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ESPN: New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter out of lineup for opener against Toronto Blue Jays
Slumping Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is out of the lineup for Friday afternoon's game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
ESPN: Utley's slam, six RBIs rally Phillies past Rockies
Chase Utley drove in six runs and hit a grand slam to cap a nine-run seventh inning Thursday night as the Philadelphia Phillies overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 12-11.
ESPN: New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez splits with Scott Boras
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez confirmed Friday that he has split with long-time agent Scott Boras.
ESPN: Laird's HR in 13th helps Tigers eke past Twins
Gerald Laird hit a solo home run in the 13th inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 10-9 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.
 MLB: Braves set for heavy dose of division foes
The Braves enter the season's final month in prime position to allow manager Bobby Cox to make one more run through the postseason before he concludes his highly-successful managerial career.
MLB: TWIB goes behind scenes at ballparks
FOX's "This Week in Baseball," where viewers will be treated to an inside look at the lesser-known jobs in baseball that are crucial to making each game a reality on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET.
MLB: Dreams come to fruition after life in Minors
Several hard-nosed players who grinded through double-digit seasons of Minor League baseball, endured hundreds of bus trips, and dealt with multiple Spring Training cuts only to get their first real shot this week at the pinnacle of professional baseball.
MLB: Labor of love: Exciting weekend on tap
Labor Day weekend is going to revolve around the National Pastime, asit always does. It will be that way right through the busiest Monday of the baseball season, featuring 16 games.
Sports Blogs: Brew Crew Ball :: Minor League Notes, 9/3/2010
Nashville Sounds (Triple-A) - 74-65 Game 1: Won 3-2 (7 innings) at Oklahoma City RedHawks (TEX) (box / pbp) Nashville Sounds (Triple-A) - 75-65 Game 2: Won 5-4 (7 innings) at Oklahoma City R...
Sports Blogs: The Hardball Times :: Waiver Wire: AL, Week 22
This week we assess Manny Ramirez, Ryan Raburn, Hideki Matsui, Jayson Nix, Scott Sizemore, Koji Uehara, Fernando Rodney and Danny Valencia . Click the title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times.
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Santana, Mets end skid, snap Braves' streak
DRAYS BAY :: The 2010 Rays, Food Style
Lookout Landing :: 52-82, Game Thought
Talking Chop :: Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: 9/2
FanHouse: After 14 seasons, catcher gets the call
301 Moved Permanently
Wright, Santana lead Mets' 4-2 win over Braves
Tracy ejected for arguing call in sixth
Red Sox beat Orioles 6-4 to win 3-game series
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·Braves set for heavy dose of division foes
The Braves enter the season's final month in prime position to allow manager Bobby Cox to make one more run through the postseason before he concludes his highly-successful managerial career.
·TWIB goes behind scenes at ballparks
FOX's "This Week in Baseball," where viewers will be treated to an inside look at the lesser-known jobs in baseball that are crucial to making each game a reality on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET.
·Castrovince: AL Central will be an arms race
The battle between the White Sox and the first-place Twins is going to come down to pitching, plain and simple. Because on two teams similar statistically (if not stylistically), the playoff race inevitably becomes an arms race in the September stretch run.
·Dreams come to fruition after life in Minors
Several hard-nosed players who grinded through double-digit seasons of Minor League baseball, endured hundreds of bus trips, and dealt with multiple Spring Training cuts only to get their first real shot this week at the pinnacle of professional baseball.
·Contenders face varied roads to playoffs
While there is no such thing as an easy road to the playoffs, it appears likely that some contenders will face more scheduling potholes than others during the next month.
·Recap: Sept. 2 at a glance | Day at the Races
·Labor of love: Exciting weekend on tap
Labor Day weekend is going to revolve around the National Pastime, asit always does. It will be that way right through the busiest Monday of the baseball season, featuring 16 games.
·Laird's 13th-inning blast gives Tigers win
It took a 13th-inning solo homer from Gerald Laird and a third inning of relief from Jose Valverde to send the Tigers out of town with a 10-9 win over the Twins.
·Cabrera day-to-day with biceps tendinitis
The Tigers have to hope that their star slugger and American League MVP candidate can return quickly from his bout of biceps tendinitis in his left shoulder.
·Baker exits game early with right elbow pain
Twins starter Scott Baker left Thursday's contest against the Tigers with right elbow pain after pitching just two innings.
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·Utley's slam highlights Phils' 9-run 7th (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 a nine-run seventh inning Thursday night as the Phillies overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 12-11 in a makeup of a May rainout.
·CC, Granderson give Yankees 4-game sweep (AP)
From the very first batter, the Oakland Athletics simply looked overmatched against CC Sabathia. Leadoff man Coco Crisp took an awkward cut at a fastball for strike three. Next, Rajai Davis got fooled by an offspeed pitch and almost fell over. Then, Kevin Kouzmanoff flailed at aslider. A lot of weak swings and soft outs followed Thursday, as Sabathia pitched one-hit ball for eight innings to earn...
·Laird's HR in 13th lifts Tigers by Twins (AP)
Six lead changes, five ties, four errors, two blown saves, 25 runners left on base and at least four botched double plays. The series finale between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins was about as ugly as it gets, until Gerald Laird and Jose Valverde finally put an end to a game that seemed like it was never going to finish.
