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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Wang out at least 10 weeks - likely more — This from the Yankees: — INJURY UPDATE ON RHP CHIEN-MING WANG — RHP Chien-Ming Wang was examined today at New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Medical Center by Yankees Team Physician, Dr. Stuart Hershon and Dr. Justin Greisberg, Foot and Ankle Specialist.
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MLB.com:
Injury update on RHP Chien-Ming Wang — RHP Chien-Ming Wang was examined today at New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Medical Center by Yankees Team Physician, Dr. Stuart Hershon and Dr. Jason Greisberg, Foot and Ankle Specialist. — Imaging studies revealed a mid-foot sprain …
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Wang out of action at least six weeks — Right foot injuries threaten to end Yankees ace's season — NEW YORK — The Yankees' starting rotation has been dealt a serious blow, as Chien-Ming Wang — the Major Leagues' winningest pitcher over the last two-plus seasons — could be lost for the remainder of the 2008 campaign.
ESPN.com:
Yanks' Wang out at least 6 weeks with injured foot — NEW YORK — Yankees ace Chien-Ming Wang will be on crutches and wear a boot for at least six weeks after injuring his right foot running the bases, the latest blow to New York's banged-up pitching staff. — It was not certain when Wang would be able to pitch again.
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Yankees 13, Astros 0: Yankees Lose Their Ace and Eye Another — HOUSTON — The Yankees' season changed irreversibly on Sunday. Chien-Ming Wang's season is in jeopardy with a serious injury to his right foot, and C. C. Sabathia instantly became a very important name in the Yankees' universe.
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:Chien-Ming Wang's season in jeopardy as foot injury mars rout of Astros
Dave / U.S.S. Mariner:
Bavasi Fired … The M's have fired General Manager Bill Bavasi. News conference shortly. — Lee Pelekoudas will take over as the interim GM and “a search for the new General Manager will begin immediately”. With as bad as this season has gone, it's unlikely that they'll promote anyone …
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MLB.com:
Mariners relieve Bill Bavasi of General Manager duties — Vice President, associate general manager Lee Pelekoudas to take over as interim general manager — SEATTLE — Seattle Mariners Chief Executive Officer Howard Lincoln today announced that Executive Vice President …
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MLB Rumors
Garth Woolsey / Toronto Star:
Classless Burnett a distraction the Jays don't need — Say this, in all fairness, about your 2008 Toronto Blue Jays - they are equal opportunity losers. — They followed up two losses in a three-game set against the worst team in the majors, the Seattle Mariners, with two losses in three games against the best, the Chicago Cubs.
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Bob Ford / Philly.com:
Red Sox Nation: Scourge on the country — Someone find M. Night Shyamalan and get him down to Citizens Bank Park tonight. There's a horror story to be told. — I see people. I see annoying people. I see annoying people wearing blue hats with a red B on the front. — And they're . . . they're . . . everywhere!
Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com:
Nolasco brilliant in series finale win — Marlins starter strikes out career-high 12 Rays in 8 2/3 innings — ST. PETERSBURG — After three straight losses, Sunday afternoon brought two Father's Day gifts for the Marlins: a return of reliability, and what is quickly becoming a pleasant surprise.
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Geoff Young / Ducksnorts:
Chatting with Sandy Alderson (Part 1) — This is the first of a three-part interview with San Diego Padres CEO Sandy Alderson. Big thanks to Mr. Alderson for taking time out of his busy schedule to make himself available, and also to his assistant, Dayle Tedrow, for her indispensable assistance in making this happen.
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Rick Peterson, Tom Nieto facing ax but Willie Randolph safe - for now — Omar Minaya refused to guarantee that his on-field staff would remain intact for Monday night's game in Anaheim, further fueling speculation that at least two of Willie Randolph's coaches could be axed during the Mets' series against the Angels that opens tonight.
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Allen Barra / New York Sun:
Players Need To Make Stand for Marvin Miller — More than Shoeless Joe Jackson, more than even Pete Rose, the exclusion of Marvin Miller, a former executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, from the Hall of Fame is Cooperstown's ugliest, longest-running public relations sore.
Various Authors / The Biz of Baseball:
State of Major League Baseball - 2008 — (L-R top row) Tim Marchman, Peter Abraham, Todd Radom, Dayn Perry, Tyler Bleszinski, Andrew Zimbalist — (second row) Ken Davidoff, Kevin Kaduk, Tim Lemke, Maury Brown, Ken Rosenthal, Jeff Erickson — (third row) Kurt Bandenhausen, John Brattain …
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Hardball Times, THE BOOK, It is about the money, stupid, Baseball Analysts, ShysterBall and Bugs & Cranks
John Kekis / Associated Press:
Final Hall of Fame Game rained out — COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP)—Severe thunderstorms drenched historic Doubleday Field on Monday, forcing cancellation of the final Hall of Fame Game. — Despite a determined effort to play the game between the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
