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latimes.com - 8/8/2008
No probe of Manny Ramirez trade from Red Sox to Dodgers - Los Angeles Times
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Pat Courtney, the spokesman for Selig, said the commissioner had asked for clarification on several issues involving the trade and did not order a formal inquiry into the matter. "There were some follow-up calls," Courtney said. "It's closed. It's not ongoing." The Dodgers acquired Ramirez from the Red Sox in the final minutes before the July 31 trading deadline. Ramirez agreed to waive his ...

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Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog:  Around the Horn

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XM MLB Chat:  'No Manny-Boras investigation' item is buried

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Around the Horn
Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog — News you may have missed: Derek Jeter is having the worst year of his career. Starting in the 11th inning teams would get runners on first and second base to speed up Olympic Baseball. Contrary to what Dan Shaughnessy reported yesterday, MLB is not investigating the Manny trade. ...

Retraction Time!
Center Field — ... with a premature/unsubstantiated/exaggerated report impugning Manny Ramirez? No? Neither am I. From the Los Angeles Times, a paper that bothered to, you know, talk to Bud Selig's office before slinging allegations: ...

'No Manny-Boras investigation' item is buried
XM MLB Chat — Even the LA Times article which was the basis for saying there is no investigation and the matter is "closed" buried the story. At least what appears on their website does so, within an article titled, "Bud Selig Questions Dodgers' Manny Ramirez Trade," 8/9/08 by Bill Shaikin. You have to get past the first 2 paragraphs to find a confusing and contradictory statement, ie there is nothing "ongoing" and the matter is "closed." Followed by a statement that his (Pat Courtney's) comments were "premature." Not ...

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Settle Down Everyone; There's No Manny Probe [MLB] — Deadspin
The Boston Globe reported today that Bud Selig was ordering an investigation into the Manny Ramirez trade; specifically looking at allegations that agent Scott Boras orchestrated the whole thing. But no, gun-jumpers; no soup for you. Selig said that he just had a couple of follow-up questions, and that there would be no investigation, says the Los Angeles Times. From the Times : The ...