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2:25 AM ET, June 25, 2006

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Associated Press:
Injury-depleted Cubs summon Lee for Sunday's game  —  CBS SportsLine.com wire reports  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Derrek Lee will be back with the Chicago Cubs for Sunday's game at Minnesota after just one minor league rehab appearance.  —  The move to activate Lee from the disabled list …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Lee returning Sunday  —  Lee goes 1-for-4 in 1st rehab game; Womack, Bynum hurt  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Tony Womack and Freddie Bynum were injured in Saturday's game, with Womack suffering lower back spasms while running the bases in the third inning and Bynum incurring a swollen right arm.
Discussion: CubsNet.com
Associated Press:
Aye, Papi  —  Ortiz's walkoff HR in 10th lifts Red Sox over Phillies  —  BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz hits so many walkoff homers that one teammate even predicts them.  —  The Boston slugger hit the ninth of his career, a two-run blast to the center-field bleachers that gave the Red Sox …
Discussion: Baseball Musings
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Ortiz won't shift his approach to hitting
Discussion: The Joy of Sox
David Heuschkel / Hartford Courant:
Beckett Makes It Look Easy
Discussion: The Joy of Sox
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Beckett baffles batters
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Better shop around: Rangers to trade lefty  —  Club says there is interest around league in 21-year-old reliever  —  DENVER - Unable to balance having an unproven reliever in the bullpen of a team with division championship aspirations, the Rangers will try to extract some help from Fabio Castro in another manner.
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Texas designates Castro for assignment
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards Insider: Duncan battles nepotism perception  —  DETROIT — Chris Duncan probably will start in Memphis' outfield Sunday.  A week ago, he was in the Cardinals' clubhouse as they concluded a three-game series against Colorado, and Wednesday he endured an 0-for-four night against the Chicago White Sox.
David Haugh / Chicago Tribune:
For Rocker, it's been there, done that  —  John Rocker walked into the room to meet the man assigned to conduct his Major League Baseball-mandated sensitivity training six years ago and walked out shortly thereafter with the discussion delving no deeper than the weather.
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David Andriesen / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:   Mariners Notebook: Putz settles in as closer
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Redemption for Orioles … It wasn't about rivalry or even revenge.  For the home team, the first regular-season baseball game here between the Washington and Baltimore franchises since 1971 had nothing to do with the club in the visiting dugout.  —  It was all about the collective psyche of the Orioles …
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
A Loss That Feels Good for Patterson
David Steele / Baltimore Sun:   Orioles fans turn in a fulfilling performance
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Armas placed on 15-day DL
Discussion: Washington Post
Dawn Klemish / MLB.com:
Remlinger designated for assignment  —  Veteran southpaw reliever hopes to hook on with another club  —  ST. PETERSBURG — At 40 years old, Mike Remlinger knows his pitching career won't last forever.  Still, he was understandably disappointed after being designated for assignment after Saturday night's game at Tampa Bay.
Discussion: Talking Chop
Andrew Bare / MLB.com:
Notes: Nervous Sowers ready to go  —  Left-hander enjoys time to adjust before Sunday debut  —  CLEVELAND — Jeremy Sowers sat with the assembled media before Saturday's game against the Reds, every bit as polished and poised in front of a microphone as he is on a pitcher's mound.
Discussion: Let's Go Tribe
Zachary Levine / MLB.com:
Myers, Schilling duel at Fenway  —  Philadelphia (35-38) at Boston (43-28), 1:20 p.m. ET  —  Of the six former World Series MVPs pitching in the Majors, the Phillies have faced five this year: Tom Glavine, Livan Hernandez, Mariano Rivera, Randy Johnson and Josh Beckett.
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Howard Kussoy / MLB.com:
Schilling aims for 10th victory
Discussion: The Joy of Sox
Barry Rozner / Daily Herald:
Stories really missed point on Guillen  —  Somewhere on the drive between Birmingham, Ala., and Atlanta on Thursday afternoon, White Sox general manager Ken Williams released a heavy sigh into his cell phone.  —  "Ozzie (Guillen) has to keep this stuff off my desk.
Discussion: Ivy Chat
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
TBS MAY AIR PART OF LCS  —  June 24, 2006 — In what would be a landmark move, Major League Baseball is in serious negotiations with TBS Sports to put a portion of baseball's league championship series exclusively on cable television for the first time, sources have told The Post.
Discussion: Ben Maller
Associated Press:
Sox rally from four down, beat Astros  —  CHICAGO (AP) - Joe Crede provided a painful flashback for the Houston Astros and helped rally the surging Chicago White Sox to their ninth straight victory.  —  Crede hit reliever Chad Qualls' first pitch for a game-tying grand slam in the seventh …
Jan Hubbard / Dallas Star-Telegram:
RANGERS NOTES  —  Manager has lots of faith in DeRosa  —  DENVER — Buck Showalter made it official Friday:  —  Mark DeRosa has earned a job as a Rangers starter.  —  In one sense, that's not news.  DeRosa has been in the lineup in all 20 games in June.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:   Rangers' Francisco not ready to return
Matthew Borenstein / MLB.com:
Rockies aim to even series with Rangers  —  Texas (40-34) at Colorado (36-37), 6:05 p.m. MT  —  For the first time this year, the Rockies will be looking to rebound Saturday night after the first game of an Interleague series.  —  After easily taking the first games against the Blue Jays …
Discussion: Purple Row
 
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