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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arrest puts Callaspo in limbo — May. 10, 2007 10:13 PM Infielder Alberto Callaspo's immediate future with the Diamondbacks is up in the air after he was arrested Thursday by Phoenix police on suspicion of assault on his wife and criminal damage. — Callaspo, 24, was booked …
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Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
Callaspo not with team after arrest — Infielder reportedly arrested at home in domestic violence case — PHOENIX — Infielder Alberto Callaspo was not on the D-backs' charter flight to Houston on Thursday evening and will not join the club this weekend after he reportedly was arrested by police in Phoenix.
Associated Press:
Red Sox extend Blue Jays' skid to nine — TORONTO (AP) — Tim Wakefield pitched seven sharp innings while the Boston Red Sox roughed up Roy Halladay, beating Toronto 8-0 Thursday night in sending the Blue Jays to their ninth straight loss. — Mike Lowell homered for the third consecutive game for Boston …
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Bay leads Pirates by Zambrano, Cubs 6-4 — CHICAGO (AP) — Jason Bay homered and drove in three runs against Carlos Zambrano to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 Thursday. — Bay hit a two-run single in the first and led off the fifth inning with his fifth homer to help the Pirates …
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MLB.com:
Ryan has successful surgery — The TORONTO BLUE JAYS announce that LHP B.J. RYAN underwent surgery today to repair the ulnar collateral ligament (Tommy John Surgery) in his left elbow. The surgery was performed by Dr. Timothy E. Kremchek in Cincinnati and was deemed successful.
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GEORGE STEINBRENNER IS MORE AMERICAN THAN YOU — You Will Honor "God Bless America," Or The Yankees Will Have You Shot — We want to make this absolutely clear: We love America. We love it. We love the freedom to speak our mind, we love we are allowed to wear American flag underpants …
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A's complete land transactions to construct new Cisco Field Ballpark and village — Application process to begin with city of Fremont on 226 acres — OAKLAND — Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff, Cisco and ProLogis announced today that they have signed land agreements enabling the Cisco Field ballpark process to move forward.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Around the horn: Griffey to start in right — Items from around the majors: — When the Reds' Ken Griffey Jr. makes his Grapefruit League debut, it will be in right field, according to a source with knowledge of his situation. Griffey, recovering from a broken left hand …
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Mike Miliard / The Phoenix:
HOME OF THE BRAVES? — 50 years after the Boston Braves' departure, it's worth asking: did the wrong team leave town? — Fifty years ago this fall, a Boston team beat the Yankees in the World Series. Fifty-five years ago, a Boston team signed the greatest home-run hitter who ever lived.
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Confidence runs high as Braves hit the road — Call it confidence or swagger or whatever you prefer, but it permeated the clubhouse Thursday as the Braves — the first-place Braves — showered, dressed in their business-travel attire and prepared to board a bus to the airport.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Rolen still trying to get rollin' — One of the Cardinals in the most need of the healing power of a laugher did not get to delight in Wednesday's nine-run jubilee. That was third baseman Scott Rolen's previously scheduled day off. — His protracted slump endures.
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Black has plans A, B for offense — ATLANTA - How to jump-start a sputtering offense? — "We can possibly set some guys in motion," said manager Bud Black, who, according to third base coach Glenn Hoffman, is calling for more hit-and-run plays than the team averaged last season.
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Pat Borzi / New York Times:
Brewers Not Looking Like Perennial Losers — He used to be one of them. Craig Counsell grew up a Milwaukee Brewers fan in Whitefish Bay, Wis., partly due to location, and partly because his father, John, worked for the team's community relations department.
Joe Kay / Associated Press:
Reds demote 3B Encarnacion to minors — CINCINNATI (AP) — Third baseman Edwin Encarnacion was sent to the minors Thursday by the Cincinnati Reds, who grew weary of his inconsistent hitting and fielding. — Encarnacion was optioned to Triple-A Louisville a day after his two throwing errors set …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Guillen's message: Be responsible with alcohol — MINNEAPOLIS — Manager Ozzie Guillen held a brief meeting with the White Sox's traveling party Thursday to warn them that their off-field behavior might start being more closely scrutinized in Chicago in the aftermath of Josh Hancock's alcohol-related death.
