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Guillen fined, ordered to take sensitivity training for slur — Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen on Thursday was fined an undisclosed amount of money and ordered to undergo sensitivity training for his use of a derogatory term aimed at Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti.
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Guillen criticized by Cards coach — Manager, Riske suspended following game vs. Cards — CHICAGO — On a day when a possible feud between Ozzie Guillen and Houston manager Phil Garner ended before it got started, the White Sox manager apparently found a new sparring partner in St. Louis pitching coach Dave Duncan.
Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Guillen, Duncan feud over plunking — If you're the Cardinals, the mini-feud between pitching coach Dave Duncan and White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen ranks way down on the list of priorities. — Way up there are concerns such as the health of pitcher Mark Mulder, the South Holland native …
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Exile in Wrigleyville
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
1-hit thunder — Thome only batter to crack Cards' Reyes— with solo HR in 7th to complete sweep — Several thousand White Sox fans turned Thursday to a suite behind home plate where their suspended manager was seated and chanted "Ozzie, Ozzie." — But Freddy Garcia and Jim Thome deserved …
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Exile in Wrigleyville
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Associated Press:
Cardinals activate Pujols, place Mulder on disabled list — CHICAGO (AP) — Albert Pujols came off the disabled list Thursday and returned to the St. Louis Cardinals' lineup for their series finale against the Chicago White Sox. — The 2005 NL MVP played first base and batted third.
Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Cards look to Reyes to avoid sweep — St. Louis (42-28) at White Sox (46-25), 7:05 p.m. CT — The Cardinals will try to stave off a sweep on Wednesday night when they send rookie right-hander Anthony Reyes to the mound against the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field.
Jamey Eisenberg / Palm Beach Post:
Girardi: N.Y. trip just another series — BALTIMORE — Marlins manager Joe Girardi is looking forward to returning to Yankee Stadium for this weekend's three-game series against the Yankees. — Girardi played for the Yankees from 1996-99, was an announcer for the team in 2004 and was bench coach for Joe Torre in 2005.
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FishStripes
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Jamey Eisenberg / Palm Beach Post:
Marlins rally to stun Orioles — BALTIMORE — The Marlins' biggest comeback of the season might have been their most miraculous. — Back-to-back pinch-hit home runs by Joe Borchard and Wes Helms in the bottom of the ninth and a single by Miguel Cabrera while he was being intentionally walked …
Lee Jenkins / New York Times:
Money Talks, but Sometimes It Doesn't — BALTIMORE, June 21 — The Florida Marlins' latest makeover started the day that pitcher Dontrelle Willis walked into the clubhouse with a boxful of hand-me-downs. — When Willis opened the box, revealing a pile of colorful vintage jerseys …
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FishStripes
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Robinson proud of his work with Nats — Skipper unsure of his future under new ownership group … MLB.com: Ever since Major League Baseball named the Lerner group as the new owners of the Nationals, there has been non-stop speculation about your future with the club. What is your take on your future with this team?
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
A Legend's Uncertain Future — The past is the past, and no one's taking it away from Frank Robinson, least of all those in Baltimore, where he will arrive today to manage the 2,155th game of his major league career. "I am attached to Baltimore," he said this week, "and I always will be."
John Tomase / Boston Herald:
Crawford hits home - Sox react to ex-pitcher's drug claims — Paxton Crawford's Red Sox career can best be described as forgettable, his claim to fame a sketchy back injury supposedly caused by falling out of bed onto a glass. — That story made Crawford a punch line …
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Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Danks promoted to Triple-A — ARLINGTON - Left-handed starter John Danks took what general manager Jon Daniels described as a "big step" Thursday. He was promoted to Oklahoma and will make his first career Triple-A start Saturday. — "John's commanding his three pitches well now …
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Lone Star Ball
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NY Daily News:
Junior achievement: Staying on the field — Just before he left his Orlando home for the trek south to the Cincinnati Reds' spring training camp in Sarasota in February, Ken Griffey Jr.'s 10-year-old daughter Taryn called him aside to ask him a question. — "How many years have you been playing baseball, Daddy?" she asked.
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Red Hot Mama
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Charles Odum / Associated Press:
Braves in unexpected free-fall from first to worst — Braves in unexpected free-fall from first to worst — ATLANTA (AP) — At the start of spring training, Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones scanned the names above the clubhouse lockers and made a prediction.
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Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
Loria's offer to Bonds draws ire — Jeffrey Loria's generosity with ballplayers is well known, but a recent example landed the Marlins owner in hot water with at least one of his National League rivals. — When the San Francisco Giants were in South Florida last month …
Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Notes: Jays cautious about Burnett — Toronto quietly hoping righty's return solidifies starting rotation — ATLANTA — Aside from two starts in April, A.J. Burnett has been practically invisible. Sure, he's been in Toronto's clubhouse, in the trainer's room and on the field plenty of times …
