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8:00 PM ET, July 10, 2012

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Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Updated: Gee on DL with blood clot, rotation adjusted  —  Dillon Gee will be placed on the 15-day disabled list with a clot in the artery in his right shoulder.  —  4:45 pm: Terry Collins told reporters in Kansas City that Chris Young will start in Gee's place on Friday.
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Mets P Dillon Gee hospitalized  —  New York Mets right-hander Dillon Gee has been hospitalized in New York, multiple members of the organization confirmed.  —  Manager Terry Collins, reached in Kansas City, said Gee experienced numbness in his fingers and was due to undergo an angiogram.
Jayson Stark / MLB:
MLB could change HR Derby rules  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The booing of beleaguered Home Run Derby captain Robinson Cano finally had faded by Tuesday afternoon.  But the aftermath could cause Major League Baseball to consider a new rule to include at least one hometown slugger in future Home Run Derbies …
Discussion: NESN.com
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Mike Chambers / Denver Post:
Darnell McDonald loved in Boston despite move from Red Sox to Yankees  —  For a Red Sox fan in Colorado, it was nice to see a clean-cut Darnell McDonald in a Yankees uniform last weekend.  Unlike Johnny (Expletive) Damon, who was given his unofficial middle name by Boston fans upon choosing …
Discussion: Boston Globe and Over the Monster
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Papelbon: Francona exit ‘closed the door’ on return
Discussion: Boston Globe and MLB Daily Dish
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Angels have joined race for Greinke, and may compete with rival Rangers  —  The Los Angeles Angels have jumped into the race for Brewers star righthander Zack Greinke and are likely to battle their division rival Texas Rangers and others for Greinke — assuming he becomes available.
Discussion: MLB Rumors, NESN.com and Halos Heaven
csnphilly.com:
Hamels stays smooth as stare down with Phils continues  —  KANSAS CITY — Cole Hamels is handling the free-agent dance like a Fred Astaire in red pinstripes.  —  In one breath, he says he loves Philadelphia, especially the fans, and appreciates all that the Phillies have done for him.
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Mandy Housenick / Morning Call:
Rollins keeping perspective with trade talks looming
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and The Good Phight
What If?:
Relativistic Baseball  —  What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?  — Ellen McManis  —  Let's set aside the question of how we got the baseball moving that fast.  We'll suppose it's a normal pitch, except in the instant the pitcher releases the ball, it magically accelerates to 0.9c.
New York Post:
Rehab doctor: Rivera could pitch for Yankees this season  —  Four days a week, Mariano Rivera makes the trip from his Westchester home to Manhattan.  Four days a week, he puts in three hours of stretching, exercising and sweating designed to get him back from his torn ACL and on a major league mound.
Fox Sports:
Orioles intend to sign Gausman  —  KANSAS CITY, MO.  —  Baltimore Orioles general manager Dan Duquette is confident about the team's chances of signing first-round pick Kevin Gausman.  —  “We intend to sign him,” Duquette told FOXSports.com in an interview Tuesday, hours before he planned …
Discussion: MLB Rumors and MLB Daily Dish
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Albert Burford / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Kevin Gausman will return for another season at LSU
Associated Press:
Baseball cards in Ohio attic might fetch millions  —  TOLEDO, Ohio — Karl Kissner picked up a soot-covered cardboard box that had been under a wooden dollhouse in his grandfather's attic.  Taking a look inside, he saw baseball cards bundled with twine.  They were smaller than the ones he was used to seeing.
Discussion: NESN.com
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Trade talk surrounds San Diego closer Street  —  Image  —  KANSAS CITY  • San Diego closer Huston Street, the Padres' lone representative for the All-Star Game, has been the subject of trade speculation and will spend the next three weeks the object of intensifying media coverage of his availability.
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and MLB Rumors
 
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Chris Vivlamore / Atlanta Braves:
Braves place Simmons on 15-day disabled list
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Pirates pick Appel might nix $3.8M offer, return to Stanford for 2013
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Royals Sign Julio Pinto, Junior Reyes From Venezuela
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish
Chris Lund / Hardball Times:
Unlocking Lucas Duda's swing
MLB.com:
Orioles reinstate Markakis from 15-day disabled list
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Reds, Pirates, Indians, Marlins among teams to inquire about Quentin
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Tigers have some interest in Garza, and more notes from All-Star Futures Sunday
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