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Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
David Ortiz ‘humiliated’ and ‘embarrassed’ by offseason — OAKLAND - Next offseason is going to be different. David Ortiz is certain about that. No more arbitration process. No more one-year deal. And possibly no more Boston Red Sox. — The longtime Boston favorite …
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HardballTalk and NESN.com
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Big Papi notches 400th career homer — OAKLAND — Red Sox slugger David Ortiz reached a key milestone Wednesday afternoon, belting career home run No. 400 in the top of the fourth inning against the Oakland Athletics. — His shot down the right-field line, which came against A's right-hander A.J. Griffin, tied the game at 1.
Discussion:
Beyond the Box Score and Boston Globe
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Claim McDonald, Designate Schwinden
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Bronx Baseball Daily, Baseball Nation, Pinstripe Alley, River Avenue Blues and Boston Globe
Associated Press:
Moss leads Athletics to rare sweep of Red Sox
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CBSSports.com, Boston Herald and Yahoo! Sports
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Valentine shuffles rotation leading into All-Star break
Discussion:
Boston Globe, the joy of sox and Over the Monster
Jim Peltz / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers put Andre Ethier on the disabled list — Right fielder goes on the 15-day DL because of a strained muscle in the rib cage and calls the move precautionary. Mark Ellis is activated from the DL. — Andre Ethier took batting practice Wednesday and performed the other baseball-related drills …
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MLB Daily Dish
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Associated Press:
Harang plays well against former team, Dodgers beat Reds — LOS ANGELES — Aaron Harang pitched seven strong innings against his former team and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds 4-1 on Wednesday night to win consecutive games for the first time since June 9-10.
Discussion:
Yahoo! Sports
Ramona Shelburne / ESPN:
Dodgers' Todd Coffey out for season
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MLB Daily Dish, True Blue LA, ESPN and HardballTalk
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Marlins Acquire Carlos Lee — The Marlins have played to a 38-42 record since changing their name and logo, moving to a new stadium and spending aggressively on free agents, but the slow start will not stop them from adding midseason reinforcements before this year's trade deadline.
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baseballmusings.com, Fish Stripes, Amazin' Avenue, The Crawfish Boxes, MLB Daily Dish, Minor League Ball and Bucs Dugout
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Paul Sullivan / Boston Herald:
Paul Maholm's pitching leads Cubs to 7th win in 9 games — ATLANTA — Manager Dale Sveum stated the obvious before Wednesday night's game at Turner Field when he said the Cubs have “underachieved” in the first half. — But the outlook is a little brighter as the offense continues to show a pulse.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Dempster targeting Sunday for return to mound — ATLANTA — The Cubs' Ryan Dempster doesn't want to wait until after the All-Star break to pitch. He may be ready to go Sunday. — After throwing his second bullpen session since going on the disabled list June 16, Dempster said Wednesday …
David Waldstein / New York Times:
Yankees End Nine-Game Slump at Tropicana Field — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It had been about 50 weeks since the Yankees last won a game at Tropicana Field. Their last victory came on July 20, 2011 after nine consecutive losses, some of them coming in unusual fashion.
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DRaysBay
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Brendan Kennedy / Toronto Star:
Blue Jays may part ways with golden oldie Jamie Moyer as they welcome first-round pick Marcus Stroman — The same day the Blue Jays may have said goodbye to the oldest player in their organization, they also welcomed the newest. — Forty-nine-year-old Jamie Moyer pitched his second …
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HardballTalk
Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Hamels meets with Amaro Jr., mum on conversation — NEW YORK — Cole Hamels had changed out of his Phillies uniform and back into his street clothes when he headed toward the visitors' clubhouse doors late Tuesday night at Citi Field. — A clubhouse attendant stopped him before he reached the exit.
Discussion:
MLB Rumors and The Zo Zone
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Ailing Haren makes Halos vulnerable with depth — CLEVELAND — One back ailment to Dan Haren, and suddenly the Angels — a team that has led the American League in staff ERA for most of the year — don't appear to have much starting pitching depth. — With Haren likely missing …
Discussion:
Halos Heaven
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Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times:
Dan Haren roughed up, owns up to pain as Angels lose to Indians, 9-5
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HardballTalk
Mark Blinch / Reuters:
Villanueva brings the July 4 fireworks as Blue Jays beat Royals 4-1 — Carlos Villanueva pitched six shutout innings and Yunel Escobar drove in two runs as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Wednesday. — Rajai Davis had a triple and a sacrifice fly …
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Royals Review, Bluebird Banter, TSN.ca, Globe and Mail and Canadian Press
Associated Press:
Cabrera blasts 2 HRs in Verlander's CG win — Recap — Box Score — Play-By-Play — Photos — Conversation — Miguel Cabrera homers twice as Justin Verlander baffles Twins … DETROIT — The Tigers' All-Star trio led took care of the Twins.
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Twinkie Town
Associated Press:
Wainwright Leads Cards Over Rockies — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright pitched six strong innings and Matt Holliday had three hits to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night. — Wainwright (7-8) gave up one run, struck out seven …
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Purple Row and Associated Press
