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Bernie Wilson / Associated Press:
O's snap nine-game skid, beat Padres 7-1 — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie Jeremy Guthrie shut down San Diego on four hits over eight innings and the Baltimore Orioles beat the NL West-leading Padres 7-1 on Wednesday night, snapping a nine-game losing streak. — It was the first win for interim manager Dave Trembley.
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Cubs trade catcher Barrett to Padres — CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs traded embattled catcher Michael Barrett and cash to the first-place 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 …
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Notes: Henderson here to help — Special instructor on tap to work with Reyes, Gomez — NEW YORK — With the return of summer — actually, one day before its return — has come the return of a man who used to own summer in these parts, one Rickey Henley Henderson, also known as Jose Reyes' personal tutor.
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Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Yanks in Hunter's sights — Potential free agent likes N.Y. — It's such a natural, it could be the name of a movie. And it would be the kind of headline-grabber the Yankees crave. — What if Spider-Man took New York? — Torii Hunter, a.k.a. Spider-Man, is the Twins' high flying acrobat …
Jay Cohen / Associated Press:
Twins take two of three from Mets — NEW YORK (AP) — Torii Hunter hit a two-run homer and Scott Baker pitched five effective innings to help the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Mets 6-2 on Wednesday night. — Joe Mauer also drove in two runs for Minnesota, which won two of three in its first series at Shea Stadium since 2002.
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Complete Transcript: MacPhail Press Conference — The following is a complete transcript from today's press conference announcing Andy MacPhail as the President of Baseball Operations for the Baltimore Orioles. — The following has opening statements from Russell Smouse, Andy MacPhail, and a Q&A with members of the media.
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Braves Trade McBride — Posted on Wed Jun 20, 2007 at 04:49:56 PM EDT — The Atlanta Braves announced that they have traded left-handed reliever Macay McBride to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for left-handed reliever Wilfredo Ledezma. — Ledezma has primarily been a reliever …
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Associated Press:
UNC tops Rice, stay alive — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Robert Woodard and two relievers limited Rice to six singles and a double, Dustin Ackley broke open the game with a three-run homer and North Carolina beat the Owls 6-1 in the College World Series on Wednesday.
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
White Sox can't contain Marlins in loss — Manager Guillen expresses frustration after lead dissolves — CHICAGO — On the sliding scale of Ozzie Guillen tirades, ranging from the somewhat comical right on up to his irate verbal assault of Magglio Ordonez in Detroit two years ago …
Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:
Getting the Manager Right — The Orioles shuffled a deck chair or two Monday, firing manager Sam Perlozzo and replacing him with bench coach Dave Tremblay. The move will have no impact at all on the Orioles' 2007 season, which is now all about positioning for the 2008 draft.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Schilling to DL — ATLANTA — The Red Sox announced this afternoon that Curt Schilling will be put on the 15-day disabled list, and that Josh Beckett will move up in the rotation to pitch Sunday (he'll have his normal rest). — Schilling, who had an MRI on his pitching shoulder yesterday …
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Renteria gets extra spring vs. Red Sox — Edgar Renteria was hitting .330 with 10 homers before Tuesday, having an even better season in his second year away from Boston than he had in his first. — You should know he's enjoying every minute of it, especially while the Red Sox are in town to see him shine.
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Rangers owner suspects Juan Gone used steroids — ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks suspects that two-time AL MVP Juan Gonzalez may have used steroids. — "I have no knowledge that Juan used steroids. His number of injuries and early retirement just makes me suspicious …
Dave Stewart / NBX Sports Action Blog:
Throwin Heat - General Managers — A lot of general managers are operating with limited payrolls, but they're not all getting the same results. Some teams make GM changes when they're not making progress, while others keep the same general manager for several years even when that GM has done …
Stephen Hawkins / Associated Press:
Sosa becomes fifth player to hit 600 HRs — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Sammy Sosa's 600th homer resembled so many that came before — except this time the Chicago Cubs were on the other side. — Playing for the Texas Rangers after a year out of baseball, Sosa became the fifth member …
Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
Less Than Ideal — Is there an ideal pitcher's body? There's some irony here since the pitcher who asked me that is 6'10" (as well as 3-0 with an 0.64 ERA), but ignore that for a moment. Scouts often say there's a type that's "durable" or "ideal. " In fact, the evidence suggests …
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 69: Yankees at Rockies — Here are the lineups: — YANKEES — Cabrera CF — Jeter SS — Abreu RF — Rodriguez 3B — Posada C — Matsui LF — Cano 2B — Phillips 1B — Pettitte LHP (4-4, 2.93) — ROCKIES — Tavares CF — Matsui 2B — Holliday LF
