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Quest for calm? Cubs ship Barrett to Padres — Embattled Chicago Cubs catcher Michael Barrett was traded to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday for backup catcher Rob Bowen and minor league outfielder Kyler Burke. — The Padres also will receive cash considerations from the Cubs.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Cubs trade Barrett to Padres — FOXSports.com, Updated 7 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — The Cubs, frustrated by Michael Barrett's erratic, inattentive play, have traded the catcher to the Padres for catcher Rob Bowen and Class A outfielder Kyler Burke.
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs deal Barrett to Padres — Chicago gets catcher Bowen, Minor Leaguer in return — ARLINGTON — Catcher Michael Barrett has been traded from the Cubs to San Diego for backup catcher Rob Bowen, and was expected to be in the Padres' lineup Wednesday night.
RotoAuthority / MLB Trade Rumors:
Michael Barrett Traded To Padres — According to Buster Olney, Michael Barrett has just been traded to the Padres. The Padres will also receive cash in the deal. Ken Rosenthal believes the amount of cash is greater than $1MM, since it needs approval from the commissioner's office.
Associated Press:
Cubs trade embattled C Barrett to Padres — CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs traded embattled catcher Michael Barrett and cash to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday for backup catcher Rob Bowen and minor league outfielder Kyler Burke. — Barrett, batting .256 with nine homers and 29 RBIs …
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Lone Star Ball
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
It's bobblehead night for Mets — Make 4 errors in defeat — And now back to the free-fall ... Jorge Sosa turned in the shortest start by a Met in eight weeks and his teammates committed a season-high four errors in a 9-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins last night.
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Amazin' Avenue
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Baltimore Sun:
MacPhail gives franchise fresh perspective … For once, they didn't have to open the windows on the sixth floor of the B&O Warehouse to get some fresh air. — New Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail took the podium this morning and took charge of this floundering franchise and …
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Schilling says MRI exam shows shoulder normal — Associated Press, Updated 19 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — BOSTON (AP) - Curt Schilling's right shoulder was normal, according to an MRI exam, but the Boston Red Sox likely won't take his next turn in the rotation following a cortisone shot.
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Bravo for Beckett and Sox — Atlanta is blanked for righty's 10th win — ATLANTA—It was one of those just-between-slugger moments: David Ortiz huddling with Barry Bonds when the Giants visited Fenway Park last weekend. — "One of the things he told me," Ortiz said, "is that once you hit 50 home runs, forget about it.
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Surviving Grady
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Dan Ackman / Wall Street Journal:
The Boston Red Sox's Sultan of Statistical Analysis — After 25 years on the outside, Bill James was invited to take a seat at the center of the baseball universe. Since Mr. James, the statistical oracle and author of the Bill James Baseball Abstracts, was hired by the Boston Red Sox in 2002 …
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds ride Bailey's gem to victory — Griffey crushes 582nd career homer to help put away A's — OAKLAND — Homer Bailey took the mound Tuesday as just another guy in the gray visitor's uniform. — Pitching in the first road game of his brief big-league career against the A's …
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Nationals Suffer An Early Knockout — Simontacchi Equals Dubious Club Mark: Tigers 15, Nationals 1 — In the detritus of the Washington Nationals' 15-1 lambasting at the hands of the Detroit Tigers last night, there were scarcely any subtleties to dissect.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals tab Watson to fill in for Fick — First baseman to go on bereavement list on Wednesday — WASHINGTON — Nationals first baseman Robert Fick was informed on Tuesday afternoon that his mother, Gloria, had passed away from lung cancer. About 30 minutes after hearing the news …
Chuck King / Palm Beach Post:
A Taste of the Big Leagues — JUPITER — The recent injuries to the Florida Marlins have provided some welcomed nourishment to the Jupiter Hammerheads. — One of baseball's unwritten rules, along with not talking to a pitcher throwing a no-hitter, is that major-league players …
David Pinto / Baseball Prospectus:
The Big Picture — Forty and Fabulous — Two weeks ago this column looked at the graying offenses of major league baseball. Subsequently, in a series of e-mails among the Baseball Prospectus staff over the weekend, it was noted that there are a large number of pitchers age 40 and above right now.
