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A's likely cutting ties with Bradley, activate Harden — OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Athletics designated outfielder Milton Bradley for assignment Thursday, cutting ties with a player who was expected to play an important role on the team this season. — The move was made to avoid …
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Mychael Urban / MLB.com:
A's designate Bradley for assignment — Harden activated from DL for weekend series with Mets — OAKLAND — In a move that general manager Billy Beane characterized as an attempt to limit any potential clubhouse displeasure about playing time, the A's on Thursday designated oft-injured outfielder Milton Bradley for assignment.
MLB.com:
A's designate Milton Bradley for assignment — A's select Kevin Melillo From Triple-A Sacramento — OAKLAND — The Oakland Athletics announced today the club has designated outfielder Milton Bradley for assignment and has selected infielder Kevin Melillo from Triple-A Sacramento.
Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's decide to unload Bradley — Oft-injured outfielder to be traded or waived — (06-21) 18:35 PDT New York — Milton Bradley's career in Oakland - a tranquil time, compared with some his more contentious stops in Cleveland and Los Angeles - has ended, and unexpectedly early.
Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's dumping Milton Bradley — trade is possibility — (06-21) 12:01 PDT New York — Milton Bradley's career in Oakland - a fairly tranquil time, compared with some his more contentious stops in Cleveland and Los Angeles - has ended, and unexpectedly early. — The A's designated the outfielder …
ESPN:
Not for the Birds: Girardi turns down Orioles job — BALTIMORE — Joe Girardi declined an offer Thursday to become the new manager of the Baltimore Orioles, saying the timing wasn't right "for the Girardi family." — "Baltimore is a fine organization, a fine team, and I'm flattered …
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Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
O's don't manage to sway Girardi … SAN DIEGO // Rejected by the man they really wanted, the Orioles today went back to the drawing board in their managerial search, which will be a longer and more extensive process than the organization had hoped. — Joe Girardi this morning turned …
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Win-loss records don't tell the whole story … How often have you heard this question asked this season: — What's wrong with Johan Santana? — Uh, how about nothing? — Yeah, his win-loss record is "only" 7-6. Yeah, that's exactly the same record as Miguel Batista.
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Jonathan Mayo / Minor League Baseball:
Futures Game rosters announced — Cleveland prospect Lofgren excited to play near hometown — It doesn't matter what language you say it in — Japanese, Spanish, Dutch or English — the only correct way to say "future" to the 50 prospects chosen to participate in the 2007 XM Satelitte All-Star Futures Game is "big leagues."
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MLB.com:
XM All-Star Futures Game rosters announced — Rosters for the ninth annual XM All-Star Futures Game were announced today by Major League Baseball, MLB.com, Minor League Baseball and Baseball America. — The XM All-Star Futures Game will feature the top Minor League prospects competing …
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Steve Silva / Boston Globe:
Ellsbury, Buchholz tabbed — A couple of future Sox hopefuls are heading to San Francisco for the All-Star festivities. Outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury and pitcher Clay Buchholz will represent the Sox in the 2007 XM All-Star Futures Game, the team announced today.
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Associated Press:
Giambi agrees to meet with Mitchell investigation — NEW YORK — Jason Giambi agreed Thursday to meet with baseball steroids investigator George Mitchell and apologized for his actions, becoming the first active player known to cooperate with the former Senate majority leader.
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John Hickey / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Back-to-back shutouts for Mariners — Felix dominates one night after Weaver's gem — There's apparently nothing like a struggling offense to get a pitching staff back on track. — One night after Jeff Weaver shut out Pittsburgh on four hits, Felix Hernandez came back with eight shutout innings …
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Chat with Scouts Inc.'s Keith Law — Welcome to The Show! On Thursday, Scouts, Inc. senior baseball analyst, Keith Law, will stop by to talk some baseball. — Keith was formerly the special assistant to the general manager with the Toronto Blue Jays and has a wealth of knowledge for you to tap into.
Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Rangers interested in Jones — Michael Barrett on Wednesday doesn't have any direct bearing on the Cubs' philosophy or intentions heading toward next month's trade deadline. But that doesn't mean they're done dealing. — The Cubs have talked with the Texas Rangers and several other teams …
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