June 2005 - Baseball Wiretap

Cardinals Embarass Struggling Yanks
The Yankees have lost eight out of their last ten games, as Albert Pujols and the Cardinals marched to a 8-1 win.

AP

Torre: "I'm Accountable."

Post-Dispatch

Willis Will Qualify For Arbitrartion
A National League source confirmed Thursday that Willis is expected to rank among the top 17 percent of big leaguers with between two and three years of service time.

Sun-Sentinel

Barnes Injured Lugging A Package Of Deer Meat

ESPN

Expect Guerrero Back On Friday Versus The Mets
Barring any unexpected setback, Vladimir Guerrero will be back in uniform when the Los Angeles Angels face the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.

L.A. Daily News

Orioles Acquire Marrero From Kansas City

The Washington Post

Tigers Trade For Polanco; Philies Gain Urbina And Martinez

The Detroit News

Could The Giants Buyout Schmidt At Season's End?
All of a sudden 2004 Cy Young candidate Jason Schmidt is struggling and the Giants may not believe he is worth his $10.5 million option.

Oakland Tribune

ARod Hits 400th Home Run
Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to ever hit 400 home runs on Wednesday.

ESPN

Piazza Leaves Game With Bruised Left Wrist

ESPN

D-Train Rolls To His MLB-Leading 10th Win Of The Campaign

ESPN

Braves' Eddie Perez Returns To DL

ESPN

Philles Deal Polanco For Urbina
The Philadelphia Phillies acquired reliever Ugueth Urbina from the Detroit Tigers for infielder Placido Polanco on Wednesday.

ESPN

Trade Talk Doesn't Bother Everett
"I don't have a choice in the matter," said Carl Everett when asked about a potential trade. "If I had a no-trade clause, it would be different, but I don't have any say."

Daily Southtown

Brown Doubtful For Friday's Start
Kevin Brown hurt his shoulder diving to catch a throw behind him while covering first in the fifth inning Sunday in Minnesota.

Newsday

Mets Sign Danny Graves

ESPN

Alvarez The Latest To Be Placed On Dodgers DL

PE.com

Guerrero Cleared To Swing A Bat

The Orange County Register

D-Backs Select Justin Upton With First Pick
Justin Upton, a power-hitting high school shortstop from Virginia, was taken by Jeff Moorad and the Arizona Diamondbacks with the No. 1 pick in the baseball draft Tuesday.

ESPN

Piazza Believed To Be Considering Retirement At Season's End

NY Daily News

Dodgers And Penny Come To A Tentative Agreement
The Los Angeles Dodgers and pitcher Brad Penny have come to a tentative agreement on a three-year contract extension with a fourth-year option worth a reported $32 million.

The Los Angeles Times

Cedeno Place On DL; Schumaker Called Up

St.Loius Today

Bagwell Set To Undergo Surgery On Shoulder On Tuesday

ESPN

Rockies Phenom Out Until August After Accident Carrying Groceries
Rockies rookie Clint Barnes was leading NL rookies in most offensive categories, but he will have surgery on Tuesday after breaking his collarbone.

ESPN

Mota In The Doghouse And Perhaps The Trade Block

Palm Beach Post

Chipper Reinjures Left Foot, Will Miss At Least One Game

ESPN

Washington Takes First Place For First Time Since The 30's
Nick Johnson is healthy and the Nationals are getting good pitching, giving Frank Robinson a first-place team.

RealGM

Tigers Activate Percival; Option Pitcher Ledezma
The Detroit Tigers activated pitcher Troy Percival on Sunday after placing the veteran righthander on the 15-day disabled list with a partial tear of the right flexor pronator muscle mass.

PittsburghLive.com

Athletics Active Calero, Option Etherton

San Francisco Chronicle

Royals Deny Mike Sweeney Trade Rumors

SF Chronicle