Indians report: McDonald traded to Blue Jays
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John McDonald spent his time in Cleveland mostly sitting on the bench, even though he became a fan favorite. On Thursday, McDonald&#39;s eight-year career in the Indians organization ended when he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named.
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BOSTON -- Cleveland pitcher Paul Byrd, whose win in Game 4 of the ALCS moved the Indians within one victory of the World Series, bought nearly $25,000 worth of human growth hormone and syringes from 2002 to 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday.
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The Seattle Mariner traded left-handed pitcher Randy Williams to the San Diego Padres on Friday for infielder Billy Hogan. The 29-year-old Williams was 7-2 for Triple-A Tacoma and made six relief appearances
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After spending a day with the old keyword page, and getting bored with it, I came up with a new way to look at news, something I've not tried before, that might be fun and/or useful http://nytimesriver.com/keywords.html  Since it's likely to change again soon, here's a screen shot. How it works. Every hour, as usual, it does the nytimesriver scan. Every story is linked to in the database undern all the keywords it references. Then the report, in HTML, is prepared, with the keywords in the left column, and links to all the stories in the right colum. The list is sorted by number of references, the keywords with the most references appear at the top of the list.  So today, baseball is the top item, with 15 references. The teams, the Cleveland Indians and Colorado Rockies, rank high. For some reason (heh) the Boston Red Sox don't appear, even though they're still in it, and the Yankees, even though they've been eliminated (yay!) are near the top at position 10.  It's another leaderboard! (Oh shit.) The stories age, and are removed after 24 hours. After all this is news, not olds.  If you have comments, post them under the screen shot, linked above. PS: Note that since the list just started up today, the initial stories, even though some are already 24 hours old, will remain in the queue until tomorrow morning at this time. So the list will be artificially fat today, it'll thin down tomorrow.
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BALTIMOREâForget any notions spurred by a report last night that Carlos Delgado, the Jays&#39; greatest run producer, will be offered a new contract sometime this week.
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Scott Rolen was traded from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday for Troy Glaus in a swap of All-Star third basemen.
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The Cleveland Indians picked up a club option Friday on left-hander Scott Sauerbeck, who did not pitch last season because of shoulder surgery.
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NEW YORK - Los Angeles Dodgers lefty Kazuhisa Ishii could be dealt to the New York Yankees in a mega-trade that is part of the deal that would also put Arizona Diamondbacks southpaw Randy Johnson in New York pinstripes, the New York Times reported
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The Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York  Yankees 4-2 on Saturday but are losing money, losing fans and  at the conclusion of the Major League season on Sunday could be  losing first baseman Carlos Delgado.
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The Toronto Blue Jays are close to signing Canadian third-baseman Corey Koskie and hope to have a deal done by Monday. &quot;We&#39;re still talking, and hopefully we&#39;ll know something soon,&quot; Blue Jays general manager JP Ricciardi told TSN on Sunday night.
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Wilfredo Ledezma was acquired by the Atlanta Braves from the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday for Macay McBride in a swap of left-handed pitchers.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. Carlos Lee has been traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Scott Podsednik (pahd-SEHD&#39;-nihk), reliever Luis Vizcaino (loo-EES&#39; vihs-ky-AY&#39;-noh) and a player to be named.
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The Cleveland Indians found a front-runner for their vacant closer's job, agreeing Wednesday to a one-year contract with free agent Joe Borowski that includes a club option for 2008.
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TORONTO - John Gibbons is getting one chance to turn the Toronto Blue Jays around, and he&#39;s happy to have it. Gibbons was given a one-year contract Monday to return as manager after guiding the last-place
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Cleveland Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner left Friday night's game against the Texas Rangers in the eighth inning after he was hit on the right hand by a pitch from left-hander C.J. Wilson. X-rays were negative and Hafner is listed as day to day.
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Newsday is reporting that the New York Yankees have reached an agreement to acquire Randy Johnson. We have a correspondent working the story and will have a full report in the near future.
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Copley Township - Former Indians centerfielder Milton Bradley has run afoul of the law once again. Bradley, traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in April, was charged with disorderly conduct Thursday after he allegedly interfered with police Sgt.