·Pedroia may need season-ending surgery (AP)
Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is bracing for the possibility of having season-ending surgery on his broken left foot. Pedroia will be examined on Friday. "I have a CT scan early in the morning," Pedroia said Thursday before Boston's game against the Orioles. "If Ihave to have surgery, we'll do it later in the day." The injury originally occurred in late...
·Santana hurt, but gets win over Braves (AP)
David Wright knew the New York Mets couldn't afford to let Tim Hudson find his rhythm. "You have to get to that guy early if you're going to get to him at all," Wright said. "When he settles down, he gets stronger and stronger." Wright homered, Johan Santana won for the first time in four starts and New York snapped the Atlanta Braves' five-game winning streak with a...
·Red Sox salvage .500 road trip, beat O's (AP)
The Boston Red Sox put a satisfactory finish on a potentially disastrous road trip. Adrian Beltre homered to spark a five-run second inning, and the Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 on Thursday night to win the three-game series. David Ortiz drove in two runs and J.D. Drewhad three hits for the Red Sox, who moved within 6 1/2 games of idle Tampa Bay in the AL wild-card race.
·Marlins C Baker needs Tommy John surgery (AP)
Florida Marlins catcher John Baker will undergo Tommy John surgery to repair an injury to his throwing elbow that sidelined him for most of this season, meaning he might not play again until 2012. Dr. James Andrews will perform the reconstructive surgery Friday, the Marlins said. Baker has been sidelined since May 12 and had hoped to return this year, but he endured repeated setbacks in...
·Tigers 1B Cabrera suffers biceps injury (AP)
Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera left Thursday night's game against Minnesota in the sixth inning with left biceps tendinitis. Cabrera went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts in the game. After coming in from the field after the fifth inning, the first baseman walked with a team trainer from the dugout back into the clubhouse.
·Choo's 5 RBIs power Indians by Mariners (AP)
The Seattle Mariners found out Shin-Soo Choo is one of those players who can do it all. Choo drove in five runs with a bases-loaded double and a two-run home run to give the Cleveland Indians a 6-3 victory over the Mariners. Choo, traded to the Indians by Seattle in 2006, hit a 3-1 fastball from Doug Fister (4-11) against the right-center-field wall in the Indians' four-run sixth to score all...
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·The High Cost of Steroids in Major League Baseball
With new revelations about steroid use in baseball, the subject of the Hall of Fame inductions is once again being debated. Did David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez lose any hope of one day being inducted into Cooperstown? Did the fact that they tested positive for steroids in 2004 change the way the public and sportswriter's view them?
·Alex Rodriguez and the MLB Steroid Era
The innocence and beauty of America's pastoral game took another dark turn, when it was leaked that one of the game's best players, Alex Rodriguez,tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. The turn in fact is so dark, that it must be considered in terms of addiction - after years of denial, we hit bottom...
·MLB Insider: Time for Changes… MLB Network… Rumors and More
One hundred and one years ago the Baseball Writers' Association of America was formed to improve the working conditions for sportswriters in the early part of the 20th century. The BBWAA is a professional association for baseball journalists writing for daily newspapers, magazines and qualifying Web sites.
·FemmeFan Weekly: Series Fans' Schizophrenia
Never, ever, has the World Series been stopped due to inclement weather. Never, ever, has the game been resumed three days later. Forget the game for now, forget the end of the Phillies drought, forget the end of the Rays' Cinderella season, forget the big bats and fielding. Forget the fact that the game was called only after the Rays tied the game in the sixth inning.
·MLB Roundup: Payroll Stupidity is Ruining the Game
Richie Sexson of the woeful Seattle Mariners is simply the latest example of the silliness of Major League Baseball's love affair with high-priced superstars whose production is pathetic
·Speaking of Sports: TRS: The Real Story Behind the Garza-Navarro Meeting
EXCLUSIVE: The Tampa Bay Sports Net has in its possession the conversations between Rays' pitcher Matt Garza and catcher Dioner Navarro on the mound, when Garza got a close-up look at what Navarro wears on his face, in the dugout when they met again and in the runway leading to the visitor's clubhouse.
·Thinking Out Loud: Going To Hell In a Handbasket
Almost a month ago I penned a piece about the entertainment at Tropicana Field - (Rays Missing a Beat on In-house Fun) - and how the departure of John Franzone, aka John the Maestro, has left a huge void inside the stadium.Having been inside the House of the Tilted Roof this entire homestand, there has been something else that has been gnawing at me but I just couldn't put my finger on it until Sunday's hom ...
·MLB Roundup: Baseballs Amazing Statistical Innovater
The 2008 Major League Baseball season is officially underway, and it is ironic that an obscure statistician from Kansas is making the news, one who was ridiculed for many years. Today he is a chief decision-maker for the world champion Boston Red Sox, having gaining notoriety throughout professional sports - and acceptance to his metrics continues to grow
·SN Video: The End of Dodgertown
This marks the end of a Dodgers era, the Dodgers will be moving spring training closer to home next year bringing an end to a rite of spring that many have fond memories of, and others revile. We take a look back at the history and the end of Dodgertown...
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