dailynews.com - 7/7/2008
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SAN FRANCISCO - Russell Martin won't be a wide-eyed first-timer. He won't be a starter. He won't be among teammates. Despite all that, though, the Dodgers' catcher was just as excited to make his second consecutive National League All-Star team as he had been to make his first. "He was very proud," said Dodgers manager Joe Torre, who delivered the news. "His eyes lit up. Every club has to be ...
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Mike Scioscia's tragic illness —
... Onto deals that are probably unlikely to happen but should be included just for the sake of completeness, Tony Jackson writes in the LA Daily News about the Phillies sniffing around Derek Lowe, but also pretty much snuffs out the idea in the same piece: ...
Kemp, McDonald, Hu For Wilson; Phillies Target Lowe
Fire Ned Colletti Now —
... I said before, Wilson is a league average offensive SS at best, so this isn't exactly a great idea either. Maybe i'm unreasonably optimistic about McDonald and Hu, but it's very likely that Hu alone will be close to what Wilson will do in the next 1-2 years, and he would be making 7 million less. Though I guess an argument could be made that Hu is expendable because Ivan DeJesus is a better SS prospect anyway. The newest rumor is that the Phillies are interested in Derek Lowe. "A Philadelphia scout attended Friday's game between the ...
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Ken Rosenthal :
[T]he Dodgers' bid for [C.C.] Sabathia is complicated by their pursuit of Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson as a replacement for the injured Rafael Furcal, sources say.
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Martin gets second straight All-Star nod —
Major League Baseball News 7/6/2008
Catcher Russell Martin has made his second consecutive National League All-Star team and will be the Dodgers' lone representative in the game to be played at Yankee Stadium on July 15. Cubs catcher Geovany Soto won the fan voting and will start behind ...
Utley, Hamilton in All-Star HR derby (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/7/2008
Home run leaders Chase Utley and Grady Sizemore, and major league RBIs leader Josh Hamilton are among the players who will be in the All-Star home run derby. Lance Berkman and Dan Uggla also will be in the July 14 contest at Yankee Stadium, the ...
