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3:52 AM ET, April 21, 2007

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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
RODRIGUEZ IS THE YANKS' BIG PAPI  —  ALEX Rodriguez heads to Fenway Park as, of all things, David Ortiz.  —  Rodriguez now is not just the most talented player, but also the timeliest.  Talent and Timely, that is TNT, which is fitting for how explosive Rodriguez has been this April.
Discussion: Barstool Sports
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Jack Curry / New York Times:
Crisp Wins Some Fans With a Leap and a Triple  —  Coco Crisp is in his second official season as part of the intense Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, but Crisp insisted that he had had insight into the Yankee-Red Sox rivalry for more than 15 years.  Crisp played for a team called the Yankees in Sportsmen's Little League in Inglewood, Calif.
Gerry Callahan / Boston Herald:
It's love-hate with Rodriguez: Boos will be cheers in '08  —  The fans tonight will boo him louder, longer, meaner, madder and with more passion than they will boo anyone in a New York uniform.  They will go at him hard because Alex Rodriguez has become the face of the Yankees and that face still has those pink lips and puppy dog eyes.
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Duel turns wacky in wild loss to Cards  —  Lilly cruises until seventh, which kicks off Cubs' tough breaks  —  CHICAGO — The umpires made the right calls Friday.  You just won't see Lou Piniella picking up home-plate umpire Larry Young's tab at the same downtown Chicago restaurant this weekend.
Discussion: Metsquire and 1060west.net
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Hill continues mastery, Cubs shut out Braves
Discussion: Baseball Musings
Associated Press:
Atlanta 7, NY Mets 3  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Braves manager Bobby Cox is happy with what he's seen from Tim Hudson so far this year — a lot of the same stuff, over and over again.  —  Hudson was downright stingy over eight shutout innings and Chipper Jones hit a two-run homer to help Atlanta beat the New York Mets 7-3 Friday night.
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Alex Nelson / Mets Geek:
Upcoming Series: Atlanta Braves Pitchers
Discussion: Mets Today
Associated Press:
San Francisco 4, Arizona 2  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Russ Ortiz couldn't have scripted the story line much better.  —  His old team made enough mistakes in the first inning to give him a quick lead — and he kept it.  The only blip on this night was that the pitcher felt a knot in his lower …
Charlie Nobles / MLB.com:
Mets enjoy another rout of Marlins  —  El Duque fans 10, Wright extends streak in 16-hit barrage  —  MIAMI — The Mets thought they had assembled an offensive juggernaut when the season began.  Over the last two days, they proceeded to show the Marlins the sharp end of that buzzsaw.
Discussion: The FanHouse - Mlb
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
Anatomy of a trade  —  An inside look at deal that sent Big Unit back to Arizona … PHOENIX — It started with a simple phone call, moved to a possible three-team deal, and wound up with Randy Johnson back in Arizona.  —  Diamondbacks general manager Josh Byrnes saw the Yankees had signed left-handers Andy Pettitte and Kei Igawa.
Discussion: AZ Snakepit and MLB Trade Rumors
Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' bad start gets worse, 16-4  —  rdurrett@dallasnews.com  —  ARLINGTON - Several of Ron Washington's former players gave him a hearty greeting hours before Friday's game.  Then they showed no mercy to their ex-coach.  —  Oakland blistered the Rangers, 16-4, in a game that started badly for Texas and never got better.
JR Radcliffe / MLB.com:
Biggio's slam lifts Astros to fifth straight  —  Veteran collects third career grand slam  —  MILWAUKEE — A major contribution from the longest-tenured Astro proved to be just enough to avoid spoiling a big night from the shortest-tenured one.  —  Though Houston had to survive tense moments …
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
It's Still Slow Going For Nats' Patterson  —  Velocity Is Lacking in Loss to Phillies: Phillies 4, Nationals 2  —  John Patterson's stride was slow, his gaze toward the ground.  The Washington Nationals gathered, under cover from a cool drizzle, to welcome Patterson back to the dugout.
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Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
Mind Over Matter  —  The verdict on the Nationals has almost certainly …
Discussion: DC Sports Blog
Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
The Felix Affair  —  Boy, you take one day off to celebrate around here and the whole world seems to end.  Instead of lounging at the beach, I fielded call after call on Felix Hernandez Thursday, channeling handled the process well, making sure that Hernandez was seen in a timely manner in a way that could not be leaked.
myfoxtampabay.com:
Yankees farmhand arrested in Tampa  —  TAMPA - A minor league pitcher with the New York Yankees was arrested early Thursday morning on trespassing and obstruction charges after he refused to leave a Tampa restaurant.  —  Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies were dispatched …
Discussion: WasWatching.com
Bob McManaman / Arizona Republic:
Handwriting expert profiles D-Backs  —  Professional analysis of handwriting describes D-Backs 'right on the head'  —  Mark Hopper has been to three baseball games in his life, and he still has the ticket stub from the last one, an Aug. 25, 2001, game between the Diamondbacks and the New York Mets …
Discussion: Knuckle Curve
Associated Press:
Cleveland 4, Tampa Bay 3  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Travis Hafner and the Cleveland Indians didn't let a nightmare loss linger.  —  Hafner hit a two-run homer and drove in the go-ahead run on a ninth-inning single and the Indians beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4-3 on Friday night.
Discussion: Let's Go Tribe
Nate Silver / Baseball Prospectus:
PECOTA Takes On Right-handed Pitching Prospects  —  PECOTA versus Baseball America on pitching prospects was where we left off.  Today righthanders get all the attention.  —  Excellent Prospects  —  Player (Age) Upside  —  xx. Daisuke Matsuzaka, Red Sox (26) 216.7
 
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