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12:25 AM ET, July 10, 2010

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 Top News: 
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Yankees on brink of landing Cliff Lee  —  The Knicks didn't get LeBron James, but the Yankees were on the brink of obtaining Cliff Lee late last night for a package that would include top prospect Jesus Montero, the Post has learned.  —  Yankees GM Brian Cashman and Seattle GM Jack Zduriencik …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Rangers Acquire Cliff Lee For Smoak, Prospects  —  Cliff Lee is joining his fourth team in 12 months and the Rangers are hoping he can lead them to the playoffs for the first time in 11 years.  The Rangers pried Lee away from the Mariners and multiple suitors today in a blockbuster deal …
ESPN:
The Rangers acquired Mariners left-hander Cliff Lee on Friday, sources confirmed to Buster Olney.
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Rangers Get Lee; Yanks Feel Used  —  The Yankees know how the game works.  General Manager Brian Cashman — echoing the sage of the organization, Yogi Berra — often says a deal is never final until it is final.  After all, George Steinbrenner once signed David Wells over Christmas Eve cheeseburgers …
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Yankees miss out on Lee — this time  —  Bronx makes sense when Rangers' newly acquired ace becomes free agent in winter … SEATTLE — There is still a feeling around baseball that it is a matter of when, not if, Cliff Lee will become a Yankee.  —  The Yankees just missed out on Lee …
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
What if Yankees get Lee?  —  If the Yankees and Mariners pull off a deal that would send Cliff Lee to the Yankees in a package that would send Triple-A catcher Jesus Montero and others to Seattle, does that insure the Yankees of the AL East title?  —  And are the beat up Red Sox left to contend for the wild card with Tampa Bay?
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Rangers acquire Lee from Mariners  —  Smoak, three other players headed to Seattle in deal  —  ARLINGTON — The Rangers believe they have acquired the No. 1 starter who can be a difference-maker and have a huge impact in their quest to win their first division title since 1999.  —  And go beyond that.
Discussion: OMGreds
Fox Sports:
Sources: Rangers land Lee in trade
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and Pinstripe Alley
New York Post:
Yankees angry at Mariners for trading Lee to Rangers
Discussion: NESN.com and Fanhouse MLB Blog
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Mets Will Turn To Ted Lilly
Dan Mennella / MLB.com:
Mariners, Yanks intensify Lee trade talks
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
A Look At Jesus Montero And David Adams
Joel Sherman / NY Post: Hardball:
3UP: Yankees on Verge of Getting Lee Edition
Dallas Morning News:
Bankruptcy-ending confirmation hearing for Texas Rangers set for July 22  —  The Texas Rangers will now emerge from a highly contentious bankruptcy drama on July 22 although a date hasn't been set for a court-supervised auction beforehand, an attorney involved in the case said Friday.
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Fox Sports:
Rangers' uncertainty extends to GM
Buster Olney / ESPN:
A trade that would have sent Mariners left-hander Cliff Lee to the Yankees has broken down after the teams couldn't agree on the second player to be dealt, a source said Friday.
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Yanks-M's Lee deal may be crumbling
Baseball America:
Midseason Updated Top 25 Prospects  —  Prospects have provided the biggest storylines of the 2010 baseball season.  Jason Heyward was the story of spring training, launching home runs so far that the Braves had to put up protective nets in the parking lots; they couldn't keep him in the minors anymore.
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers GM disputes ‘seller’ label  —  MILWAUKEE — As the rumors began to fly and the Brewers prepared to move on from their dismal four-game series against the Giants, general manager Doug Melvin insisted he is not going to hang a “for sale” sign outside Miller Park.
Sports Illustrated:
Padres play so well that Gonzalez is safe at home  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) -It's funny how nobody talks anymore about the San Diego Padres having to trade Adrian Gonzalez.  —  That's what happens when a team that was picked to wallow at the bottom of the NL West instead turns it around and plays …
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Greg Rosenstein / MLB.com:
Stairs ties all-time mark for pinch-hit homers
Discussion: NBCSports.com
Beck / Beck's Blog:
Porcello update: “Not a ... chance” he gets traded  —  Apparently Tigers manager Jim Leyland found out about the Rick Porcello trade rumor sometime before the game Friday night.  He was not happy, and he went off on it after the game.  —  “There's a rumor going around, I don't know if anybody's read it …
Discussion: Bless You Boys and MLB Rumors
Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
Stephen Strasburg will start first game after all-star break  —  Stephen Strasburg will start the Nationals' first game after the all-star break at the Florida Marlins and then remain on a typical schedule for the remainder of the season, Manager Jim Riggleman said.
Discussion: Fanhouse MLB Blog and Fish Tank
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Youkilis questions Ellsbury's absence  —  Kevin Youkilis was asked what he thought about Jacoby Ellsbury rejoining the team tonight after spending five weeks in Arizona  —  “I don't know what's going on with Jacoby,” he said.  “I don't think any of us really know.”
Discussion: Over the Monster
 
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Tim Booth / Associated Press:
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Kershaw, Dodgers beat Cubs 3-2 in series opener
Discussion: Bleed Cubbie Blue and True Blue LA
Associated Press:
Orioles rally in 8th to beat Rangers 6-4
Discussion: Lone Star Ball and Camden Chat
Chicago Tribune:
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