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4:50 PM ET, July 28, 2009

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Yahoo! Sports:
Trade Buzz: Boston adds Buchholz to Halladay offer  —  Buzz up! … The Boston Red Sox have offered at least three players - no-hit pitcher Clay Buchholz  —  , Triple-A pitching prospect Michael Bowden  —  and top outfield prospect Ryan Westmoreland - to the Toronto Blue Jays for ace Roy Halladay
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Joel Sherman / Hardball:
MIDDAY TRADE CONFIDENTIAL, JULY 28  —  News, notes and rumors from around the league:  —In the late afternoon on Monday, the Rangers were convinced they were the front-runners to get Ryan Garko from the Indians.  They were surprised when he ended up going to the Giants instead.
Fox Sports:
MLB trade deadline buzz: Tuesday's edition  —  With the July 31 MLB non-waiver trade deadline fast approaching, FOXSports.com baseball reporters Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi have all the latest buzz.  All times below are ET.  —  Reds not giving up on Rolen — 11:51 a.m.
John Perrotto / PiratesReport.com:
Phillies eyeing Duke and other rumors  —  PITTSBURGH _ Charlie Manuel likes Zach Duke enough that he put the Pirates left-hander on the National League squad for the All-Star Game in St. Louis earlier this month.  —  The Philadelphia Phillies manager also likes Duke enough …
Discussion: ESPN
Associated Press:
Company that owns Toronto Blue Jays looks to control costs  —  TORONTO — The company that owns the Toronto Blue Jays says it needs to control costs.  —  Rogers Communications remains committed to the Blue Jays, CEO Nadir Mohamed said Tuesday on a conference call discussing the company's quarterly earnings.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports, Philly.com and MLB
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Pirates Intend To Deal Sanchez, Wilson?
Joel Sherman / Hardball:
UPDATING THE HALLADAY TALKS
David Murphy / Philly.com:   Phillies Notebook: Phillies GM Amaro lying low as deadline approaches
Fox Sports:
MLB trade deadline buzz: Monday's edition  —  With the July 31 MLB non-waiver trade deadline fast approaching, FOXSports.com baseball reporters Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi have all the latest buzz.  All times below are ET.  —  The latest on Halladay — 10:03 p.m.
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Joel Sherman / Hardball:
LATEST ON HALLADAY, LEE AND V.MARTINEZ
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Rubin: Lobbying for the truth  —  I want to get something straight.  —  Everything I wrote about Tony Bernazard - bombshell stories that appeared in the pages of the Daily News over the last week - is accurate.  —  My reporting was solid, met the journalistic standards of sourcing and beyond …
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Alex Speier / WEEI:
WORLDS APART?  RED SOX AND MATSUZAKA STRUGGLE TO FIND MIDDLE GROUND … Though he is now in his third year in the United States, it is increasingly clear that Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Red Sox still are dealing with their differences as they approach the issue of how to keep the pitcher both healthy and effective.
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David Lefort / Boston Globe:
Red Sox respond to Matsuzaka's criticism of training program  —  Less than a week after a meeting between the two sides, there's a war of words playing out publicly between the Red Sox and Daisuke Matsuzaka over whether the team's training regimen is responsible for the pitcher's struggles this season.
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Red Sox trade for outfielder Brian Anderson  —  The Red Sox today traded for righthanded hitting White Sox outfielder Brian Anderson, sending Mark Kotsay to Chicago in return.  Anderson, who is hitting .238 with two homers on the season, was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte on July 20.
Anthony Castrovince / CastroTurf:
Garko traded to Giants for Class A lefty  —  First baseman Ryan Garko has been traded from the Indians to the Giants for Class A left-hander Scott Barnes.  —  Garko had been in the Tribe's lineup at designated hitter but was yanked about an hour before the first pitch against the Angels at Angel Stadium.
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Tribe trades Garko to Giants for Class A lefty
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
Jose De Jesus Ortiz / Houston Chronicle:
Astros lose pitcher's duel with Cubs in extra innings  —  Soriano delivers game-winning slam in bottom of 13th  —  CHICAGO —Alfonso Soriano drilled a majestic walk-off grand slam in the 13th inning Monday night, putting a sudden end to what had been a tight ballgame at Wrigley Field.
Discussion: Walkoff Walk, MLB FanHouse and Hardball
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Various Authors / The Biz of Baseball:
Social Networking and Sports Summit  —  Lest there be any doubt about the power of social networking and sports, one need only look at the diversity of this compilation to see it in action.  From beat writers, columnists, those in television and radio, blogs, an MLB club, and others in sports business …
Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
Nats' Win Is Worth 2 Grand  —  Willingham Hits A Pair of Slams: Nationals 14, Brewers 6  —  Before Monday — before a market correction on all his bad luck blasted a path into history — Josh Willingham was merely another middle-of-the-order outfielder who saved his best for the smallest moments.
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Associated Press:
Nats' Willingham jacks two grand slams in rout of Brewers
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Ethan Trex / mental_floss Blog:
The Ump Who Sued Lou Piniella (And Other Baseball-Related Legal Disputes)  —  It's surprising how often America's national pastime, baseball, finds itself snugly entrenched with the country's second-favorite hobby, litigation.  Over the years a number of baseball incidents and disputes have found their way into courtrooms.
Tim Kurkjian / MLB:
The countdown to 100 pitches  —  When pitch counts reach the century mark, the end is near ... but why?  —  ESPN The Magazine  —  Kirby Lee/Image of Sport/US Presswire  —  It's typical for a manager like Ron Gardenhire to remove a pitcher close to the 100-pitch mark.
 
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Los Angeles Times:
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