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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats make first trip to Fenway — Washington (32-39) at Boston (39-28), 7:05 p.m. ET — After hosting one of the most-storied franchises in the Majors, the Nationals take on another as they start a three-game series against Boston on Monday. — The series starts a nine-game, three-city …
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David Heuschkel / Hartford Courant:
Check Reveals Royal Background — ATLANTA — Red Sox manager Terry Francona doesn't know much about pitcher Kyle Snyder other than he's tall - 6 feet 8 - right-handed and was released by the worst team in baseball last week. — The Red Sox hope the Nationals, whom Snyder faces …
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Warning path isn't quite enough — Unpadded concrete danger to outfielders — ANAHEIM - Why is there exposed concrete at the base of the outfield walls at Angel Stadium, such as where Dave Roberts slammed his right knee yesterday? — Angels officials were trying to answer that question …
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Chris Snow / Boston Globe:
Great eighth (six runs) lifts Sox — ATLANTA — With just one Rudy Seanez pitch, delivered at 86 miles per hour with next-to-no movement, except for the arc it traced on its way out of the ballpark, this looked like a 2-4 road swing through Minnesota and Atlanta.
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Hal McCoy / Dayton Daily News:
Aurilia OK; Bailey to start in Class AA — CINCINNATI | In his 10-plus years in the major leagues, Rich Aurilia has dove back into bases many times, although he says, "I don't know why the White Sox tried to pick me off second base. I ain't going anywhere."
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Chicago hopeless — CHICAGO - Slowly and deliberately, Mark Prior strode toward a major-league pitching mound for the first time in nine months Sunday. Thirty steps he took, each short, like this was going to be an event to savor in small bites. — In another hopeless season for the Chicago Cubs …
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Mailbag: How to make room for Mitre? — Reporter Joe Frisaro answers Marlins fans' questions — What are the Marlins going to do when Sergio Mitre comes off the disabled list? Is he going back in the rotation? Everybody else is pitching great. — Because Mitre is on the 60-day disabled list …
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Chicago Tribune:
A's Karsay retires after marathon win — Steve Karsay had the rare luxury of beginning and ending his career with the same club. — Karsay announced his retirement from the Oakland Athletics on Sunday, one day after pitching the A's to victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in 17 innings …
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Looking at moving Mench? — Beat writer T.R. Sullivan answers fans' questions — Are the Rangers thinking about trading Kevin Mench for anyone? He is my favorite player and I don't want to see him gone. If you do, who would you get and why? — Mench remains an intriguing and enigmatic player.
Kevin Pearson / pe.com:
Effort on Play Questioned — The Press-Enterprise — OAKLAND - Lost somewhere in the middle of the Dodgers' 17-inning marathon with the A's on Saturday night was a veteran showing up a rookie. — In the eighth inning of the game that ended with Jae Seo walking in the winning run …
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Tools to build a fine future — Powerful Place to get to work — ATLANTA — No official announcement has been made, but the Red Sox have signed their top draft choice, outfielder Jason Place. If he isn't already in Fort Myers, Fla., ready to embark on his professional career in rookie ball …
Jamey Newberg / MLB.com:
Going Deep: Kiker's goal a realistic one — Rules makes pitcher's likely ETA late 2009 — When reporters asked Kasey Kiker, at the press conference announcing that the Rangers' first-round pick had agreed to sign a pro contract, how long he thought it would be before he reached the Major Leagues …
NY Daily News:
New Eli in town quite a catch — The first thing he noticed was the noise. — "Guys are real loud here," Eli Marrero, the newest Met, said yesterday afternoon, after the best team in the National League won another game in bizarre fashion. — And he was right: Even on a day when the stands …
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Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Podsednik's defense looks shaky to Ozzie — CINCINNATI — There's a good reason why Ozzie Guillen raises an eyebrow when asked why he hasn't given Scott Podsednik a chance to play center field. — The way the White Sox manager sees it, Podsednik still has to prove he can play a solid left field.