Ballbug http://www.ballbug.com/ MLB Buzz Bot en-us Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:50:23 -0400 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:50:23 -0400 Utley has six RBIs as Phillies tighten NL East race (Associated Press) http://www.ballbug.com/100903/p1#a100903p1 Associated Press:
Utley has six RBIs as Phillies tighten NL East race  —  DENVER (AP) — The blurry-eyed Philadelphia Phillies didn't mind that they wouldn't get a lot of shuteye after making their one-night stopover in Denver so worthwhile.  —  Chase Utley drove in six runs and hit a grand slam to cap …

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George Henry / Associated Press:
Wright, Santana lead Mets' 4-2 win over Braves  —  ATLANTA—David Wright homered, Johan Santana won for the first time in four starts and the New York Mets snapped the Atlanta Braves' five-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory Thursday night.  —  The Mets, who had dropped three straight …

]]> Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:40:03 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/100902/p28#a100902p28 Handicapping the major award races (Jayson Stark/ESPN) http://www.ballbug.com/100902/p22#a100902p22 Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Handicapping the major award races  —  With a month to go, it's Votto over Pujols in NL MVP and King Felix for AL Cy  —  It's September, and you know what that means.  —  Time to buy those 75 back-to-school notebooks.  Time to determine whether there's room on your fantasy football roster for Legedu Naanee.

]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:25:02 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/100902/p22#a100902p22 Alex Rodriguez using Pittsburgh attorney, not Scott Boras, as legal representative (Bob Nightengale/USA Today) http://www.ballbug.com/100902/p16#a100902p16

Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Alex Rodriguez using Pittsburgh attorney, not Scott Boras, as legal representative  —  It's possible Alex Rodriguez won't need another baseball contract negotiated on his behalf, but for now, he has abandoned powerful agent Scott Boras and retained Pittsburgh sports attorney Jay Reisinger and Washington lawyer Jim Sharp.

]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:10:03 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/100902/p16#a100902p16 Is it time to push back trading deadline? (Jayson Stark/ESPN) http://www.ballbug.com/100902/p19#a100902p19 Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Is it time to push back trading deadline?  —  A dozen GMs weigh in on possible change to system and, naturally, they don't all agree  —  Here's an idea whose time needs to come:  —  Move back the trading deadline.  —  Move it back to Aug. 31.  We'd even settle for Aug. 15.

]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:35:06 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/100902/p19#a100902p19 Pedroia expected to have surgery (Nick Cafardo/Boston Globe) http://www.ballbug.com/100902/p14#a100902p14 Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Pedroia expected to have surgery  —  Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is expected to have surgery to insert a screw in his left foot sometime tomorrow at Massachusetts General Hospital according to a major league source.  —  Pedroia was examined last night by Massachusetts General …

]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:50:01 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/100902/p14#a100902p14 Source: Scott Boras is out as A-Rod's agent (Craig Calcaterra/HardballTalk) http://www.ballbug.com/100902/p11#a100902p11

Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Source: Scott Boras is out as A-Rod's agent  —  Alex Rodriguez has fired uber agent Scott Boras and is now being represented full time by Pittsburgh attorney Jay Reisinger.  —  Bob Nightengale of USA Today was the first one to run with this this morning, but for reasons that are unclear, the link disappeared as soon as it showed up.

]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:50:01 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/100902/p11#a100902p11 Catcher Brett Hayes out indefinitely (Associated Press) http://www.ballbug.com/100901/p43#a100901p43 Associated Press:
Catcher Brett Hayes out indefinitely  —  MIAMI — Florida Marlins catcher Brett Hayes is out indefinitely with a separated left shoulder that he suffered on a collision at home Tuesday night.  —  Hayes was injured on an inning-ending double play in the top of the 10th when Nationals center …

]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:30:02 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/100901/p43#a100901p43 Costly repair bills for new Cubs owners (Gordon Wittenmyer/Chicago Sun Times) http://www.ballbug.com/100902/p9#a100902p9

Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Costly repair bills for new Cubs owners  —  Ricketts ownership has them now; question is, what's spending limit?  —  Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts says it's up to general manager Jim Hendry to identify the right guy to replace Lou Piniella as manager.  —  But no matter how good Hendry's new manager is …

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