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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dodgers To Place Clayton Kershaw On Disabled List — Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw received an epidural injection to treat his ailing lower back yesterday and will be placed on the 15-day disabled list, manager Dave Roberts told reporters, including Andy McCullough of the L.A. Times (Twitter link).
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dodgers Acquire Bud Norris — 2:19pm: The Dodgers and Braves have announced the deal. — 2:01pm: The Braves are acquiring left-hander Phil Pfeifer and right-hander Caleb Dirks from the Dodgers, reports Joel Sherman of the New York Post (via Twitter). — 1:51pm: The Dodgers have a deal …
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Associated Press:
Dodgers to Place Kershaw on DL With Lower Back Problem — MILWAUKEE — Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw received an epidural injection for his sore lower back and will be placed on the 15-day disabled list, manager Dave Roberts said before Thursday's game in Milwaukee.
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Marlins Nearing Trade For Fernando Rodney — The Marlins are nearing a trade that would net them right-hander Fernando Rodney from the Padres in exchange for “a good A-ball prospect,” reports ESPN's Keith Law (via Twitter). — Rodney, 39, is in the midst of his latest rebound campaign …
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Todays Knuckleball, Gaslamp Ball, Fish Stripes and MLB Daily Dish
Tim Bontemps / Washington Post:
Joakim Noah expected to sign with New York Knicks for $18 million a year — By all accounts, Joakim Noah is about to reunite with Derrick Rose and return to his hometown. — Multiple sources have told The Washington Post that Noah will almost certainly be joining the New York Knicks …
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USA Today:
Relentless Orioles hammering home runs at a record pace — SAN DIEGO — Two weeks ago in Fenway Park, in a game between the best teams in the American League East, a remarkable event occurred. — A Baltimore Oriole stole a base. — His name was Joey Rickard. It came in the sixth inning of a 5-1 victory over the Red Sox.
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Yahoo Sports, Lookout Landing, Camden Chat and School of Roch
Tampa Bay Times:
Resurgent Matt Moore could help Rays here or as trade chip — Matt Moore gave the Rays the kind of start in Wednesday's 4-0 win over the Red Sox that they have been so desperately seeking. — He pitched well enough, most vital of all, to win the game, just their second in the past 14 tries.
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MLB Daily Dish, Lone Star Ball and MLB Trade Rumors
Chris Haft / MLB.com:
No DH for Bumgarner: Ace to bat vs. A's — OAKLAND — Madison Bumgarner will strike a blow, at least the Giants expect him to, for pitchers everywhere on Thursday when manager Bruce Bochy will place him in the batting order against the Oakland A's. — The Giants thus will become the first team …
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Associated Press:
HRs by McCann, Gregorius in 9th Rally Yanks Past Rangers 9-7 — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJUNE 29, 2016, 11:03 P.M. E.D.T. — NEW YORK — Brian McCann hit a tying, three-run homer off Sam Dyson, Didi Gregorius capped a six-run ninth inning with his two-run shot and the New York Yankees woke …
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Neil Weinberg / The Hardball Times:
It's Time for the Sabermetric Revolution to be Televised — From the pastime's earliest days, the media have played a critical role in delivering baseball to the masses. It dates all the way back to fedora-clad newspapermen weaving game stories onto ink stained pages …
Aaron Torres / Fox Sports:
Joe Maddon is not a fan of baseball's unwritten rules — Joe Maddon was asked about “unwritten rules” on Wednesday, and gave a fascinating answer. — Jason Rowan / Sportress of Blogitude / Yardbarker — If you want to get the average fan fired up about baseball, all you've simply got …
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ESPN and Baseball Is Fun
Associated Press:
Shields Gets Win as White Sox Beat Twins 9-6 — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJUNE 29, 2016, 11:27 P.M. E.D.T. — CHICAGO — James Shields broke out of a slump with 6 2/3 innings against one of baseball's worst lineups, helping the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 9-6 on Wednesday night.
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Minor League Ball, Twinkie Town and South Side Sox