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Holy schnikes. If that's all it took, according to Jon Heyman... Doug Melvin continues, saying they haven't decided yet who's gonna do what.

So sayeth ESPN's Tony Jackson, with the Dodgers paying the rest of Scott Podsednik's salary. The cost? Lucas May and Elisaul Pimental.

So says MLB Trade Rumors, which has Brandon Morrow shipping north of the border for Brandon League and "a prospect." Yep.

Indians fans, correct me if I'm wrong here, but is the appropriate reaction "aw geez"? As seen on ESPN's spring training blog for the 18th: Reliever Adam Miller is facing career-threatening...

So says his former girlfriend, in a lawsuit... In papers filed in state and federal court, Dall said Alomar finally got tested in January 2006 while suffering from a cough, fatigue and...

Remember how we were wondering why Chicago wanted Garrett Olson for Felix Pie? (Of course you do.) Well, the Cubs have shipped Olson and Ronny Cedeno to Seattle for The Immortal Aaron Heilman. Y...

ESPN reported on their transaction wire that the Tigers inked Fu-Te Ni to a minor-league deal. 'Kay. Okay, seriously. As per The Detroit Tigers Weblog, Ni's expected to start the year in AAA and...

An AP story just came across the wire about the Pirates signing Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel. Who are these guys, you're asking? Good question... The two 20-year-old pitchers, neither of whom had...

Josh Willingham and Scott Olsen are, according to Peter Gammons, headed to the Washington Nationals for Emilio Bonifacio, P.J. Dean and Jake Smolinski. ...

Just came across on ESPN's transaction wire that the Marlins claimed Dan Meyer off waivers from Oakland. Being one of the centerpieces of the Tim Hudson deal, one would think they would've made...

Whoever he is, he just took Mike Lowell's place on the Red Sox playoff roster. All I gather is he's spent 10 years in the minors, and made his major-league debut in late September, getting a whole...

Perusing the recap of tonight's Red Sox/Rays game (ef a dumb Tampa), a couple names jumped out to me: Dan Johnson, who had the game-winning hit off the bench, and Irvin Vigo Joel Guzman, who got...

Lay off of me, it's production day and I wish I could put a headline like that in the paper. ;) As per ESPN, Charlie Zink's getting the call-up to take Tim Wakefield's place in the rotation....

Or, "This Is The AB That Never Ends/It Just Goes On and On, My Friend". Y'all probably remember Venditte as the switch-pitcher for Creighton. The Yankees picked him in the 20th round this year,...

As per ESPN and the AP, the Reds GM has been canned and replaced by Walt Jocketty. Krivsky knew his job was in jeopardy when owner Bob Castellini hired Jocketty as a special consultant in...

I just saw Improv Everywhere's latest effort, Best Game Ever. The idea was to turn a Little League game in Hermosa Beach into a major production, featuring vendors, programs, shirtless fans, a...

Our Fearless Leader just dubbed Jeremy Brown a "Triple-A catcher" in the look back at 2003's top prospects. Well, that's all he'll be, now that he's retiring...The A's said Friday that Brown would...

Picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines."The one thing I wanted to make sure was explained is, no steroids," Cameron told AM 1090, the Padres' flagship radio station. "I never took nothing like...

So how'd Chris and Shelley Duncan both get hernias?  Trying to out-lift one another.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3031839"I'd go and then he would put another plate on, then I would...

In classic TheoElDio fashion, the Wily Mo Pena/ham sandwich trade isn't over yet.  The Red Sox are trying to get the Nationals to include the Diamondbacks in hot three-way trade action.  Pena...

Covering the New Britain/Akron game right now, and we're a-stretchin'.  Trevor Crowe looks gooooood... he's currently 2-4 with a double, triple, and stolen base (third, no less).  Shaun Larkin...

Hey kids, remember Neifi Perez?  Ya know, serving a 25-game suspension for banned stimulant usage?  Tack on another 80 games, becuase he tested positive again.h...

The Rangers are looking to move Mark Teixeira, sez Buster Olney:http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2947494"Executives with other teams believe that the Texas Rangers are definitely intent...

Just wondering if this guy's on anyone's radar at this point.  He's an outfielder at Quinnipiac University (Hamden, CT), and was just named the NEC's player of the year.  Here's his stats as a...

Just saw on the transactions that the Rangers shipped Daniel Haigwood to Boston for righty Scott Shoemaker and cash money.  What's Haigwood's deal, anyways?  He's 23, got sent to Tejas for Fabio...

Ken Rosenthal's reporting on FoxSports.com that the Royals are "close" to trading for Tony Pena Jr.  Sounds like they'll be sending Atlanta a pitching prospect, and plan on planting Pena at short...

From the AP:"A burst water pipe in the Phillies dugout caused a momentary delay in the second inning of their spring game against Cleveland in Winter Haven, Fla.Indians minor league first baseman...

Well, whoever called it called it.  It seems John Henry confirmed in an email to the Associated Press that Matsuzaka's on a plane back to Boston with the rest of Team Red Sox Front Office.  Boras...

Remember all that discussion of "oh, it's probably nothing" when people (okay, me) were commenting on Jon Lester going in to get tested for his enlarged lymph nodes?  Turns out it's anaplastic...

So, in my professional capacity, I got to check out last night's (8/22) Rock Cats/Defenders game.  Although I made it late (due to scheduling conflicts, covering the Pilot Pen tournament as well)...