, or a Madonna concert. But then when you think about it ... why shouldn't kids get paid for playing in the Little League World Series?
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Being Julio Franco — Were this story to start with my stomach doing a loop-de-loop, it would not sufficiently explain how I tried to stifle the aging process, so let's instead begin with the two-pound omelet and work from there. — Every morning, Julio Franco takes 20 or so eggs …
NY Daily News:
Looper hears familiar jeers — The setting and greeting were familiar for Braden Looper, only this time the uniform and result were different. — Last night Looper returned to the Shea mound for the first time as a St. Louis Cardinal and, much like in his two seasons as Mets closer, was roundly booed.
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NY Daily News:
Bill gives Mets the nod — Apparently, the National League's best team isn't exciting enough to keep a former president awake. — One inning before Carlos Beltran's walkoff homer in last night's 8-7 win, Bill Clinton was caught by television cameras napping in the front row behind home plate, with the Mets staging a rally no less.
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Metswalkoffs / Mets Walkoffs And Other Minutiae:
Oy Vey, What a Game — One of 2 posts on Wednesday, with the other celebrating Julio Franco's 48th birthday, which can be found here... http://metswalkoffs.blogspot.com/2006/ 08/me-and-julio-down-by-ballyard.html&n bsp; — Anyone know the Hebrew or Yiddish translation of Walk-Off Home Run?
