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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves Acquire Brandon Phillips — The Braves have announced that they've acquired second baseman Brandon Phillips from the Reds in exchange for minor league pitchers Andrew McKirahan and Carlos Portuondo. Phillips is owed $14MM in 2017, the last year of his contract, and the Reds will pay all but $1MM of that sum.
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Reds trading second baseman Brandon Phillips to Braves — Long rumored to be on the move, Brandon Phillips is finally leaving Cincinnati. A source told ESPN's Buster Olney on Sunday that the Reds have agreed to a trade that will send the second baseman to the Atlanta Braves. — EDITOR'S PICKS
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Kerouac Smith / Fox Sports:
Source: Reds expected to announce trade sending Brandon Phillips to Braves — The Cincinnati Reds are close to finalizing a deal that would send veteran second baseman Brandon Phillips to the Atlanta Braves, a source told FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal. — The deal, expected to be completed …
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Joe Piazza / Fox Sports:
Detroit Tigers: Team Owner Mike Ilitch Dies At Age 87 — Longtime Detroit Tigers and Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch has passed away at the age of 87. — In a press release from Ilitch Holdings, Inc., Chris Ilitch (Mike's son) announced his father's passing on Friday.
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Associated Press:
Detroit Red Wings, Tigers owner and Little Caesars founder Mike Ilitch dies at age 87 — DETROIT (AP) — Mike Ilitch, founder of the Little Caesars Pizza empire and owner of the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Tigers, died on Friday, according to his family. He was 87.
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Detroit Free Press:
Next Video … The first time Jim Leyland met Mike Ilitch,it was an early October day in 2005, just as Leyland came full circle, introduced as Tigers manager after managing for so many seasons in the minor leagues with the organization so many moons ago. — After Leyland got the job …
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
How baseball and the Detroit Tigers became Mike Ilitch's true love
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tigers Owner Mike Ilitch Passes Away
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Chuck Myron / WINK NEWS:
Golfer uses putter to fight gator at Magnolia Landing — NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. Every golfer needs a putter he can rely on — especially when an alligator decides to play through. — North Fort Myers resident Tony Aarts used his Cleveland Golf putter to subdue a 10-foot gator that attacked …
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Richard N. Velotta / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Adelson spokesman on withdrawal from stadium project: Raiders were ‘picking his pocket’ — From the start, it seemed like a partnership destined to bring the National Football League to Las Vegas. — The Oakland Raiders, one of the iconic franchises in professional sports.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dodgers To Re-Sign Chase Utley — SUNDAY: Utley's contract is believed to include a $2MM salary plus incentives, tweets FanRag's Jon Heyman. — FRIDAY: The Dodgers have agreed to a one-year deal to bring back infielder Chase Utley, according to Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times (via Twitter).
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dodgers To Sign Franklin Gutierrez — The Dodgers have agreed to sign outfielder Franklin Gutierrez, according to Manolo Hernandez of beisbolporgatas.com (via Twitter). He'll earn $2.6MM and can tack on another $400K in incentives, per Jon Heyman of Fan Rag (Twitter link).
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Zach Buchanan / Cincinnati.com:
In the Name of the Father — THE STORY BEHIND REDS' PITCHER MICHAEL LORENZEN'S FAMOUS HOME RUN. — LA JOLLA, Calif. - The moment was so indelible, Michael Lorenzen will soon have a sculpture of it. On a recent Saturday in his rented home just north of San Diego, he shared some photos …
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Rafael Olmeda / Sun-Sentinel:
Families of two men killed in boat crash suing estate of late Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez — Sun Sentinel — The parents of the two men killed in a boating accident last September along with Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez are filing negligence and personal injury lawsuits in Miami …
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