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Associated Press:
Daniel Nava's single caps rally, Red Sox top Marlins 6-5 — BOSTON - Daniel Nava singled in the go-ahead run to cap a three-run eighth inning and the surging Boston Red Sox [team stats] completed a sweep of the stumbling Miami Marlins, 6-5 on Thursday night.
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
‘Drama’ surrounding Red Sox wearing on Papi — Veteran slugger hints this could be his final season in Boston uniform — BOSTON — On the surface, it seems like life has never been better for David Ortiz. At 36 years old, he is tearing the cover off the ball.
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baseballmusings.com and Over the Monster
Associated Press:
Peralta Gives Up Key Double, Nationals Beat Rays — WASHINGTON (AP) — Suspended Tampa Bay reliever Joel Peralta served up a tiebreaking, two-run double to Danny Espinosa in the sixth inning Thursday night, sending the Washington Nationals over the Rays 5-2.
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Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
MLB hits Rays' Peralta with eight-game ban — WASHINGTON — Joel Peralta's punishment was administered Thursday afternoon when Major League Baseball slapped the Rays reliever with an eight-game suspension for “possessing a foreign substance on his glove.” — Peralta was ejected …
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Yahoo! Sports
Bill James Online:
The Greatest of Games — I. The Record Game — I was very into Matt Cain's perfect game, watched the last three innings of it on my television machine, called my wife to watch the end of it, e-mailed my son in San Francisco to make sure he was watching.
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baseballmusings.com and McCovey Chronicles
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Dan Lependorf / Hardball Times:
Visualization: How Matt Cain's perfect game stands in baseball history
Visualization: How Matt Cain's perfect game stands in baseball history
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baseballmusings.com and Only Baseball Matters
Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Prospects pack rosters for Futures Game — Last year, Bryce Harper and Mike Trout were the main attractions at the XM All-Star Futures Game in Arizona. The top two prospects in baseball in one outfield at the same time appeared to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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Baseball Prospectus, Over the Monster, Gaslamp Ball, Amazin' Avenue, Phillies Nation and Boston Globe
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Rays Claim Brooks Conrad — The Rays claimed Brooks Conrad off of waivers from Milwaukee, the Brewers announced. The Brewers, who removed Conrad from their 40-man roster two days, ago, announced that they're recalling right-hander Mike McClendon. — Conrad, 32, has appeared in 25 games …
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Rays Index
Associated Press:
Berry's Hit Gives Tigers 2-1 Win Over Cards in 10 — DETROIT (AP) — Quintin Berry hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the 10th inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday. — Ramon Santiago and Jhonny Peralta hit one-out singles off Victor Marte (0-1) …
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Associated Press, Bless You Boys and Yahoo! Sports
Brendan Kennedy / Toronto Star:
Rogers wants to bring MLB Network to Canada — Rogers Communications, which owns the Toronto Blue Jays and Sportsnet, wants to bring the MLB Network to Canada. — The cable giant is sponsoring the baseball channel's application to the Canadian Radio-Television and Communications commission …
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Bluebird Banter
MLB.com:
Presley, Jones back in lineup vs. right-hander — PITTSBURGH — After facing left-handed starters in the first two games of the series with the Twins, the Pirates were able to return to their righty lineup for Thursday night's matchup. — That meant left fielder Alex Presley back atop the batting order …
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MLB Rumors
Fox Sports:
Dealing King Felix not so crazy — The Mariners in recent weeks touched base with the Cubs on shortstop Starlin Castro, asked the Royals about designated hitter Billy Butler, talked to other clubs about other hitters. — None of the talks progressed, according to major league sources.
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Lookout Landing, Baseball Nation, MLB Daily Dish and MLB Rumors
New York Post:
Double trouble: Lack of extra-base hits bad sign for A-Rod — But how high? Long, perhaps the biggest A-Rod supporter, said, “He's a 30-homer guy now, 40 is farfetched. Realistically, 30 is the number to shoot for.” — Look, we know the theories. Rodriguez turns 37 next month, and his body has been beaten up.
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River Avenue Blues, It's About The Money and MLB Rumors
NY Daily News:
NY Mets done helping Yankees by sweeping Rays and Orioles, eye sweep in Subway Series — Ike Davis: 'Losing to the Yankees is no different than losing to Colorado. What stings is losing to the Marlins. They're in our division.' — Maybe it's false bravado, or maybe he's telling the truth …
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Amazin' Avenue, New York Times and Associated Press
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