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Jon Heyman / Todays Knuckleball:
White Sox are now considering selling — Could the Chicago White Sox wind up as sellers? While they don't seem to have decided to sell for sure yet, for the first time they have seemed to be considering it, and word is, they are getting plenty of calls on David Robertson and others.
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Yahoo Sports, McCovey Chronicles, MLB Daily Dish and South Side Sox
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
White Sox Reportedly Open To Dealing Veteran Bats, Relievers — 4:34pm: GM Rick Hahn acknowledged that his club will not be pursuing short-term upgrades to the MLB roster, as Dan Hayes of CSN Chicago was among those to tweet. He added that the Sox will be willing to consider all other transactions.
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Bless You Boys
Jon Heyman / Todays Knuckleball:
Dodgers looking for outfield help, CarGo and Bruce will get looks — The Los Angeles Dodgers are looking hard for a bat as well as an arm, and seem to be in win-now mode. While they are expected to at least talk about Carlos Gonzalez, they are expecting the price to be quite high.
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redsminorleagues.com, USA Today and MLB Daily Dish
ESPN:
MLB looking at possible limits on the use of relief pitchers — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred acknowledged that MLB is looking at possibly limiting the use of relief pitchers in games. — Average length of MLB games — YearAvg. — Manfred was a guest Thursday on ESPN's Mike & Mike …
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Chris Bahr / Fox Sports:
Commissioner Rob Manfred reveals MLB is considering use limits for relievers — As games last longer, MLB's patience grows shorter — Does it seem like Major League Baseball games are dragging on and on this year? Well, that's because they are. And the league is taking notice.
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baseballmusings.com
Associated Press:
Turner, Dodgers Hand Nats' Strasburg First Loss of Season — WASHINGTON — Justin Turner homered twice and drove in five runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers ended Stephen Strasburg's undefeated streak by beating the Washington Nationals 6-3 on Thursday. — Turner hit his 16th and 17th home runs …
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True Blue LA
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Games of the Day — The two best games take place Thursday afternoon …
Games of the Day — The two best games take place Thursday afternoon …
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True Blue LA and Federal Baseball
Johari Canty / WSVN-TV:
North Miami officer on paid leave after shooting unarmed black man — A therapist who works at a group home for the disabled is still in shock after a North Miami Police officer shot him, but according to the Police Union president, that officer may have been aiming for someone else.
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miamiherald, WNCN, Associated Press and WBTW-TV, more at WeSmirch »
Associated Press:
Tillman Gets 14th Win, Orioles Avert 4-Game Sweep vs Yankees — NEW YORK — Chris Tillman tied for the major league lead with his 14th win, pitching four-hit ball for seven innings and helping the depleted Baltimore Orioles avert a four-game sweep at Yankee Stadium, beating New York 4-1 Thursday.
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Randy Miller / New Jersey Online:
Yankees' fire sale coming? Mark Teixeira big fan of MLB Trade Rumors app — NEW YORK — Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira has heard a portion of his team's gigantic fan base doesn't want a late July hot streak. — He's heard that there are Yankees fans who want management to give …
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Pinstripe Alley and MLB Trade Rumors
Jon Heyman / Todays Knuckleball:
Heyman: Welcome to the worst starting pitcher market ever — The starting pitching seen on the market seems especially terrible this trading season. “The worst I've ever seen it,” one GM desperate for pitching called this market for starters. And everyone surely nods.
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Talking Chop, MLB Trade Rumors and Bless You Boys
Jon Heyman / Todays Knuckleball:
Stewart defends D-backs from unnamed accusations — The trade of Brad Ziegler incited some unexpected controversy when unnamed executives complained to a couple reporters that their teams offered a better package (or packages) for the reliever. And one exec even told Peter Gammons …
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Lone Star Ball and FenwayNation
Adrian Wojnarowski / Yahoo Sports:
NBA pulls 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, focuses on New Orleans — Without any movement by state legislators in North Carolina to change newly enacted laws targeted at the LGBT community, the NBA on Thursday decided to pull the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte.
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KSNT-TV, NOLA River, NESN.com and The Big Lead, more at WeSmirch »
Associated Press:
Marte Homers, Angels Sweep Rangers to Get Out of Last Place — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJULY 21, 2016, 1:21 A.M. E.D.T. — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jefry Marte hit a three-run homer and the Angels shut down a late rally by the AL West-leading Texas Rangers for a 7-4 win Wednesday night that gave Los Angeles a three-game sweep.
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Lone Star Ball, Halos Heaven and Yahoo Sports
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