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Baltimore Sun:
Source: O's fire Perlozzo … Sam Perlozzo was fired as manager of the Orioles this morning, according to a club source. — Perlozzo, 56, a Cumberland native who called managing the Orioles his dream job, will be removed about 2 1/2 months into his second full season leading the club.
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ESPN:
Perlozzo out as skipper; MacPhail hired as COO — Sam Perlozzo's brief tenure as Orioles manager ended Monday. — The team has called a 1 p.m. news conference where it will announce that Perlozzo has been fired. Orioles executives Mike Flanagan and Jim Duquette informed Perlozzo of the decision Monday …
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New York Post:
BOMBERS CONSIDER DEAL FOR HILLENBRAND — The Yankees have talked to the Angels about Shea Hillenbrand, a right-handed hitting first baseman they were interested in this past offseason when he was a free agent. — Hillenbrand's playing time with the Angels has been reduced …
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MLB Trade Rumors
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
SUPERMAN A-ROD IN LINE FOR $30 MILLION A YEAR — IT is easy to forget now in the fusillade of more homers, more RBIs, more greatness that Alex Rodriguez actually slumped for nearly a month this season. — Yet embedded in that slump were signs that Rodriguez would not only come out in a powerful way …
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Mark Hale / New York Post:PAUL IN PAIN — LO DUCA DAY TO DAY AFTER INJURING TRICEP
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MetsBlog.com
Andrew Baggarly / Mercury News:
Losses may force Giants into sell-off — SABEAN, BONDS WON'T RULE OUT A TRADE — BOSTON - The Giants have not been sellers at the July 31 trade deadline during Brian Sabean's decade-long tenure, but with the club 10 games out and firmly in last place in the division …
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MLB Trade Rumors
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Jeff Goldberg / Hartford Courant:
Bonds Strikes, But Sox Sweep — BOSTON — Fifteen years and 571 home runs ago, Barry Bonds and Tim Wakefield were teammates in Pittsburgh. — The last game Bonds won in a Pirates uniform was Game 6 of the 1992 National League Championship Series, when Wakefield, a rookie, threw his second complete-game victory of the series.
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Donnelly's sore forearm needs relief — Brendan Donnelly has the old-time baseball thing going. A sense of vengeance and, apparently, a distaste for interleague play. — When approached before the game for his take on his move to the disabled list , which came down yesterday, Donnelly would say only, "I don't do interleague play."
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Peter's Red Sox Forever
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:Giant killers — Resurgent bats, Piñeiro's arm help Red Sox finish sweep
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Aching Beltran can see Star trek — Carlos Beltran, the NL's leading vote-getter, has no intention of skipping the July 10 All-Star Game in San Francisco, even though he suggested he could use a week off to rest a nagging left quadriceps injury that he indicated was a tear. — "Three days?
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MetsBlog.com
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Gregor Chisholm / MLB.com:
Notes: Young ready for Tigers reunion — Red-hot first baseman bears no ill will towards former team — TORONTO — Washington first baseman Dmitri Young will have an opportunity to take on his former team when the Nationals open a three-game series against the Tigers on Monday night at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium.
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Notes: Carroll called up to Marlins — Outfielder makes his Major League debut in KC finale — KANSAS CITY — Golf protocol prevented Brett Carroll's mother, Laura, from blurting out a loud scream on Saturday. — Called up from Triple-A Albuquerque, the 24-year-old Carroll is making …
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Clay Davenport / Baseball Prospectus:
Bonds homered over the weekend... Up to 748 now, after Saturday's Fenway shot. That isn't enough to change his chances of making it by the All-Star break any (still 13%) there, but it does drop his "not this year" chances back into the sevens; the only way "not this year" happens is with an injury …
Alex McPhillips / MLB.com:
Notes: Delcarmen back in big leagues — Donnelly hits DL with tight forearm; cross-country tour awaits — BOSTON — Right-hander Manny Delcarmen was back home in Boston on Sunday, nearly three weeks after his lone 2007 cup of coffee came to an abrupt end.
The Journal News:
Posada's style, value reminiscent of Munson's — NEW YORK - There aren't many people, maybe nobody else, who would go and sit in Thurman Munson's empty locker in the Yankees' clubhouse. — Ron Guidry does every once in a while. He'll go in for inspiration.
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Bronx Banter
Aaron / AaronGleeman.com:
Presented Without Comment: The First 30 Starts — With Friday's loss to the Brewers, Scott Baker has now made 30 career major-league starts. Here's how his performance compares to the numbers of a handful of prominent Twins pitchers through their first 30 big-league starts:
