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9:20 AM ET, September 27, 2011

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Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Guillen out, could be managing last game tonight  —  Sox manager Ozzie Guillen takes his place on the dugout rail before the Chicago White Sox-Seattle Mariners game Monday June 6, 2011 at US Cellular Field.  Tom Cruze~Sun-Times  —  Come Tuesday morning, the silence on the South Side could be more deafening than golden.
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ESPN:
White Sox grant Ozzie Guillen release  —  The Chicago White Sox have accepted manager Ozzie Guillen's request to be released from his contract.  —  “We certainly cannot thank Ozzie enough for all he has done during his eight seasons as manager of the Chicago White Sox …
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish
Associated Press:
Sox Beat Jays in Guillen's Last Game as Manager
Discussion: Bluebird Banter
D.J. Short / HardballTalk:   Ozzie Guillen released from contract with White Sox, expected to join Marlins
Jon Heyman / Associated Press:   Ozzie appears close to joining Marlins
ESPN:   White Sox grant Ozzie Guillen release
Associated Press:
Rays, Cardinals would be home for tiebreakers … NEW YORK (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays and St. Louis Cardinals would be home if tiebreaker games are needed to decide wild-card berths in the playoffs.  —  Tampa Bay's 5-2 win over the Yankees and Boston's 6-3 loss at Baltimore moved the Rays …
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Associated Press:
Shields dominates, Rays beat Yankees to catch Red Sox
Associated Press:
Rays 1 road game if 3-way tie
Discussion: Boston Globe and ESPN
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Infante, Marlins reach agreement  —  MIAMI — For months, Omar Infante expressed how much he wanted to remain with the Marlins beyond this season.  —  Infante is about to get his wish.  —  According to a team source, the veteran second baseman and the team have reached an agreement on a two-year contract.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Marlins, Omar Infante Agree To Extension
Discussion: The Fish Pond and HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Rangers Eliminate Angels From Playoff Race  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Adrian Beltre hit a two-run homer, Michael Young added an eighth-inning RBI single, and the Texas Rangers eliminated the Los Angeles Angels from the playoff race with a 4-3 victory Monday night.
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Associated Press:
Kemp homers in triple crown chase, Dodgers top Diamondbacks
Discussion: AZ Snake Pit
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Matt Kemp's NL triple-crown ambitions take hit in Dodgers' win
Jerry Izenberg / New Jersey Online:
Mets blocked Yankees from bringing minor league team to Newark for a season  —  This is a baseball story — but not about the universal baseball feeling for a community that we used to know.  It is also about Newark, the city where I was raised to love baseball and where the Yankees' Triple-A farm team …
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Yanks prez: Team wants Cashman back as GM  —  NEW YORK — After a successful regular season, the New York Yankees would like Brian Cashman to remain as the team's general manager beyond this year.  —  “Clearly, we want him back,” Yankees president Randy Levine told ESPNNewYork.com.
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Yanks put ailing Hughes in 'pen for Rays series
Mike DiGiovanna / LA Times Sports Blog:
Angels' Mark Trumbo out for rest of season because of foot injury  —  If the Angels stage a miraculous comeback and somehow reach the playoffs, they will be without their leading run producer.  First baseman Mark Trumbo has a broken bone on the top of his right foot, an injury that will sideline …
Discussion: HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Red-Hot Fister, Tigers Offense Rout Indians, 14-0  —  DETROIT (AP) — Doug Fister pitched eight strong innings and Alex Avila drove in three runs to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 14-0 on Monday night.  —  Justin Verlander and Fister, who are scheduled to start …
Discussion: Bless You Boys
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees' Russell Martin ejected for making joke to umpire; Joe Girardi unhappy with playoff schedule  —  ST. PETERSBURG - Russell Martin's stand-up comedy career appears to have been a one-night affair.  —  Martin thought he was cracking a harmless joke at home-plate umpire Paul Schrieber …
Fox Sports:
Chipper likely to undergo MRI exam  —  ATLANTA  —  Chipper Jones slumped in his chair.  —  “I feel like I'm 50,” he said late Monday night.  —  Jones, 39, was referring to the lower half of his body — and specifically, his troublesome right knee.  —  Jones, the Braves' third baseman …
Associated Press:
Smoak 3-run homer lifts Mariners over Oakland  —  SEATTLE — Justin Smoak hit a three-run, tie-breaking home run in the sixth inning to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.  —  The victory gave Jason Vargas (10-13) his career-high 10th victory.
Associated Press:
Cabrera surpasses 200 hits as Royals defeat Twins  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Melky Cabrera became the first Kansas City player in 11 years to get 200 hits and Mike Moustakas hit the go-ahead home run in a four-run sixth inning as the Royals topped the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Monday night.
Associated Press:
Fontenot, Vogelsong Lead Giants to Win  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ryan Vogelsong threw seven shutout innings, Mike Fontenot tripled in two runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 3-1 on Monday night.  —  Pablo Sandoval and Brett Pill, who also had an RBI …
Discussion: McCovey Chronicles and Purple Row
 
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