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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Buehrle to get $56 million over four years — FOXSports.com, Updated 19 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — Mark Buehrle and the White Sox have agreed to a new contract. — The pitcher's deal is worth $56 million over four years. It does not include a full no-trade clause …
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Alex Gyr / MLB.com:
White Sox re-sign Buehrle for four years — Team makes announcement after Sunday's win over Twins — CHICAGO — After weeks of trade rumors, it turns out Mark Buehrle is going to be in a White Sox uniform for at least four more years. — The White Sox came to terms with their star southpaw …
ESPN:
White Sox keep ace Buehrle with four-year deal — Mark Buehrle won't be the biggest ticket available at the trading deadline. — The White Sox ace agreed to a four-year, $56 million contract with Chicago on Sunday, taking the most attractive pitcher on the rumor mill off the market.
Toni Ginnetti / Chicago Sun Times:
New stance but no deal — Buehrle ditches no-trade clause, but Sox still won't buy it, agent says — Mark Buehrle was ''100 percent sure'' last Monday that he'd make his next start for the White Sox, and he was right, going eight scoreless innings against the Minnesota Twins.
StatsGuru / Baseball Musings:
Fight Saves a Run? — A very weird play just happened in Oakland. With the Mariners trailing 3-2 in the top of the seventh, Seattle loads the bases against Joe Blanton. Ibanez then hits a double to left field. The throw comes in to Crosby, who throws home trying to get Lopez.
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Associated Press:
Benches clear in Mariners-Athletics game — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Athletics starter Joe Blanton was ejected in the seventh inning of Oakland's game against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday after shoving Ichiro Suzuki, clearing both benches. — After Raul Ibanez hit a bases-clearing double …
Larry Lage / Associated Press:
Tigers hit 3 HRs off Dice-K, sweep BoSox — DETROIT (AP) — Gary Sheffield and the Detroit Tigers made Daisuke Matsuzaka pay for his lackluster location. — Sheffield hit one of Detroit's three homers off the Japanese star, Curtis Granderson took a home run away from Boston and the Tigers beat …
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Associated Press:
Back injury forces Polanco out of Tigers' lineup — DETROIT — Tigers All-Star second baseman Placido Polanco was out of the lineup Sunday against Boston, a day after leaving a game because of a back injury. — Polanco said he was encouraged by his health when he woke up. — "It feels a lot better," he said.
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Joe Lapointe / New York Times:
ESPN Series on '77 Yanks Has Jackson Burned Up — Reggie Jackson said yesterday that he was unhappy about the ESPN miniseries "The Bronx is Burning." He said he was a significant part of the 1977 season for the Yankees but was not consulted about the script of the eight-episode series, which begins tomorrow night.
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Ben Walker / Associated Press:
A-Rod, Yankees power past Angels 12-0 — NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees held their own home run derby Sunday. — Rodriguez, Hideki Matsui and Robinson Cano hit three-run homers and the Yankees hammered their way into the All-Star break, routing the Los Angeles Angels 12-0.
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Striking performance … ARLINGTON, TEXAS // When he recorded his last strikeout on a night full of them, Erik Bedard pounded his glove with his fist and then hugged his catcher, Ramon Hernandez. It was a display of emotion the Orioles have rarely seen from the stoic Bedard, but it certainly was fitting for the occasion.
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Gregor Chisholm / MLB.com:
Rios final AL participant in HR Derby — Blue Jays right fielder named before Indians game Sunday — TORONTO — Blue Jays right fielder Alex Rios has agreed to be the final American League participant for the 2007 State Farm Home Run Derby in San Francisco.
Alan Robinson / Associated Press:
Bay's 4 RBIs lift Bucs over Cubs 6-2 — PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jason Bay's All-Star break got a lot better with only two swings of his bat. — Bay, slumping for more than a month, hit a two-run home run off Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano while driving in four Pirates runs and left-hander Shane Youman held Chicago …
Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Mets' Maine misses out on another All-Star avenue — HOUSTON - John Maine was snubbed again yesterday. Not by National League All-Star manager Tony La Russa, but by his fellow players. — Maine was passed over for a spot on the All-Star team when Arizona righthander Brandon Webb was named …
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Michael Morrissey / New York Post:
WAGNER: I'D BENCH LOAFER REYES — Jose Reyes is lucky he doesn't have Billy Wagner meting out his punishment. — "I think speaking only as if I was the manager - not Willie - he wouldn't play," Wagner said before last night's 5-3, 17-inning victory over Houston.
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Manny to SF? — Manager Terry Francona told the media (or, rather, us) that Manny Ramirez is suffering from a bout of "intestinal turmoil" and will not be in the lineup today. The intestinal turmoil apparently started yesterday. — Francona did say that he didn't think it would affect …
Scott Lauber / Phillies/baseball:
July 7 — WHY NOT MADSON? — DENVER — That, ladies and gentlemen, is not a happy Charlie Manuel. — This picture was taken a few moments after Yorvit Torrealba's two-out single gave the Rockies an improbable 7-6 win last night. Improbable, I say, because the Phillies were leading 6-1 in the sixth inning.
