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Associated Press:
Ross hits two three-run homers, Red Sox pound White Sox — BOSTON — Cody Ross hit three-run homers in consecutive innings and Felix Doubront pitched six solid innings, carrying the Boston Red Sox to a 10-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.
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Boston Herald, MLB Daily Dish, Surviving Grady, Over the Monster and Yahoo! Sports
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Fox Sports:
Red Sox gauging interest in Crawford
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Boston Globe:
After second opinion, David Ortiz to the 15-day DL
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Over the Monster, MLB Daily Dish, MLB Rumors and the joy of sox
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Mega proposal: Boston's Crawford to Miami for Ramirez, Bell
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Baseball Nation, Fish Stripes, Over the Monster, HardballTalk, The Big Lead, MLB Daily Dish and NESN.com
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox, Marlins Discussed Crawford, Hanley, Bell
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Baseball Nation
Rob Bradford / WEEI:
NOT FORGIVING OR FORGETTING HAS LED CARL CRAWFORD TO A FAMILIAR PLACE
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MLB.com:
After resting sore knee, Quentin back in action — SAN DIEGO — Outfielder Carlos Quentin was back in left field and the cleanup spot on Wednesday after missing two games with soreness in his left knee. — Quentin has had surgeries on both knees, though the most recent procedure …
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Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Draft lottery awards 12 teams with extra picks — Royals draw top sandwich pick; Pirates, D-backs claim next two — SECAUCUS, N.J. — The Royals were the biggest winner in the first Competitive Balance Lottery, held at MLB Network Studios on Wednesday afternoon.
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The Heater Feed
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Competitive Balance Lottery Results
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Redleg Nation, The Detroit Tiger Weblog, River Avenue Blues and MLB.com
Associated Press:
Fister, Fielder Lead Tigers to 7-2 Win Over Angels — DETROIT (AP) — Doug Fister gave up just two hits over eight innings and Prince Fielder capped a four-run second inning with a two-run single to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-2 Wednesday night.
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Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Torii Hunter says he'll take big pay cut to stay with Angels next season — DETROIT — Torii Hunter, in the final year of a five-year, $90 million contract, would take a huge pay cut to remain with the Los Angeles Angels and promised that money “will not be an issue” in whether he returns in 2013.
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Associated Press, Boston Herald and baseballmusings.com
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Angels Notes: Morales, Richards, Santana, Hunter
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CBSSports.com Sports News …, MLB Daily Dish and mlbbuzz
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Trade deadline primer: 10 teams, players to watch
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MLB Daily Dish
Associated Press:
Kubel's 2 HRs Lead Dbacks Over Reds 7-1 — CINCINNATI (AP) — Jason Kubel returned from a sore hamstring and homered in his first two at-bats on Wednesday night, powering the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-1 victory that dropped the Cincinnati Reds back into a first-place tie in the NL Central.
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MLB Daily Dish, Red Reporter, AZ Snake Pit and Associated Press
Associated Press:
Giants Score 6 Runs in 11th to Beat Braves 9-4 — ATLANTA (AP) — Brandon Crawford and Gregor Blanco hit three-run homers in the 11th inning and the San Francisco Giants recovered after blowing a two-run lead in the 10th to beat the Atlanta Braves 9-4 on Wednesday night.
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Talking Chop, McCovey Chronicles, Yahoo! Sports and Associated Press
JonPaulMorosi / mlbbuzz:
No resolution — or contract — close for Greinke, Brewers — Zack Greinke remains in limbo. — Greinke could leave the Milwaukee Brewers as a free agent after this season. He could sign a long-term contract extension with the team. He could be traded before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline.
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Baseball Nation and HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Yanks cap sweep of Jays in rain-shortened win … NEW YORK — Hiroki Kuroda pitched four-hit ball, Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer in a four-run first inning and the New York Yankees completed a thorough sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays with a 6-0, rain-shortened victory Wednesday.
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Dan Szymborski / ESPN:
Five NL trades that must happen — Justin Upton to the Pirates, Cole Hamels to the Dodgers and other deals — Baseball's non-waiver trade deadline is a scant two weeks away, so it's rapidly becoming time for teams to start making some final decisions on the near-future comings and goings.
Associated Press:
Santana hits three-run homer as Indians beat Rays — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Carlos Santana hit a three-run homer during a five-run seventh inning and the Cleveland Indians rallied for a 10-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night. — Shin-Soo Choo and Asdrubal Cabrera hit …
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DRaysBay
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Notebook: Boggs tinkers with pitch to add to arsenal — JUPITER, Fla. • Somewhere on the list of popular spring training refrains beneath “best shape of his career” and “ready to show his versatility” is the hymn sung by so many pitchers as they take the mound in February.
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Viva El Birdos
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Nats send autographed Harper bat to Ozzie — CHICAGO — Some levity was added to the heated pine-tar exchange between Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen and Washington's Bryce Harper on Sunday. — A stir was created after Guillen took issue with Harper showing a bat that didn't have much pine tar …
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Toni Ginnetti / Chicago Sun Times:
Ryan Dempster trade might be imminent
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MLB Daily Dish and MLB Rumors
