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Sunday morning stuff
Published 7/6/2008 by Adam J. Morris at Lone Star Ball
... able to start on Tuesday.  In other injured pitcher news, A.J. Murray has yet to throw since going on the d.l., Doug Mathis has started doing long-toss, and Thomas Diamond has undergone foot surgery and will miss three weeks. Vicente Padilla is going to throw a bullpen session today, and at that point, should know whether he'll be able to pitch against the Angels, or if they'll need to press Dustin Nippert into spot start duties or call up Matt Harrison. Jim Reeves has some interesting notes about Josh Hamilton and the Home Run Derby: ...

Monday Midnight Minors Musings: Inoa & Fremont A's Edition
Published 7/8/2008 by Taj Adib at Athletics Nation
... The national media has certainly made a huge deal out of the Michel/Michael Inoa signing in recent days. Even the non-baseball, traditional, mass-media outlets caught on (as I realized when my girlfriend mentioned to me that she read an article about it on the Yahoo News frontpage!) While the sour-pusses down in Arlington, Texas ponder filing a grievance about the A's violating the amateur signing rules to nab Inoa before the July 2nd negotiation period, the rest of the baseball world is largely lauding the move from the A's perspective and have glowing things to say about the ...

Trounced: Rangers’ Mendoza Shelled By Angels In 9-6 Defeat
Published 7/8/2008 by Joey Matschulat at Baseball Time in Arlington
... Jim Reeves of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that Major League Baseball may look into alleged misconduct on the part of the Oakland Athletics, whom successfully inked top Dominican pitching prospect Michel Inoa to a record $4.25 million signing bonus last week. ...