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Briefs: Rangers get strikeout guy Ramirez from Yanks (CBS Sports)

Briefs: Rangers get strikeout guy Ramirez from Yanks (CBS Sports)
Tuesday’s MLB news briefs: The Texas Rangers have acquired right-hander Edwar Ramirez from the New York Yankees for cash.

Veteran Umpires Fired From MLB (FOX 5 New York)
Major League Baseball has fired three of seven umpire supervisors because of anger over blown calls during the 2009 postseason, USA Today reports.

MLB taps ex-VP Sandy Alderson as Dominican office consultant (ESPN)
Sandy Alderson has been re-hired as a consultant whose responsibility will be to reform MLB’s Dominican Republic office, according to a baseball source.

MLB Notes: Nathan’s year in doubt (Omaha World-Herald)
The Minnesota Twins suddenly have a glaring concern about closing games for the first time since Joe Nathan took over in 2004. Tests on Nathan’s right throwing elbow have revealed a significant tear in the ulnar collateral…

Nathan Has Torn Ligament in Elbow… (12 FOX Mankato)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (MLB.COM) — When Twins All-Star closer Joe Nathan went to Minnesota on Monday to have an MRI and CT scan on his sore right elbow, he and the Twins were expecting encouraging news. The prevailing thought was that the procedure was merely precautionary, that the tightness and soreness that forced him out of Saturday’s game against the Red Sox after retiring just one batter was …