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Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Mets are running away with NL East — PHILADELPHIA — Ask an '86 Met what it's like to watch his 2006 descendants, and it's like examining a genealogy tree. That's us, is what the retro Mets must be thinking, as this year's squad has taken a 7½ game lead in the East, ready to use the summer as calisthenics for the playoffs.
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
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Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Today — Good D — You have to give the Mets this: they're not boring. — Last night, they blew a pair of early leads, allowed five home runs and seven runs total, but hung on for a 9-7 road win over the Phillies. It was the Mets' 21st win by two or fewer runs and the seventh …
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Search continues for leadoff hitter — Devil Rays' Crawford among possibilities — Washington - The Rockies' problems start at the top. General manager Dan O'Dowd knew this past winter, this spring and this season that the leadoff spot could become an issue.
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Mark Saxon / Orange County Register:
Colon to return this weekend — He is expected to start Saturday or Sunday but whom he will replace is still up in the air. — ANAHEIM - Half of the equation is complete. The Angels announced that Bartolo Colon will come off the disabled list this weekend.
Michael Walsh / MLB.com:
Fogg sharp, bats hot as Rockies win — Barmes drives in three, Holliday adds two in victory — WASHINGTON — It was a game of slump-busting for the Rockies Tuesday night as they defeated the Nationals, 9-2, at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. — First, it was two individuals.
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Bad Altitude
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Gagne Is Put on DL, Feels 'Helpless' — SAN DIEGO — With pain still flaring from a nerve in his right elbow, closer Eric Gagne will visit a neurologist today for a consultation that could include additional tests and result in new treatments. — The Dodgers put Gagne on the disabled list Tuesday and activated infielder Jeff Kent.
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Chris Snow / Boston Globe:
Timlin returns; Foulke put on DL — MINNEAPOLIS — Just as Mike Timlin and his rested shoulder rejoined the Red Sox bullpen, Keith Foulke assumed his own place on the disabled list yesterday, with an elbow issue that was labeled ``tendinitis. Manager Terry Francona said after the game that an MRI confirmed the diagnosis.
Sports Illustrated:
Get some PrOPS — A couple of years ago, economics professor and die-hard Braves fan J.C. Bradbury got sick of watching Chipper Jones rip line drive after line drive right into the gloves of the opposition. One of his beloved Braves was having a great season at the plate and it wasn't showing …
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Teixeira working on glitch in swing — ARLINGTON - With an assist from hitting instructor Rudy Jaramillo, Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira said he's identified the mechanical issue in his swing that has caused a significant drop in run production. — Now comes the tough part: fixing it.
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Dallas Star-Telegram
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Kat O'Brien / Dallas Star-Telegram:RANGERS NOTES — Daniels still patient on trade front
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Lone Star Ball
Kelly Thesier / MLB.com:
Twins option Batista for assignment — Bartlett recalled from Triple-A Rochester — MINNEAPOLIS — The days of Tony Batista as a Twin appear to now be over. — Following their 5-2 victory over the Red Sox in 12 innings Tuesday night, the Twins announced that they had designated Batista …
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Ron Jackson / Dayton Daily News:
Foster believes Griffey should give up playing center field — MIAMISBURG | Former Cincinnati Reds great George Foster is not pleased with some players on his former team or the team in general. His critical comments were specifically aimed at Adam Dunn and Ken Griffey Jr. …
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Ben Maller
Karen Guregian / Boston Herald:
Aces go 1-on-1: Schill, Santana duel — MINNEAPOLIS - The way Johan Santana was striking out Red Sox batters last night, memories of two historic pitching performances by Roger Clemens came to mind. — Curt Schilling? — He wasn't nearly as dazzling, but that didn't mean he wasn't as effective as the Twins southpaw.
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Keith Law / ESPN:
Ortiz's money already had gone to waste … The Arizona Diamondbacks made a solid baseball decision Tuesday when they kicked Russ Ortiz to the curb — but contrary to what you'll read about this almost anywhere you look, they won't be "eating" $22 million of his salary (which appears …
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The Griddle
Sports Illustrated:
Parc Jarry relives a taste of its major league past — MONTREAL (AP) -Andre Dawson, Steve Rogers and Warren Cromartie began their major league careers at a place where a tennis stadium now stands. — All that now remains of Parc Jarry, the original home of the defunct Montreal Expos, is the press box and grandstand.
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The Griddle
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards Notebook: Ankiel out for season — PITTSBURGH — Rick Ankiel, pitching phenom reinvented as an outfielder, will miss the rest of the season after having knee surgery last month to correct an injury sustained in spring training. — Ankiel will not play until 2007, Cardinals officials confirmed Tuesday.
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Baseball Musings
Sports Illustrated:
Reliever Santana out for the season with elbow injury — PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Julio Santana will miss the rest of the season because of a right elbow injury that will require ligament reconstruction surgery to repair. — Signed to a one-year contract last winter in the hopes that he would strengthen …
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Balls, Sticks, & Stuff
Baseball America:
2006 College Player Of The Year — Andrew Miller's 13-2, 2.11 season stands as a key reason for North Carolina's first College World Series berth since 1989. But the junior lefthander would rather be known as one of many Tar Heels piled atop one another after Chad Flack's game-ending home run …
