During an interview on MLB.com, Barry Bonds admits his injured right knee will most likely keep him from playing this season. The 41-year-old Giants slugger needs 12 home runs to pass Babe Ruth (714) and 54 to go ahead of Hank Aaron (755) to become the all-time home run leader. Bonds will return for a few games in September and will break Aaron’s record in 2007.

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During an interview on MLB.com, Barry Bonds admits his injured right knee will most likely keep him from playing this season. The 41-year-old Giants slugger needs 12 home runs to pass Babe Ruth (714) and 54 to go ahead of Hank Aaron (755) to become the all-time home run leader. Bonds will return for a few games in September and will break Aaron’s record in 2007.

Joe Garagiola Jr., the first and only general manager in Diamondback history, announces he will be leaving Arizona to take a job with the commissioner’s office. The son of the former Cardinal catcher and national broadcaster Joe Garagiola will become the senior vice president of baseball operations of Major League Baseball, beginning on August 15th.

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Joe Garagiola Jr., the first and only general manager in Diamondback history, announces he will be leaving Arizona to take a job with the commissioner’s office. The son of the former Cardinal catcher and national broadcaster Joe Garagiola will become the senior vice president of baseball operations of Major League Baseball, beginning on August 15th.

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8/1/2004: The Expos were in Miami playing the Marlins. Montreal’s Brad Wilkerson hit a two-run dinger with one out in the top of the third off Carl Pavano. The blast provided the only runs of the game which was rained out with one out in the top of the fourth.

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8/1/2004: The Expos were in Miami playing the Marlins. Montreal’s Brad Wilkerson hit a two-run dinger with one out in the top of the third off Carl Pavano. The blast provided the only runs of the game which was rained out with one out in the top of the fourth.

The Expos trade recently acquired outfielder Cliff Floyd (.275, 21, 61) to the Red Sox for two minor league right-handed pitchers from South Korea, Seung Song and Sun-Woo Kim. Although denied by all involved, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner suspects the Expos, who are owned by major league baseball, made the trade to help his club’s top rival.

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The Expos trade recently acquired outfielder Cliff Floyd (.275, 21, 61) to the Red Sox for two minor league right-handed pitchers from South Korea, Seung Song and Sun-Woo Kim. Although denied by all involved, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner suspects the Expos, who are owned by major league baseball, made the trade to help his club’s top rival.

A.J. Burnett fires his 4th shutout of the year, beating the Cardinals, 4 – 0, on four hits. The high point for St. Louis is a 6th-inning triple play (9-6-3), just the 11th in history started by a right fielder. With runners on first and second base, J.D. Drew snags Eric Owens’ line drive and throws to SS Edgar Renteria who steps on second base and relays to first baseman Tino Martinez. Jay Buhner was the last right fielder to start a triple play, accomplishing the feat for the 1992 Seattle Mariners.

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A.J. Burnett fires his 4th shutout of the year, beating the Cardinals, 4 – 0, on four hits. The high point for St. Louis is a 6th-inning triple play (9-6-3), just the 11th in history started by a right fielder. With runners on first and second base, J.D. Drew snags Eric Owens’ line drive and throws to SS Edgar Renteria who steps on second base and relays to first baseman Tino Martinez. Jay Buhner was the last right fielder to start a triple play, accomplishing the feat for the 1992 Seattle Mariners.

The Rangers clobber the Red Sox, 19 – 7, as Texas OF Carl Everett hits a pair of home runs and drives home seven runs against his former teammates.

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The Rangers clobber the Red Sox, 19 – 7, as Texas OF Carl Everett hits a pair of home runs and drives home seven runs against his former teammates.

The Tigers, for the thirty-third time in the team’s history, turn a triple play when Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to first baseman Shane Halter, catching Ichiro Suzuki off first to complete Detroit’s first triple killing since July 3, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.

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The Tigers, for the thirty-third time in the team’s history, turn a triple play when Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to first baseman Shane Halter, catching Ichiro Suzuki off first to complete Detroit’s first triple killing since July 3, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.

For the 33rd time in the team’s history, the Tigers turn a triple play as Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to first baseman Shane Halter, catching Ichiro Suzuki off first to complete Detroit’s first triple killing since July 3, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.

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For the 33rd time in the team’s history, the Tigers turn a triple play as Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to first baseman Shane Halter, catching Ichiro Suzuki off first to complete Detroit’s first triple killing since July 3, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.

The Mets defeat the Astros, 8 – 2, in 10 innings. New York scores six runs in the 10th, the most ever in that frame for a Mets club, with Edgardo Alfonzo’s three-run home run the big blow.

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The Mets defeat the Astros, 8 – 2, in 10 innings. New York scores six runs in the 10th, the most ever in that frame for a Mets club, with Edgardo Alfonzo’s three-run home run the big blow.