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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Joba to spend rest of season in pen — DETROIT - Joba Chamberlain is headed back to the bullpen. — The man Hank Steinbrenner recently called “the most dominant starting pitcher in baseball” will work the final month as a reliever after being activated from the disabled list before Tuesday's game.
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
JOBA ACTIVATED FOR 'PEN DUTY — DETROIT - Joba Chamberlain can start getting acclimated to life in the bullpen again, but he shouldn't plan on staying there beyond the next few weeks. — “He's a starter who is pitching out of the bullpen,” GM Brian Cashman said yesterday …
Mike Lipka / Yahoo! Sports:
Minnesota (77-60) at Toronto (70-66) — Finished with the West Coast portion of their longest road trip in more than 39 years, the Minnesota Twins are headed east. — The Twins begin the final leg of their 14-game journey Tuesday when they open a three-game set against the Toronto Blue Jays …
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Mike Waters / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Are the Mets next? — Chiefs expected to end 31-year partnership with Toronto, and fans are glad. — The beginning of the Syracuse Chiefs' 2008 regular-season finale against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees on Monday afternoon at Alliance Bank Stadium signaled the end of an era.
Associated Press:
Jays bring back Wilkerson, Marum and Mench … TORONTO (AP) — The Blue Jays activated outfielder Brad Wilkerson off the 15-day disabled list Tuesday and recalled right-hander Shaun Marcum, outfielder Kevin Mench, right-hander Scott Richmond, catcher Curtis Thigpen and right-hander Brian Wolfe from Triple-A Syracuse.
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Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:
Opportunity's knock sounds softly for Eaton — WASHINGTON - Adam Eaton is back with the Phillies, but might not pitch meaningful innings this final month of the season. — “It might be a small window for him,” general manager Pat Gillick said. “When the game is on the line …
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Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:
Kendrick chased in Phillies' defeat — WASHINGTON - There's a characteristic that managers and coaches love to see in players. They call it “good face.” Back in spring training in 1994, manager Jim Fregosi saw it in a young reliever named Ricky Bottalico.
David Andriesen / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Beltre hits for cycle as M's roll past Rangers — Third baseman finishes feat with triple, also scores five runs — ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre doesn't like to be showered in beer, the traditional celebration of a major baseball feat when there's no postseason champagne around.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Hitting funk produces third straight loss — Cubs four-hit by Astros' Oswalt to negate Marquis' sharp outing — CHICAGO — For the first time this season, the Cubs have lost three straight games at home. They've been outscored 13-5 in those contests, gone 6-for-25 with runners …
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates to recall 10 players today — Return of Paulino part of unusually large September group — The Pirates will have 10 new faces by the time they report to Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park this afternoon. — Yes, 10. — The team, for its September roster expansion …
Clemente Lisi / New York Post:
CITY WILL $TRIKE OUT IF YANKS MISS PLAYOFFS — Damn Yankees! — City businesses stand to miss out on making $141 million this fall if the Yankees fail to make the playoffs for the first time in 13 years, according to a study commissioned by The Post. — The report conducted …
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GuelphMercury.com:
Ricciardi contemplates next season's moves — CATHAL KELLY — While Toronto's division rivals prepare for free-agent spending sprees, Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi is planning a quiet off-season of internal re-arming. — “I don't really know how much we're going to look to spend,” Ricciardi said over the weekend at Yankee Stadium.
Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
Tuesday Ten Pack — Carlos Carrasco, RHP, Triple-A Lehigh Valley (Phillies) — Carrasco entered the year as the Phillies' top prospect, but his performance had been disappointing right up until the end of the season when he finished with a flourish. The 21-year-old Venezuelan put …
Steve Herrick / MLB.com:
Dominant Lee breaks 20-win mark — Shutout makes lefty first Tribe hurler to milestone since '74 — CLEVELAND — On Sept. 1, 2007, Cliff Lee was one of the players the Indians called up from Triple-A Buffalo when the team expanded its roster. — The left-hander had struggled for most of the season …
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