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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rangers Acquire Will Venable, Designate Michael Choice — The Rangers announced that they have acquired outfielder Will Venable from the Padres in exchange for minor league catcher/outfielder Marcus Greene and a player to be named later. In order to clear space on the roster for Venable …
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New York Daily News:
If Nationals want to shake up Mets, they should hire Wally Backman as manager — The Mets can only hope that Mike Rizzo is one stubborn GM, apparently determined to prove he wasn't wrong about hiring Matt Williams, no matter how much of a disaster the Nationals are these days.
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Federal Baseball, HardballTalk and Metsblog
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
As GM discounts trade, Mets' best bullpen option is wild in minors
As GM discounts trade, Mets' best bullpen option is wild in minors
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Nationals still have time — and talent — to turn things around — FOX Sports — Don't give up on the Nationals. — I know that sounds nuts, considering that the Nats have lost six straight and 17 of 24, falling 4½ games behind the Mets in the NL East.
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MLB Trade Rumors, Seattle Mariners blog and Philliedelphia
Katy Clarke / WFAA-TV:
Rangers beat Mariners 4-3 after walk-off walk — The Texas Rangers were able to defeat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in a funky fashion as they won on a walk-off walk. — After back-to-back bunt singles from Ryan Strausborger and Delino DeShields and a hit-by-pitch for Shin-Soo Choo …
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Fox Sports, Lone Star Ball, ESPN and Major League Baseball
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Andrew Porter / CBS Philly:
Amaro: Utley ‘Very Likely’ To Stay This Season — PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Despite numerous trade rumors and reports swirling around Chase Utley, Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. admitted the all-star second baseman is probably not going anywhere. — “As I told you before …
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Bluebird Banter, Phillies Nation, Bleacher Nation, CBS Chicago and Chicago
CSN Bay Area:
Leake not quite ready, won't return Tuesday as planned — SAN FRANCISCO — Few injuries are more persistent than strains of the hamstring, and the one Mike Leake is dealing with will keep him from returning to the rotation Tuesday. Leake will stay on the disabled list and continue …
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Red Reporter, HardballTalk and Sporting News Feed RSS
Fox Sports:
Ichiro and what could have been — CJ Nitkowski — Ichiro Suzuki is in the record books, sort of. — On Friday night, the Miami Marlins outfielder (that feels so weird and kind of icky) recorded his 4,191st career hit, the same number Ty Cobb recorded in his big-league career.
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SI.com and Baseball Essential
Owen Watson / Fox Sports:
METS' GRANDERSON TURNS BACK CLOCK — OW — Last weekend's four-game series in San Francisco between the Giants and Washington Nationals might be remembered as an important point in the playoff race for the teams fighting for the NL East crown. After getting swept for their sixth straight loss …
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FanGraphs Baseball and New Jersey Online
John Naughton / Des Moines Register:
Little League scandal sends Iowa team to playoff — A team of Iowa youth softball players won a Little League World Series game Monday, only to become part of a scandal involving another team. — The Central Iowa squad beat a Canadian team 7- to finish with a 3-1 record in pool play …
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Rob Neyer / Fox Sports:
THIS BASEBALL MUSEUM'S A PASSION PLAY — So here's a question for you: Let's say you've built a tremendous collection of baseball memorabilia, maybe filling your entire (spacious!) basement, and it's beginning to feel a little lonely down there sometimes. It's a difficult thing …
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Zach Helfand / Los Angeles Times:
White Sox's David Robertson mum on dispute with Angels' Mike Scioscia — Chicago White Sox closer David Robertson flipped through a magazine before the start of another series with the Angels and danced around talk of his quarrel with Angels Manager Mike Scioscia last week. — Was he still angry?
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Halos Heaven, Chicago and Orange County Register
Adam Rubin / ESPN:
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New Jersey Online, Amazin' Avenue, HardballTalk, Metsblog and Sporting News Feed RSS
Seth Berkman / New York Times:
Starter's Injury Tempers Yankees' Extra-Inning Win Over Twins — In a frightening scene at Yankee Stadium on Monday night, Yankees starter Bryan Mitchell was hit in the face with a line drive off the bat of Eduardo Nunez, a right-handed hitter for the Minnesota Twins, in the second inning of an 8-7, 10-inning Yankees victory.
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Yahoo Sports, Pinstripe Alley and Twinkie Town
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