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Steve Silva / Boston Globe:
Manny media roundup — It's Aug. 1, 2008 A.M. (After Manny). Do you know who your left fielder is? — Jason Bay is heading to Boston and Manny Ramirez is expected to be suiting up for the Dodgers tonight at Chavez Ravine, where LA will take on the D-Backs.
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Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:
Ultimately, Manny Ramirez wins — Slugger gets his way in end — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio — The words don't exactly roll off the tongue, do they? — Jason being Jason. — And if you think they seem relatively ordinary now, just wait until October.
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David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Rounding up the Manny News — Steve Silva at Extra Bases does an excellent job of rounding up the reaction to the Manny Ramirez trade. There will be a news conference on the field at Dodger Stadium tonight. — I'd like to add one thing to this story. Manny, to a certain extent …
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
Lupica: Big day for Torre, bigger for Yanks — There have been other trade-deadline days in baseball, but never one like Thursday, even if the only way the Yankees' fortunes improved was because Manny Ramirez got traded out of Boston and out of the American League and out of their face.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats release Lo Duca, Estrada, Lopez — Dukes activated from disabled list; Bonifacio to be recalled — WASHINGTON — Late Thursday, the Nationals gave infielder Felipe Lopez and catchers Paul Lo Duca and Johnny Estrada their unconditional releases. The team is expected …
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Washington Post:
Nationals Let López, Lo Duca Go — On the day of baseball's trading deadline, the Washington Nationals altered the complexion of their roster. But only the smallest part of that alteration came from a trade. A series of bold personnel moves made after yesterday's 8-4 loss …
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Trade deadline had some winners ... and losers … Is it us, or did we just finish a trade-deadline July we'll look back on in 50 years and still find ourselves wondering: What the heck happened there? — Think about the men who got traded, in a span of 24 action-packed days in July:
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Did the Braves Overvalue Ohman? — I was surprised yesterday when the trade deadline passed and Will Ohman was still a part of the Braves. Ohman is a lefty specialist capable of throwing a lot of innings, and he'll be a free agent after this season. He's a good candidate for deadline deal.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
The Angels are the team to beat (duh) — Take a good look at the Los Angeles Angels this weekend. If the Yankees are to return to the World Series this season, that's the team they'll have to get through. — The Angels were 19-6 in July, averaging 6.4 runs.
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Daulerio / Deadspin:
Mike Nadel Got Your E-mail And Is Actually Quite A Reasonable Fellow — Yesterday's column by Mike Nadel caused a major stir in the sports blogatorium and sports media in general when he crucified America's favorite sideline princess, Erin Andrews, for her wardrobe and flirtatious reporting style …
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Daulerio / Deadspin:The Erin Andrews Backlash Has Officially Begun
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New York Post:
5 QUESTIONS FOR...KEITH HERNANDEZ — Q: How much credit goes to Manuel for the turn-around? — A: He deserves quite a bit. He walked into a situation where there was a cloud over the team because it took a long time for them to fire Willie Randolph. I went through it in St. Louis …
Eric Seidman / FanGraphs Baseball:
Waiver Wire Primer — Well, the trade deadline has passed which means that teams can no longer exchange players and that players cannot change teams from here on out. Or wait, nevermind, they still can, just not through conventional methods. Players can still switch sides for the next month through the magical waiver wire.
David Murphy / Philly.com:
Utley a target? Charlie thinks so — WASHINGTON - Though the Phillies did not react on the field last night, they certainly took notice of Nationals reliever Jesus Colome's eighth-inning pitch that hit Chase Utley in the back. — “The catcher set right in behind him,” Manuel said.
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MLB.com:
Yankees to celebrate 62nd — and largest — Old-Timers' day with six Hall of Famers and 18 first-time attendees — Widows of legendary Yankees to join festivities — The New York Yankees announced today that more than 70 Old-Timers, including 18 first-time Old-Timers …
Michael McCarthy / USA Today:
After New England run, Mae set to make her move — The latest TV free agent who's drawing interest from networks is former New England Sports Network (NESN) reporter/anchor Hazel Mae. Mae was an on-air personality for the regional sports network owned by the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins.
