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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Kevin Youkilis traded to White Sox — The Red Sox have traded infielder Kevin Youkilis to the Chicago White Sox, major league sources told the Globe. — The Red Sox received 25-year-old righthander Zach Stewart and utility player Brent Lillibridge. — The Red Sox also will be picking …
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Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:
Kevin Youkilis changes Sox — Trade with Chicago ends emotional game — The nameplate above the corner locker at the far end of the Red Sox [team stats]' clubhouse was gone before the end of yesterday's game. — And now, so is Kevin Youkilis [stats]. — A trade that had become inevitable …
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MLB Daily Dish
Associated Press:
White Sox acquire Youkilis from Red Sox
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Hit and Run and Associated Press
Edward Creech / MLB Rumors:
White Sox Acquire Kevin Youkilis
White Sox Acquire Kevin Youkilis
Discussion:
Over the Monster, Getting Blanked and Old Time Family Baseball
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' James Loney deals with trade rumors — again
Dodgers' James Loney deals with trade rumors — again
Discussion:
True Blue LA, Boston Globe and MLB Rumors
Dave Van Dyck / Boston Herald:
Rumors heat up that White Sox are interested in Kevin Youkilis
Rumors heat up that White Sox are interested in Kevin Youkilis
Discussion:
Boston Globe, Brew Crew Ball, baseballmusings.com and Let's Go Tribe
Kevin Goheen / MLB.com:
Capps likely headed to DL after setback — CINCINNATI — Twins reliever Matt Capps suffered a setback after Saturday's one-inning appearance against Cincinnati and is expected to be placed on the disabled list Monday. — Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony confirmed Sunday that the team …
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Joe Christensen / Boston Herald:
Josh Willingham drills 2-run HR to rally Twins past Reds — CINCINNATI — Pick a moment. Any moment. Sunday's Twins game was about as good as baseball gets, unless you have a strange distaste for dramatic home runs, plays at the plate, 100-mile-per-hour fastballs and situations where good players do what they do best.
Discussion:
Twinkie Town
Greg Beacham / Associated Press:
Angels beat Dodgers to claim season Freeway Series — ANAHEIM, Calif.—Josh Lindblom had two outs with the bases empty and two strikes on Albert Pujols when everything fell apart. The slugger drew a walk after a 10-pitch at-bat, and the reliever soon gave up the tiebreaking run in another loss for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Discussion:
True Blue LA
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Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
Price gouging in 2012 — It's no fun being frustrated. By definition, people don't like being frustrating. — Few things are more frustrating that the feeling like you're getting scammed and can't get around it. You can experience this many ways in life, and one of those ways comes when buying tickets.
Discussion:
HardballTalk and THE BOOK
Associated Press:
Harrison gets 10th win in short start, Rangers down Rockies — ARLINGTON, Texas — Matt Harrison worked five scoreless innings for his 10th victory, Leonys Martin had a pair of extra-base hits for his first three RBIs in the majors and the Texas Rangers beat Colorado 4-2 Sunday night in their final interleague game.
Discussion:
Purple Row and Yahoo! Sports
MLB.com:
Pirates promote Bryan Morris to Majors; Drew Sutton claimed off waivers — The Pittsburgh Pirates today recalled right-handed relief pitcher Bryan Morris from Triple-A Indianapolis and claimed infielder Drew Sutton off waivers from Tampa Bay. The announcement was made by Pirates Senior Vice President, General Manager Neal Huntington.
Discussion:
MLB Daily Dish
FOXSportsArizona.com:
Sources: Bauer to make MLB debut Thursday — Trevor Bauer, the third pick in last year's draft, is 11-1 with a 2.23 ERA and 116 strikeouts at two levels in the minors this season. (Associated Press) — Jack Magruder has covered professional and college sports in Arizona since 1982 …
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Baseball Nation, AZ Snake Pit, Getting Blanked and HardballTalk
Ben Estes / MLB.com:
Griffin gets call as McCarthy goes on DL — A.J. Griffin had given up five runs in 29 innings over his last four Triple-A starts. (MiLB.com) — OAKLAND — The A's officially announced before Sunday's game that they had called up right-hander A.J. Griffin from Triple-A Sacramento to start …
Discussion:
MLB Daily Dish
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Final Score: Yankees 6 Mets 5 — The Mets (39-34) lost to the Yankees (43-28) by the score of 6-5 tonight at Citi Field. — The Least You Should Know... For a full recap and box score, check out SNY's In-Game Live. — Matthew Cerrone: Well, that was disappointing.
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Amazin' Avenue
Associated Press:
Arizona Beats S Carolina 5-1 in CWS Finals Opener — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Konner Wade threw his third straight complete game, Robert Refsnyder homered for the second game in a row and Arizona beat two-time defending national champion South Carolina 5-1 in the opener of the College World Series finals Sunday night.
Discussion:
Baseball America
Associated Press:
Miley outpitches Garza as Diamondbacks sweep Cubs — PHOENIX — Wade Miley outpitched Matt Garza in eight strong innings, Justin Upton had three RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a three-game sweep with a 5-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
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MLB Daily Dish and Yahoo! Sports
