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Baseball briefs: July 31
Knoxville News Sentinel - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Nowhere near the Barry Bonds chase, Hank Aaron insists his silence speaks for itself. Aaron has declined all along to be drawn into a debate about Bonds worthiness to surpass him as baseball s home run champion. I am

Land O’Lakes teams end season at states
St. Petersburg Times - For Land O’Lakes Little League, the season has come to a close. All three of its remaining teams in state tournament play - junior softball, junior baseball and senior baseball - all went 1-2 in their respective pools. “I think that the Land O’Lakes

Baseball Today
CBS Sportsline - Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees (7:05 p.m. EDT). Alex Rodriguez continues his pursuit of his 500th homer, facing Jose Contreras (5-13, 6.22 ERA). -Cole Hamels, Phillies, allowed one run and three hits with eight strikeouts in eight innings of a

Yanks May Look to Farm System for Help
The Yankees remain pessimistic about their chances of landing a reliever through a trade before Tuesday?s 4 p.m. nonwaiver trading deadline.

A.V. baseball teams play for charity (Los Angeles Daily News)
LANCASTER - The Antelope Valley Men’s Adult Baseball League 18- to-26-year-old and 27-and-over all-stars will play their respective age-group counterparts from Adelanto in an all-day event today at Clear Channel Stadium.

Bonds homerless as Giants win
Barry Bonds wanted a pitcher to challenge him. Dontrelle Willis was more than ready. Hopping off the mound, pumping his fist and throwing fastball after fastball, Willis kept history on hold Saturday night. Bonds went hitless a night after connecting for his 754th home run, leaving the San Francisco star one shy of tying Hank Aaron’s record in the Giants’ 4-3 win over the Florida Marlins on Saturday night.

Canseco Provides Mitchell With Names
Jose Canseco, who wrote a tell-all book about steroid use in baseball, has met with the former senator who is leading baseball?s performance-enhancing drugs investigation.