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Baltimore Sun:
O's fire Perlozzo … Sam Perlozzo was fired as manager of the Orioles this morning, the club announced at an afternoon news conference. — Perlozzo, 56, a Cumberland native who called managing the Orioles his dream job, was 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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Sabernomics:
How Not to Run a Baseball Franchise — The Baltimore Orioles have just fired their manager, Sam Perlozzo, after holding the position for a little more than one full season. Perlozzo took over the team on an interim basis in August 2005, and was awarded the permanent position after the season.
StatsGuru / Baseball Musings:
Orioles News Conference — I just received a tip that the Orioles are going to hold a news conference at 12:30 PM Eastern to announce a change in managers. ESPN says it's Girardi, but my source says Tom Trebelhorn. It's possible Trebelhorn is temporary until Girardi gets to Baltimore.
MLB.com:
Orioles name Dave Trembley interim manager — The Orioles today announced that manager SAM PERLOZZO has been relieved of his duties. Orioles coach DAVE TREMBLEY has been named interim manager. — Perlozzo was named interim manager on August 4, 2005 and then hired as the 16th manager in team history on October 12, 2005.
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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Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Lo Duca hurt in Subway Series finale — Catcher leaves game after getting plunked, likely to miss time — NEW YORK — As if June's troubles hadn't already plunged the Mets to a new low — at least the lowest perch any first-place team is likely to see — they added injury to insult …
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Mark Hale / New York Post:PAUL IN PAIN — LO DUCA DAY TO DAY AFTER INJURING TRICEP
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Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
Under The Knife — Pray for the Minimum — No time for an introduction, but a quick reminder that today is the last day to buy tickets for the BP Event in D.C. It's very close to capacity already, and I hope to see many of you there. I'll also be at Jamey Newberg's event in Arlington in a couple weeks …
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Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:
Seeing Red instead of Blue about the Jays … I try to limit my self-checks to a couple a year. I get a lot of things wrong, and while I can generally go back and stand by my in-the-moment analysis, spending your days looking backwards instead of forward is a good way to end up going in that direction.
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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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:Donnelly's sore forearm needs relief
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Yankees sign two players from China — Greetings from the JetBlue terminal at JFK. I just got this e-mail from the Yankees ... YANKEES SIGN TWO PLAYERS FROM PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA — The New York Yankees announced today that they have signed left-handed pitcher Kai Liu …
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Jay Jaffe / Baseball Prospectus:
Hip Hip Jorge — Reader DT writes: … This is one I've been meaning to get to for a couple of weeks. Having started to warm to the idea in my preliminary investigations, I pulled Posada's name out of the air when asked in my recent chat, "Who is one player that you think has turned …
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Associated Press:
Shoulder problem sidelines Schmidt again — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers pitcher Jason Schmidt is going back on the disabled list because of a right shoulder problem. — Schmidt was ineffective Saturday in his third start since missing 45 games because of bursitis in his shoulder, and admitted that something wasn't quite right.
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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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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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You Don't Make Friends With Salad And Other Lessons Learned From Injured Athletes — Ian Snell will have more time on his hands to kiss random blonds at bars in Seattle since he won't be making his scheduled start Tuesday night. It's not a sore elbow or tendonitis that will keep Snell from his appointed rounds but a chicken breast.
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