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John Shea / San Francisco Giants:
Giants win protest, game to be resumed Thursday — UPDATE: The Giants have won their protest of Tuesday's 2-0 loss to the Cubs — a game that was called after 4 1/2 innings. The game will be resumed as a suspended game, beginning at 4:05 p.m. (Chicago time) Thursday.
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs all wet, win 2-0 after four-plus-hour rain delay — Leave it to the Cubs to have a rain delay that winds up on Deadspin. — As Tuesday night slipped into Wednesday morning at Wrigley Field, the Cubs remained stuck on the fifth inning of a game against the San Francisco Giants …
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GammonsDaily.com, MLB Daily Dish and baseballmusings.com
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Giants-Cubs called after 4.5-hour delay
Giants-Cubs called after 4.5-hour delay
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Bleed Cubbie Blue and McCovey Chronicles
Jayson Stark / MLB:
Bids escalating for Cuban defector Castillo — As the pursuit of Cuban outfielder Rusney Castillo reaches its final days, several clubs told ESPN.com on Wednesday that they believe the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants have emerged …
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Full Count, ESPN and NESN.com
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Tigers, Giants and others may view Castillo as a pennant-race plus — Talks are heating up involving Cuban star Rusney Castillo, and it's a good thing because he has designs on playing in the big leagues this season, according to people familiar with his situation.
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CBSSports.com, McCovey Chronicles and MLB Daily Dish
Associated Press:
Nationals' win streak hits 9 on another walk-off — WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals won their ninth straight game when pinch hitter Anthony Rendon singled home Bryce Harper in the ninth inning Wednesday night for a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Discussion:
AZ Snake Pit, Canadian Press and CBSSports.com
Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Mets avoid embarrassing offensive record but not another loss, falling to Athletics, 6-2 — The seven hits snapped a streak of five straight games with four hits or less in a game. That already tied a franchise record with the 2004 and 1963 Mets having those streaks.
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Angels enjoying returns on trade for Freese, Salas — BOSTON — The Angels caught some heat on Nov. 22, 2013, when they sent center fielder Peter Bourjos and prospect outfielder Randal Grichuk to the Cardinals in exchange for third baseman David Freese and reliever Fernando Salas.
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors
Ben Badler / Baseball America:
MLB Makes Significant Rule Changes For International Players — In what appears to be an attempt to crack down on an industry trend of early agreements well before July 2, Major League Baseball has changed its rules with regards to how teams can evaluate international amateur players.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Canadian Press:
Bautista, Blue Jays outslug Brewers to split two-game series — MILWAUKEE — Jose Bautista's three-run homer capped a five-run sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays outslugged Milwaukee 9-5 Wednesday, snapping the Brewers' five-game winning streak. — Bautista hit a 1-2 pitch …
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TSN.ca and Bluebird Banter
Canadian Press:
Indians' Swisher having surgery on both knees, out for season — CLEVELAND — Nick Swisher's disappointing second season with the Indians is over. — Swisher underwent surgery on both knees Wednesday, procedures the first baseman/outfielder hopes will alleviate pain and prolong his career.
Discussion:
Let's Go Tribe and baseballmusings.com
Metsblog:
Game recap: Mets 8 — Athletics 5 — Result: The Mets jumped out to an early lead and held on for an 8-5 win Wednesday afternoon. — Need to Know: Lucas Duda blasted a three-run home run to cap a five-run third inning against Jeff Samardzija. Duda's 23 homers are tied for fourth in the National League.
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Mark Saxon / ESPN:
Kershaw moved up in rotation shuffle — LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers altered their pitching rotation Wednesday to give Zack Greinke two extra days of rest as he tries to pitch through discomfort in his right elbow. Clayton Kershaw, who was originally scheduled to start Friday …
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True Blue LA
Rob Neyer / Fox Sports:
WE CAN JUDGE “SHIELDS-MYERS” TRADE IN A DECADE OR SO — Tuesday night, Jonah Keri and I were talking about the big Royals-Rays trade. By way of noting how hard these things are to evaluate, I mentioned that Wade Davis, sort of a throw-in, is (arguably) having a better season than James Shields, the big prize.
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MLB Trade Rumors