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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Uggla's return date in doubt — NEW YORK — Rookie second baseman Dan Uggla remains hopeful that he'll return this week, but there's a chance he might not play until after the All-Star break. — Uggla, who leads the Marlins with 13 home runs, hasn't been able to run without pain since …
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Sanchez a winner in debut — Righty gets win as Fish become first team to shut out Yanks — NEW YORK — It may be a matter of time before Anibal Sanchez earns a rotation spot. But if first impressions mean anything, the latest Marlins rookie pitcher certainly looks like he belongs in the big leagues.
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Kevin Baxter / Miami Herald:
Sanchez enjoys stellar debut — Anibal Sanchez shut out the Yankees for 5 2/3 innings in his first major-league outing to help the Marlins earn a split of a day-night doubleheader against New York. — kbaxter@MiamiHerald.com — NEW YORK - The Bronx is a long way from Maracay, Venezuela.
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Darren Everson / NY Daily News:
Jason throws away game — Errors lead to 3 runs — It's amazing how lefty sluggers suddenly require rest when Dontrelle Willis is pitching. It's also remarkable how batted balls have a way of finding defensively challenged fielders. — Both occurrences happened to the Yankees yesterday …
Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Add on Cano to Yank woe — Hurt as Fish earn a split — A day that started with a great win ended badly at night for the Yankees. Robinson Cano strained his left hamstring running out his sixth-inning double and had to come out of the nightcap of yesterday's split doubleheader against the Marlins at the Stadium.
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Marlins' Sanchez called up, shuts down Yankees — NEW YORK — The Marlins were still 10 outs away from beating the Yankees Sunday night. Yet Anibal Sanchez's role in positioning the team for the sweep-averting victory was so significant, Miguel Cabrera gave him an early embrace.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals cruise to victory in finale — Clayton breaks game open with three-run double — BALTIMORE — The Nationals finally received some timely hitting and solid pitching at the same time as they pounded the Orioles, 9-5, in front of 27,680 fans at Camden Yards on Sunday afternoon.
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
McClatchy 'extremely disappointed' in Pirates' play — But expresses confidence in Littlefield, Tracy — LOS ANGELES — The Pirates' frustration is boiling to the top. — "I'm extremely disappointed," owner Kevin McClatchy said shortly after the team's 11th loss in a row, 7-4, to Los Angeles yesterday at Dodger Stadium.
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Joe Roderick / Contra Costa Times:
A victory can solve a lot of problems — A's take series from Giants to ease rash of injuries, clubhouse tension — SAN FRANCISCO - Just a typical day in the maddening season of A's manager Ken Macha. — Before Sunday's game against the Giants, Macha was missing his Gold Glove third baseman Eric Chavez …
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Barely 20 Years Old, but Coming of Age Fast — Phil Hughes had no big plans to celebrate the end of his teenage years Friday. He had finished a workday at Waterfront Park in Trenton, and the next day he would be 20 years old. Twenty years old and still a Yankee.
SBG / SBG, The World's Greatest Online Magazine:
Hunter Makes His Stand — Write a Letter to the Editor: 7 Letters So Far » — The day after advocating a Garnett trade, Top Jimmy frets over Torii Hunter. Once again, it's not about play for TJ, it's about some intangibles. — Writes Top James:
Bob Herzog / Newsday:
Cano strains his hammy — Robinson Cano pulled up lame on a double to right-center in the sixth inning of Game 2 of yesterday's day-night doubleheader and had to leave the game. The initial diagnosis was a strained left hamstring. There was no definitive word on his status for tonight's game against the Braves.
Bernie Miklasz / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards have time to address their major weaknesses — After getting slapped around by the big boys during a revolting 0-6 road trip, the Cardinals can take comfort in knowing that they're nearly finished with interleague play for 2006. — After six home games against Cleveland and Kansas City …
Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
The mystery man — Texas can't solve Kim, who delivers second straight dominant outing — Not so long ago, Byung-Hyun Kim was something of a mystery to his own team. — Now, comfortable and happy in a Rockies uniform, he's evolving into a central character in a solid starting rotation.
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Caught napping on the job — Cubs stumble to 10th loss in last 12 games despite Lee's return — MINNEAPOLIS — Derrek Lee was driven from Des Moines to Minneapolis after Saturday night's game at Triple-A Iowa, getting only a few hours of sleep before his long-awaited return to the Cubs' lineup.
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Christian Red / NY Daily News:
Ghost of Billy Buck — The 'real' Curse revisited as Mets, Sox meet 20 years later — BOSTON - It was a crisp night in late October, 1986, but Ron Darling had the top down in his convertible. The Mets' righthander was headed home, moments after pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre urged …
Associated Press:
Asheville Tourists manager loses it following ejection — LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Minor league manager Joe Mikulik had a major league tantrum Sunday night. — The manager of the Asheville Tourists, a Class-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies in the South Atlantic League …
Associated Press:
Bonds leaves game with knee irritation — SAN FRANCISCO —Barry Bonds left Sunday's game against the Oakland Athletics after the second inning with irritation in his left knee, a day after the San Francisco slugger connected for his 719th home run. — Bonds is day to day.
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Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:
Papelbon proves to be a dominant factor — In discussing the New York Yankees dynasty of the late 1990s, veteran right-hander David Cone once described closer Mariano Rivera as "The X Factor." Now, inside the walls of antiquated Fenway Park, that is precisely what Jonathan Papelbon is becoming for the Red Sox.
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