Today's Up-To-The-Minute News On Baseball for Saturday, July 16, 2011

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(2:38:12 PM) Baseball overflows with second-half stories – Baseball's first half served up six tight division races. The second half promises much, much more. (This story continues here)

(2:31:42 PM) Baseball Memorabilia Is More Than Signed Bats – The Yankee shortstop gets his 3,000th hit and the memorabilia machine goes into action, churning out bats, balls, jerseys and more. But not all signed batting helmets are created equal. (This story continues here)

(1:42:24 PM) From Honus to Derek, Baseball Memorabilia Is More Than Signed Bats – The Yankee shortstop gets his 3,000th hit and the memorabilia machine goes into action, churning out bats, balls, jerseys and more. But not all signed batting helmets are created equal. (This story continues here)

(2:09:53 PM) Major League Baseball Says It Improved $150 Million Loan Offer to Dodgers – Baseball is willing to provide “unsecured financing” that wouldn’t require any collateral to guarantee repayment, John McHale, executive vice president with the baseball commissioner’s office, said in a filing today in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware. (This story continues here)

(2:17:22 PM) Baseball Presses Case on Dodgers Financing – In a filing in federal bankruptcy court, baseball continued to question the motives of Frank McCourt, the Dodgers owner, and accused him of a conflict of interest. (This story continues here)

(2:05:39 PM) Baseball Notes: Yanks sign Romero for farm team – The Yankees have signed former Phillies reliever J.C. Romero to a minor-league deal. According to multiple reports, Romero, who ended up with the Nationals after the Phils let him go, opted out of his minor-league contract with Washington because it was unclear whether he was going to be promoted to the big team. And so minutes after Romero was released, the Yankees signed him to a minor-league ... (This story continues here)

(1:53:36 PM) Baseball Calendar – July 24 -- Hall of Fame induction, Cooperstown, N.Y. July 31 -- Last day to trade a player without securing waivers. Aug. 15 -- Last day to sign selections from 2011 amateur draft who have not exhausted college eligibility. Sept. 1 -- Active rosters expand to 40 players. Sept. 30 or Oct. 1 -- Playoffs begin. (This story continues here)

(2:15:00 PM) A former baseball star looks to ace video games – NEW YORK (Reuters) - Curt Schilling was one of Major League Baseball's dominant pitchers for some 20 seasons and since retiring, his game playing has taken a new direction -- he owns a company aiming to conquer the $65 billion video game industry. (This story continues here)

(2:41:13 PM) Baseball Receives Records on Bartolo Colon’s Stem Cell Procedure – More than two months after the disclosure of Bartolo Colon’s novel stem cell treatment, the medical documents about it were handed over to Major League Baseball. (This story continues here)

(2:53:31 PM) Gazette.Net: Baseball tour promotes love of the game – In 2008, Jeff Potter released a book called “Whatever Happened To Baseball?” Three years later, he and a group of volunteers are doing their best to not only find out, but to change the culture of youth baseball. (This story continues here)