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Associated Press:
Rob Manfred vote short on 1st ballot — BALTIMORE — Rob Manfred fell one vote short of the required three-quarters majority on the first ballot Thursday to become the new baseball commissioner, a person familiar with the balloting told The Associated Press.
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Paul Hagen / MLB.com:
Manfred to succeed Selig as next Commissioner — BALTIMORE — Rob Manfred will be the next Commissioner of Major League Baseball. — The 55-year-old Manfred, currently MLB's chief operating officer, was elected in a vote by representatives of the 30 clubs on Thursday, the final day of the quarterly Owners Meetings.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Commissioner Voting In Progress; Manfred Still One Vote Shy — 4:33pm: Selig and White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf are speaking in private, tweets Nightengale. Reinsdorf has long been a Selig advocate, but his opposition to Manfred as Selig's successor has been well documented.
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MLB.com:
Owners to vote for new Commissioner today — Announcement to be carried live on MLB Network and MLB.com — Major League Baseball owners are voting to name a new Commissioner today at their quarterly meetings in Baltimore. — The three finalists under consideration are MLB chief operating …
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Amazin' Avenue and Bluebird Banter
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
BALTIMORE — MLB COO Rob Manfred received 22 of 30 owners' votes …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Rob Manfred Elected as New M.L.B. Commissioner
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Baseball America
Canadian Press:
Strasburg survives shaky start to help Nationals beat Mets — NEW YORK, N.Y. - Stephen Strasburg bounced back from a poor start to pitch seven efficient innings, Bryce Harper and Adam LaRoche each hit a two-run homer, and the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 4-1 Thursday night …
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Terry Collins: Matt Harvey out for '14 — NEW YORK — New York Mets manager Terry Collins had a blunt message for rehabbing ace Matt Harvey during a phone conversation with the ace on Thursday: “Back off.” — Concerned Harvey is doing too much, too fast in his return from Tommy John surgery …
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Tim Healey / MLB.com:
d'Arnaud solidifying Mets' future at catcher — NEW YORK — As the Mets continue to evaluate their roster with at least one eye looking at 2015, the last two months have seemingly solidified one position that earlier this season was one of the club's most worrisome question marks: catcher.
Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Terry Collins likely to return as manager as Mets fall to Nationals, 3-2
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Nick Groke / Denver Post:
CARLOS GONZALEZ FACING SHUTDOWN WITH KNEE INJURY; ROCKIES MAY LOSE ANOTHER STAR — The Denver Post — Colorado Rockies right fielder Carlos Gonzalez reacts in disappointment after striking out against the Chicago Cubs at Coors Field on Aug. 7, 2014 in Denver.
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
ROCKIES' CARLOS GONZALEZ IS LIKELY DONE FOR THE SEASON AFTER PLAYING IN JUST 70 GAMES
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MLB Daily Dish, HardballTalk and baseballmusings.com
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tulowitzki To Undergo Season-Ending Hip Surgery
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MLB Daily Dish, Denver Post, NESN.com, HardballTalk and Purple Row
Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Yadi catches for first time since surgery — ST. LOUIS — On Thursday, 34 days after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb, veteran catcher Yadier Molina crouched down to catch his first bullpen session since the injury. — Manager Mike Matheny noted afterward …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates Acquire John Axford — The Pirates have officially acquired righty John Axford from the Indians, the clubs have announced. Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports first reported the transaction (via Twitter). Axford, 31, joined Cleveland on a one-year, $4.5MM free agent contract after being non-tendered by the Cardinals.
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Bucs Dugout, MLB Daily Dish, HardballTalk and Let's Go Tribe
Mark Simon / ESPN:
Comedian adores his Amazin's — and admits he thinks about baseball ‘all day’ — What's the deal with instant replay? Jerry Seinfeld doesn't mind if the umps get it wrong sometimes. … What was your first baseball memory? — It's a cliché, but walking through the tunnel …
Joe McDonald / ESPN:
Pedro: Clemens, Bonds deserve HOF nod — BOSTON — Former Red Sox pitcher and future Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez believes Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds should be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. — Martinez, who has always been outspoken about players accused of using performance-enhancing drugs …
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Surviving Grady and Over the Monster
Associated Press:
Fiers Fans 14 in Brewers 6-2 Win Over Cubs — CHICAGO — Mike Fiers struck out a career-high 14 through six innings of three-hit ball, Khris Davis and Mark Reynolds homered, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-2 on Thursday to widen their first-place lead in the NL Central.
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