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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 …
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Exposing our dirty double standards … There are certain stories in sports you wish weren't true, weren't real, weren't happening. — There are certain stories in sports that pull you in, magnetize your eyeballs, grab your heart and then won't let go. — Little did we know that Rick …
NY Daily News:Rick Ankiel received 12-month supply of HGH, News learns
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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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Tom Singer / MLB.com:
Coins flipped for tiebreaker scenarios — The Arizona Diamondbacks, one of the Major League's hottest teams in the second half of the season, proved as capable making calls as making plays on Friday afternoon. — The National League West leaders — by the slimmest of margins …
Aaron Fitt / Baseball America College Blog:
Emotional Homecoming For Serrano — Cal State Fullerton is now announcing it officially: Dave Serrano is the Titans' new head baseball coach. Serrano signed a four-year contract today, and the Titans will have a reception for him Monday. — "It is a dream job," Serrano told Baseball America on Friday afternoon.
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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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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:Buchholz didn't buckle — Rookie structures a victory in relief
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Colorado starter Elmer Dessens leaves game in third with strained left hamstring — DENVER (AP) -Colorado starter pitcher Elmer Dessens left the Rockies' game against San Diego Friday night with one out in the third inning after straining his left hamstring on a pitch to Brian Giles.
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Larry Lage / Associated Press:
Granderson's HR helps Tigers beat M's — DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers might be putting it together just in time to keep their postseason hopes alive. — Curtis Granderson's homer put him in elite company and Justin Verlander gave up one run over eight innings as Detroit beat …
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Jay Jaffe / Baseball Prospectus:
Great Leaps Forward, National League — Our four-part series moves on to the National League, and the breakouts in the Senior Circuit's systems. — Acquired from the White Sox for Danny Richar in late June, outfielder Aaron Cunningham made steady improvements throughout the year …
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MLB.com:
D-backs sign reliever Bob Wickman — PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks announced today that they have signed righthanded pitcher Bob Wickman. — Wickman, 35, was 3-3 with a 3.92 ERA (19 ER in 43.2 IP) over 49 games with the Atlanta Braves this season, recording 20 saves in 26 save opportunities.
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Mark Hale / Mets Blog:
Delgado out, while Gomez is here — Carlos Delgado spoke today for the first time since the diagnosis of his strained right hip flexor, and the first baseman doesn't have a sense yet of how long he'll be out. — "I don't know the when," he said. — Delgado was originally listed …
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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 …
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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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
30-30 vision for Wright? — Third baseman knows benchmark would put him among elite — NEW YORK — A computer program seemingly has altered how we measure the offensive prowess of players nowadays. No longer do simple totals satisfy us. It seems we need to know more than Ted Williams batted .406 …
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