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Wayne Drehs / ESPN.com - MLB:
Indians' home away from home … MILWAUKEE — As the bets went around the clubhouse and the Cleveland Indians guessed how many people would show up for their 2007 home opener, 450 miles away from Jacobs Field, pitcher Joe Borowski admitted he was the cruelest. — "I thought it would be like five, maybe 500," Borowski said.
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Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Left high and dry — Game suspended after rain delays — Miami - The Milwaukee Brewers and Florida Marlins will be the first major-league teams to benefit from the rule amendment for suspended games. — Play was suspended Tuesday night - actually at 12:03 this morning local time …
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Ex-mates' behavior wasn't exactly angelic — This could be one of those player feuds that, 20 years from now, neither one will know how it started. — Today, however, that's not the case. — Jose Guillen and Brendan Donnelly were teammates with the Angels in 2004 when Guillen criticized …
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Donnelly-Guillen feud rekindled — Sox pitcher, Mariners outfielder exchange words at Fenway — BOSTON — Unless you are a fan of the Angels or the Nationals, the exchange of words that took place between Red Sox reliever Brendan Donnelly and Mariners right fielder Jose Guillen on Tuesday afternoon was probably a bit of a mystery.
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Church Gets Strong Start, To His Relief — If there was one player on the Washington Nationals who needed a solid start to the season, it just might have been outfielder Ryan Church, entering a pivotal year for his career. And coming off an iffy spring training, the 28-year-old was somewhat concerned.
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Kim, Lawrence hit crossroads — Los Angeles - With the roster traffic jammed, pitchers Byung-Hyun Kim and Brian Lawrence are speeding toward a critical intersection that could determine their futures with the Rockies. — Kim said Tuesday he's no longer angry about not making the rotation, but would welcome a trade.
Bill Center / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Young extended for $14.5 million through 2010 — Right-hander, 27, didn't want to be traded again — There's one statistic in Chris Young's baseball résumé that the pitcher doesn't want to see expand. — "I've already been traded three times," the 27-year-old right-hander said yesterday.
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Bob Herzog / Newsday:
Young starters thrill Peterson — With the mathematical precision we've come to expect from him, the Mets' professorial pitching coach, Rick Peterson, had a neat spin on the adage that the baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint, after Monday's home opener.
Sandra Guzman / New York Post:
THE BOYS OF SUMMER — HAPPY ENDY — April 11, 2007 — The Amazins' outfielder is living the dream — Casual baseball fans may not necessarily know Endy Chavez's name, but they definitely remember his spectacular catch during the final game of last year's World Series.
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John Hickey / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Boston braces for Matsuzaka's home debut — BOSTON — As things were winding down after the cancellation of a doubleheader in Cleveland on Monday, Ichiro Suzuki was walking in the hallway of the clubhouse at Jacobs Field. — He walked by Mariners coach John McLaren, who likes to keep Ichiro loose …
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Jorge Arangure Jr / Washington Post:
Wright Is Hurt In Orioles' Loss — Pitcher Leaves With Shoulder Stiffness: Tigers 3, Orioles 1 — The Baltimore Orioles' most significant loss on Tuesday night was not reflected on the scoreboard. With no outs and two men on in the sixth inning of a 3-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers …
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Rodriguez Hikes Socks and the Homers Follow — When Alex Rodriguez took batting practice Tuesday, he had these five hits in a row: fly ball off the right-field wall, two flies off the center-field wall, ground ball up the middle, fly ball into the left-field seats.
Steve Buckley / Boston Herald:
Beckett feasts: No need for nibbling — Give a pitcher a big lead early in the game, and chances are the guy will lapse into hit-it-if-you-can mode, busting fastballs over the plate and challenging hitters. — Red Sox home opener: — Then again, a critic would argue that hit …
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Bidders Are Lining Up for a Chance to Own the Cubs — Thomas Begel badly wants to buy the Cubs, and in his seat behind home plate at Wrigley Field on Monday, he offered a wealthy fan's sentiment sure to be repeated by other bidders. — "How could you not want to own this team?" …
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Bone spurs affecting Carpenter's elbow — PITTSBURGH — Cardinals medical supervisor Dr. George Paletta confirmed Tuesday that bone spurs are the source of an elbow impingement affecting ace Chris Carpenter but called it a "low to moderate" condition that should not imperil his season.
