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Wednesday's normal visit from Jay Jaffe could not happen due to Jay's first appearance on MLB Network. So Jay found us a pinch hitter, Jason Collett, from Baseball Prospectus.

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Matt Kemp answered Eric Young Jr.'s first inside-the-park homer with his 17th of the season and first with more than one runner on base, sparking the Dodgers' 6-4 victory over Colorado on Wednesday night and helping them avoid a three-game sweep by baseball's worst pitching staff.

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Alex White threw 80 pitches in four innings Tuesday night, allowing one hit and five walks before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter. Josh Roenicke took over and threw three scoreless innings, while rookie Josh Rutledge drove in all of Colorado's runs in a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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There was only one thing Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy could do when he realized the umpires would not change their minds. He went Hollywood. Tracy put on a show after he was ejected for disputing a reversed call in the seventh inning of the Rockies' 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.

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Hanley Ramirez lined an RBI single over a drawn-in infield in the ninth inning, and the Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs with a seesaw 7-6 victory on Sunday. Los Angeles remains a half-game behind NL West-leading San Francisco and 3½ ahead of third-place Arizona.

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Three years ago, Eddy Rodriguez was a catcher for the El Paso Diablos. Yesterday, he made history homering in his first big-league at bat. Rodriguez, now a member of the San Diego Padres, teed off on a Johnny Cueto slider for his first career homer as a major leaguer.

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The El Paso Diablos are hoping for some Fernandomania magic. On Wednesday, the team announced the signing of Fernando Valenzuela Jr., the son of the former pitching great.

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Patrick Corbin pitched two-hit ball over six innings following his promotion from Triple-A Reno on Wednesday, and the Diamondbacks got home runs from Miguel Montero and newcomer Chris Johnson in a 4-0 victory that completed their first three-game sweep at Dodger Stadium since 2007.

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Welcome to another addition of 'Icetime' with the Iceman Brandon Cohn.

Today's topics include the Pacific Coast League approving the move of  the Tuscon Padres to El Paso, the Olympics, the Rangers aqusition of pitcher Ryan Dempster, and Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasberg

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I'll give you him for them and them for him -- plus some cash, a pair of minor leaguers and a pair of shoes for a shot at a veteran and so on. Some trades came as surprises, others fell quietly into place and some barely beat the buzzard.

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