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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates fire GM Littlefield; interim replacement is Graham — The Pirates this morning fired general manager Dave Littlefield near the end of his seventh losing season. — He will be replaced on an interim basis by Brian Graham, the team's director of player development.
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MLB.com:
Pirates relieve GM Dave Littlefield of duties — Official press conference to be held at 2 p.m. — The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced that General Manager Dave Littlefield has been relieved of his duties effective immediately. Pirates Senior Director of Player Development Brian Graham …
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Knuckle Curve
MLB.com:
Chariman Nutting's letter to fans — Dear Pirates Fans: — Today I announced that I have made the decision to relieve Dave Littlefield of his general managerial duties effective immediately. Brian Graham, our Senior Director of Player Development, will serve as interim General Manager …
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Pittsburgh Lumber Co.
NY Daily News:
Rick Ankiel received 12-month supply of HGH, News learns — PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel, baseball's feel-good story of the season, received a 12-month supply of human growth hormone in 2004 from a Florida pharmacy that was part of a national illegal …
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ESPN.com:
Report: Cards' Ankiel linked to HGH case — St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel, who punctuated a storybook comeback from pitching travails by homering twice with 7 RBIs Thursday, joined the list of athletes linked to a Florida-based steroids investigation.
Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Report: Ankiel linked to HGH — PHOENIX — Rick Ankiel, the St. Louis pitcher turned hitter who has been pounding the ball since he was brought up by the Cardinals late this season, received a 12-month supply of human growth hormone in 2004 from a Florida pharmacy that was part …
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It's Mets For Me
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Sox wear down Orioles — Uniform change can't alter familiar outcome — BALTIMORE - He may not have to shave yet, but the legend has legs. — There can be little doubt of that after 23-year-old Clay Buchholz, in the encore to his no-hitter in his second big league start, made his first relief appearance one to remember, too.
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Surviving Grady
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:Buchholz didn't buckle — Rookie structures a victory in relief
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The Soxaholix
David Ginsburg / Associated Press:Buchholz solid in relief, BoSox edge O's
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Red Sox Monster
Sports Illustrated:
Source: Glaus received steroids — Pipeline pharmacy provided drugs to All-Star 3B — Former World Series MVP and four-time All-Star Troy Glaus, currently a third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, received multiple shipments of performance-enhancing steroids through an allegedly illegal …
Baseball America:
All-Around Game Leads Reds' Bruce To Player Of Year Award — DURHAM, N.C.—The scoreboard at Durham Bulls Athletic Park displayed the temperature on an August afternoon: 98. But with the oppressive humidity of a North Carolina summer, it felt like well over 100.
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Church of Baseball
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Win Some or Lose Some, Mets Are Doing Enough — The Mets have had more disappointments than celebrations in their 46-season history, but they are only about three weeks away from evening things out a little. Enjoying a relatively comfortable five-game lead in the National League East with 23 games to play …
Chicago Sun Times:
Inside Pitch with the White Sox — Showing his hand — Manager Ozzie Guillen said he will give reserve Andy Gonzalez (above) a few consecutive starts at shortstop over the next three weeks, indicating that the White Sox are sold on the versatile rookie as a future bench player — and that Juan Uribe's days might be numbered.
Adam / The BaseLine Report:
MONEY HAUL — Call us crazy, but where else in the world can be found an industry where a small market GM leads the large market companies? When does a business with half the budget dictate protocol for the "super powers" in the business of baseball? In the case of the Oakland A's and GM Billy Beane …
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Baseball Musings
