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Report: Rookie to be demoted for missing Blalock — White Sox rookie pitcher Sean Tracey got into hot water with his manager Ozzie Guillen — for getting an out. — Tracey was summoned to start the seventh inning and got Hank Blalock to ground out, but getting an out might not have been the reason Tracey was brought into the game.
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Baseball Musings
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Getting plunked, skunked — Rangers pound Sox, Vazquez as 'armed' combat breaks out — ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers put a dent in Javier Vazquez's ERA Wednesday night. — But that paled in comparison to the anger the White Sox displayed during an 8- loss at Ameriquest Field …
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Sox pitcher dismissed after miss — ARLINGTON, Texas — White Sox starting pitcher Javier Vazquez allowed six runs on 10 hits in six innings. — Sox hitters combined for only four hits in an 8-0 loss to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. — And they all had good days compared with that of rookie reliever Sean Tracey.
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
David righting self in field — PHILADELPHIA - David Wright is collecting quite an assortment of highlight-reel plays for someone who tied for the major-league lead in errors at third base last season. — There was the over-the-shoulder, barehanded catch in San Diego in August, which has earned him an invite to ESPN's ESPY Awards.
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Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Finley notches 300th career homer — 41-year-old outfielder reaches milestone at former home — PHOENIX — During a season of milestones for the San Francisco Giants, Steve Finley returned to his old Chase Field stomping grounds and added another on Wednesday night.
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Associated Press:
Dodgers-Padres Preview — The last time the Los Angeles Dodgers were swept by the San Diego Padres on the road, right-hander Chad Billingsley was in rookie ball. — Now a major league rookie, Billingsley makes his debut when the Dodgers (35-30) and Padres conclude their three-game series at Petco Park on Thursday.
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Milledge caught looking — PHILADELPHIA - Willie Randolph gave Lastings Milledge a lecture in the dugout after the rookie was thrown out at the plate trying to score from first base on Julio Franco's two-out double to right-center in the seventh. The manager believed Milledge should have scored.
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David Lennon / Newsday:
Simply the best in baseball — Every starting player gets a hit as Mets pass Tigers for top record — PHILADELPHIA — It's impossible, of course, for the Mets to go undefeated for the remainder of this season. But after the first two games here at Citizens Bank Park …
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Metsblog.com
Jack Curry / New York Times:
Soriano's Numbers Won't Come Cheap — WASHINGTON, June 14 — Alfonso Soriano is the king of his corner in the Washington Nationals' clubhouse and an even bigger king in the baseball universe. Soriano acts like a star, he is a star and he wants to remain a star — here, there and everywhere.
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Marc Carig / Washington Post:
Nationals' Pitching Is Left In Tatters — Rockies Collect 18 Hits in Rout: Rockies 14, Nationals 8 — Caught in the crossfire of a slugfest, the Washington Nationals turned to relief pitcher Bill Bray to restore a little sanity to what had been a weird game last night at RFK Stadium.
Metstradamus / The Musings and Prophecies …:
Undertaking, Turning Tables, And Picking A Fight … Paul Lo Duca...undertaker. — Not only are he and his team making good on their freezing and burying service by taking the first two from their closest competitor, but they're doing it in a way that this franchise isn't accustomed to historically …
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Joe Gergen / Newsday:
Reyes is exciting and igniting — PHILADELPHIA — Among the lessons Jose Reyes has absorbed during his brief tenure in the major leagues is that a little hit can cause great damage. Especially when it's accompanied by a pair of the fastest legs in the game.
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the metropolitans
Jason Brummond / MLB.com:
Red Sox slammed again by Twins — Clement leaves with arm trouble, will return to Boston for MRI — MINNEAPOLIS — When Matt Clement finally took the mound on Wednesday, he didn't know what to expect from his own arm. — Making his first start in 10 days, Clement left the game in the fifth inning …
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The Baseball Desert
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Chris Snow / Boston Globe:Sox are out of control — Walks allow Twins to run away with it
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Keep Your Sox On In Brooklyn
Jan Hubbard / Dallas Star-Telegram:
And this lefty likes the Rangers — ARLINGTON - About 45 minutes before the first pitch was thrown Wednesday night, approximately 75 people were lined up on the concourse on the first base side of Ameriquest Field waiting for an autograph from 18-year-old Kasey Kiker. — You think Ranger fans like their left-handers?
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Joe Lapointe / New York Times:
Johnson Hits Eject Button, but Yankees Don't Mind — Randy Johnson kept control of his pitches and his emotions. Andy Phillips knocked a ball over one fence and jumped over another fence to catch one. They were major contributors to the Yankees' 6-1 victory over Cleveland last night at Yankee Stadium.
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Sore heel may cost Fogg a start — Cory Sullivan and Matt Holliday, center, congratulate Rockies teammate Garrett Atkins after Atkins' three-run homer Wednesday night in Washington. (KRT / Harry E. Walker) — Washington - Rockies pitcher Josh Fogg entered Tuesday's game with his roster spot hanging in the balance.
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Pujols' guru gets his support — PUJOLS — "I have nothing to worry about." — PLEASANT VALLEY, MO. — The wall inside the entrance to Millhouse AEP is covered with framed autographed photos of major league first basemen Albert Pujols and Mike Sweeney.
Kevin Hench / Fox Sports:
Ten most memorable baseball plays — I guess I'm the wrong guy to ask to come up with the 10 most memorable baseball plays of all time. Because, for me, they all happened from Oct. 17-27, 2004. — My list would look something like this: — 10. Mark Bellhorn wins World Series Game 1 with home run off foul pole
