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Zach Links / MLB Rumors:
Brewers Waive Mat Gamel, Taylor Green — The Brewers have placed Mat Gamel and Taylor Green on waivers, a source tells Adam McCalvy of MLB.com. Both players suffered injuries in 2013 that cost them the entire season. — Gamel was set to fill in the gap at first base after Corey Hart …
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Melvin talks Crew's bright spots, offseason plans
Melvin talks Crew's bright spots, offseason plans
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Al's Ramblings
Associated Press:
Cobb, Rays quiet Indians, move into ALDS — CLEVELAND — The Tampa Bay Rays' road show rolls on. Next stop: Boston. — Alex Cobb dodged trouble for nearly seven innings and the Rays pitched their way to another must-have win on the road, beating the Cleveland Indians 4-0 Wednesday night in the AL wild-card game.
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John Fay / Cincinnati Reds:
Jocketty says Baker will be back — PITTSBURGH — Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said in the immediate wake of the Reds' elimination from the postseason that Reds manager Dusty Baker will be back. — Asked if there was any question about Baker returning, Jocketty said: “I don't think so,” Jocketty said.
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Julian Linden / Reuters:
Braves Happy Entering Playoffs Under the Radar — (Reuters) - For the first time in nearly a decade, the Atlanta Braves have won the National League East division crown, raising fresh hopes they can rekindle their glory days and make a charge at winning the World Series.
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Bless You Boys and Talking Chop
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MLB:
Dan Uggla not on NLDS roster — The Atlanta Braves did not include three-time All-Star Dan Uggla on their 25-man roster for the National League Division Series. — The Braves released their NLDS roster on Wednesday, one day before they open their series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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True Blue LA and ESPN
NY Daily News:
Alex Rodriguez tells panel he was duped into taking steroids: source — The embattled Yankee and his lawyers have presented a case based partly on the idea that Rodriguez believed the substances he procured from the Biogenesis anti-aging clinic were innocent legal supplements.
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ESPN, CBSSports.com, The LoHud Yankees Blog, Deadspin, HardballTalk and The Big Lead
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Sources: Cubs have serious interest in Girardi — Brian Cashman's meeting with Joe Girardi's agent Wednesday comes at a time when the Chicago Cubs have serious interest in hiring the New York Yankees manager, sources told ESPN. — Chicago fired Dale Sveum on Monday, and sources …
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CBSSports.com and River Avenue Blues
Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Astros Claim Raul Valdes, Decline Humber's Option — The Astros have issued a press release announcing that they have claimed left-hander Raul Valdes off waivers from the Phillies and declined their 2014 club option for right-hander Philip Humber. Humber is one of four players …
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The Crawfish Boxes, MLB Daily Dish and Phillies Nation
Sam Mellinger / Kansas City Star:
What Royals GM Dayton Moore really meant by his ‘World Series’ comment — Dayton Moore said something stupid. This stupid thing he said will hang on him. His words will be mocked. — To some, Moore has already been the Royals' general manager too long. Seven years already.
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Baseball Nation, HardballTalk and CBSSports.com
Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Casey McGehee Considering Return To MLB — Masahiro Tanaka has gotten most of the attention from those looking at the Rakuten Golden Eagles' roster this season (and deservedly so), but the team's third baseman warrants some consideration as well. Former Major League infielder Casey McGehee …
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Sportsnet.ca
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Santo family to receive memorabilia tossed out by Cubs — The Ron Santo memorabilia mistakenly tossed into a dumpster by the Cubs on Monday was fished out by bartenders at Murphy's bar and will be given to the Santo family. — “I'm glad the stuff was saved by Beth Murphy and I'm looking forward …
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HardballTalk
Ryan Divish / Mariners Insider:
Sitdown interview with Mariners CEO Howard Lincoln (Part 1). — It was an odd end to yet another disappointing season for the Seattle Mariners. They finished the 2013 season with 91 losses - their fourth straight losing season. And in the final days of the season, manager Eric Wedge decided …
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Lookout Landing, Seattle Mariners blog and U.S.S. Mariner
Tony Lee / ESPN:
Red Sox tab LHP Lester as Game 1 starter — BOSTON — Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell confirmed Wednesday what many thought for the better part of a week, naming Jon Lester as his Game 1 starter in the American League Division Series, which begins Friday at Fenway Park.
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