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Jim Street / MLB.com:
Hargrove resigns as Mariners skipper — McLaren named manager; will begin tenure on Monday — SEATTLE — Mike Hargrove resigned Sunday as manager of the Seattle Mariners and was replaced by bench coach John McLaren. — The stunning announcement came prior to the Mariners' series finale …
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Associated Press:
Seattle stunner: Mariners manager Hargrove resigns — SEATTLE — Mike Hargrove resigned as manager of the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, saying his "passion has begun to fade" for baseball even though his team is the hottest club in the majors. — Hargrove was to manage Sunday's game against Toronto …
Geoff Baker / blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com:
Hargrove resigning — That's the word we've gotten. Talk about a shocker. Maybe he read my blog entry yesterday and decided to go out on top. Just kidding about that, but seriously, when's the last time a guy steps down with his team 11 games above .500? None of this is official.
Rob Bradford / Boston Herald:
Texas-sized letdown: Ace misses his spots as Rangers rally — It wasn't where Josh Beckett [stats] wanted to be. — The Red Sox [team stats] starting pitcher would have settled for either end of the 17 inches that stretched across home plate, just not in the middle.
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Peter's Red Sox Forever
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George King / New York Post:
DIGGING DEEP FOR BULLPEN HELP — The Yankees have promoted 26-year-old right-handed reliever Edwar Ramirez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and he will report today to provide support for a bullpen that has been wretched. — Ramirez, who threw three scoreless innings and struck out six Friday night …
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George King / New York Post:
YANKEES' BATS GAUD AWFUL — BOMBERS CLOSE TO ROCK BOTTOM IN 1-HIT LOSS — Welcome to Rock Bottom where fingers are being pointed and gloves burned. — During the first three months of a season that has slipped away, the Yankees have avoided chirping about each other.
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Tigers acquire Capellan from Brewers — Righty reliever adds depth to Detroit's depleted bullpen — DETROIT — The Tigers added another reliever to the mix of their depleted bullpen, acquiring right-hander Jose Capellan from the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday for Minor League left-hander Chris Cody.
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Danny Knobler / Detroit Tigers Insider:
Tigers trade for Jose Capellan — DETROIT — Well, they got a reliever. — He's Jose Capellan, and he's the newest Tiger, acquired today from Milwaukee in a deal for minor-leaguer Chris Cody. He's right-handed, he's 26, he's appeared in 88 major-league games with a 4.70 ERA and he didn't cost the Tigers much.
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Sox beat Royals in 10 — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Left-handed ace Mark Buehrle read a magazine, watched television and played cards. — "I got nothing," Buehrle said of his contract impasse through a team publicist. — The White Sox, however, had enough resources Saturday night to seize …
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MLB Trade Rumors
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Lo Duca's Met days numbered — Vocal catcher gets support of mates, not front office — PHILADELPHIA - Omar Minaya had identical offers dangling to free-agent catchers Bengie Molina and Ramon Hernandez two winters ago when the Mets GM abruptly yanked both from the table.
Robert Dvorchak / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Some Bucs fans, but not too many, leave their seats in protest — One of baseball's time-honored traditions is the seventh inning stretch and the singing of "Take me out to the ballgame." But last night at PNC Park, some paying customers left their seats innings earlier, a disgruntled way of saying, "Take me out of the ballgame."
Discussion:
PittsburghLIVE.com, The Biz of Baseball, Where have you gone …, Bucs Dugout, The Parrot and Honest Wagner
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Paul Oberjuerge / Daily Breeze:
Vin Scully, Voice of the Dodgers, speaks to you — L.A. institution is in his 50th year in Los Angeles, and he's still having that one-on-one conversation with us that we hope never ends. — It's 50 years now that Vin Scully has been the best friend we've never met.
Discussion:
The Griddle
Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Pity the pinstripes — Future looks even worse than present — While the powers that be at Steinbrenner U. are undoubtedly in denial about this, the operative word on the 2007 Yankee season is officially this: fugettaboutit. — But that's not nearly the worst of it for Yankee fans.
Jayson Addcox / MLB.com:
Penny's gem spoiled against Padres — Tomko yields two 12th-inning runs as LA falls two back — LOS ANGELES — Brett Tomko gave up two runs in the top of the 12th inning, putting the Padres up for good as they defeated the Dodgers, 3-1, on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium.
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6-4-2
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