Former All-Stars Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly and Ryan Ludwick got traded Saturday as pennant contenders played a game of beat-the-clock, while the New York Yankees completed their big deal for slugger Lance Berkman. Chad Qualls and Ryan Theriot also joined the playoff chase and Ryan Church highlighted a five-player swap between last-place teams.

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Roy Oswalt's debut with the Philadelphia Phillies was a dud. Maybe ex-teammate Lance Berkman will make a better first impression for the New York Yankees. On another busy day of wheeling and dealing leading up to baseball's trade deadline, the Chicago White Sox added pitcher Edwin Jackson, and the Yankees landed outfielder Austin Kearns.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks traded away an All-Star pitcher for the second time in a week on Friday, sending right-hander Edwin Jackson to the Chicago White Sox for rookie Dan Hudson and prospect David Holmberg. Arizona traded three-time All-Star Dan Haren to Anaheim for left-hander Joe Saunders and three other players last week.

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The Philadelphia Phillies were already looking like a threat at winning a fourth straight NL East title by stringing together a long winning streak.

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BALTIMORE – The Baltimore Orioles have hired Buck Showalter to be their manager.

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Roy Halladay showed again why he is one of baseball's best pitchers. Domonic Brown proved he deserves to be labeled one of the game's top prospects. Halladay threw a six-hitter and Brown had two hits and two RBIs in his major league debut to lead the streaking Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-1 victory over the slumping Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.

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In order to get the 2011 season wrapped up by Halloween, Major League Baseball wants to change everything you…

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While their injury list keeps growing, the Philadelphia Phillies are piling up victories. Ryan Howard hit a tiebreaking two-run homer, Jayson Werth and Cody Ransom also connected, and Philadelphia beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-5 for a season-high sixth straight win Tuesday night. The two-time NL champion Phillies moved within 3 1/2 games of East-leading Atlanta, cutting the deficit in half over…

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If it weren't for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Arizona Diamondbacks would be the worst team in the National…

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A starting pitcher's won-loss record isn't what we crack it up to be . If a pitcher hypothetically goes…

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