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Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Notes: Alcohol policy remains same — Sampson pushed back because of sinus infection — ST. LOUIS — As soon as the news arrived on Friday that the Cardinals, still reeling from the death of pitcher Josh Hancock, banned alcohol from their home clubhouse, questions were raised …
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Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Notes: Berkman an option in outfield — Starting first baseman would accept move — HOUSTON — When Lance Berkman reported to Spring Training, he joked that he was going to lobby manager Phil Garner to make a few starts in the outfield. — This, of course, sounded completely silly …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Nats face Soriano — Ex-teammates meet, greet former Washington All-Star — CHICAGO — Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson, catcher Brian Schneider and third baseman Ryan Zimmerman had dinner at The Saloon with their former teammate, Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano, during their off-day on Thursday.
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Capitol Punishment
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Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Daffy Cubs duck into a victory — Zambrano recovers after 4-run 1st inning — Welcome to Wrigley Field. — Besides pulling what seems to be their daily dose of daffy diversion for the home folks, the Cubs finally mixed in a victory. — Yes, those were the Cubs coming …
Roch Kubatko / Baltimore Sun:
Good news, bad news … As the pain in his left arm became worse, Orioles pitcher Adam Loewen knew something wasn't right. He just had no idea how much of his season would be lost. — Perhaps all of it. — A bone scan taken yesterday morning confirmed that Loewen has a stress fracture …
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Babes Love Baseball
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David Ginsburg / Associated Press:
Baltimore 3, Cleveland 2, 10 innings — BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles had lost nine of 10, and their misery was compounded by the knowledge that starting pitcher Adam Loewen would be sidelined for several months. — The Orioles desperately needed a jolt of optimism, and Nick Markakis delivered.
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Let's Go Tribe
Ted Brock / MLB.com:
Notes: Anderson placed on 15-day DL — Willits bats in leadoff spot Friday; Erstad returns to former home — ANAHEIM — Echoes of the 2002 World Series championship filled Angels Stadium on Friday afternoon in the hours leading up to the home side's taking on the White Sox in a three-game weekend series.
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Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Column about alcohol rankles Guillen — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ozzie Guillen once again offered sympathy to the family of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock, who was killed last weekend when his sport utility vehicle ran into a parked tow truck. — The news Friday that Hancock …
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Associated Press:
Mets' win streak in Arizona reaches 12 — PHOENIX (AP) — The New York Mets picked up right where they left off against Randy Johnson. — Paul Lo Duca and Julio Franco homered against The Big Unit to lead the Mets to a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies edge Reds in 11 innings — Tulowitzki delivers again to cement road victory — Cincinnati - In danger of reaching an outpost that could be located only by a tracking device, the Rockies put the brakes on the madness. — Life on the road hasn't just been a runaway train to oblivion, but a rerun.
New York Times:
Baseball's Steroid Panel Asks Active Players to Appear — The chairman of the special commission set up to examine the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball said for the first time yesterday that he has asked a number of active players to appear before the commission …
Brian Costello / New York Post:
IT'S NOT O-KEI — MARINERS DISMANTLE IGAWA, YANKEES — Let's play "pick an adjective." — The Yankees' pitching last night was: a) dismal, b) atrocious, c) horrid, or d) all of the above. — Give yourself a point if you picked answer "d." The Mariners lit the Yankees pitching staff …
Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
Wakefield, Sox continue to look reel impressive: Veteran dazzles in Minnesota — MINNEAPOLIS - With Tim Wakefield [stats] on the mound for the Red Sox [team stats], it was only fitting that the giveaway prize handed out last night at the Metrodome was a fishing lure with a Minnesota Twins logo on the sides.
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Peter's Red Sox Forever
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Yankees and the Red Sox Could Open 2008 in Asia — The Yankees and the Boston Red Sox extended their rivalry all the way to Asia in November, when the Red Sox beat the Yankees in their bid to sign the star Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. Next March, Japanese baseball fans could experience the rivalry up close.
