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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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Michael Morrissey / New York Post:
AN ORDER OF TEXAS TOAST — RANGERS WHACK YANKS ON WAY OUT OF TOWN — The Yankees only mustered one real rally yesterday, and it came long after a 14-2 rout to Texas. — Knowing that the blowout was indefensible, team leaders instead pointed to the Bombers' play during a 4-3 homestand that, frankly, should've been better.
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Wakefield delivers knuckle sandwich — TORONTO — The petty bloggery, Barry blathering, and Papi peeving? Excess baggage, the kind the Red Sox were more than happy to leave at the border. — When a trip has been as good as this one was for the Sox — five of six wins against the Twins and Blue Jays …
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Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
Sweeping success: Wakefield, Sox maul flat Jays — TORONTO - Please pardon the Red Sox [team stats] if you catch any of them humming a certain Willie Nelson tune during the 10-day homestand that begins tonight. — After all, with the way they've played away from Fenway Park [map] …
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Mike Vaccaro / New York Post:
JOE'S CONCERNS MOUNT, ON AND OFF FIELD — THE homestand did not end well, and the 3,000-mile airplane trip that awaited promised to be even longer and duller than usual. The final score was 14-2, and there was some shoddy defense all around, and five days after looking like the most unhittable man …
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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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Bill Plaschke / Los Angeles Times:
Angels must beg, borrow or steal — Team needs to make a deal for a hitter so season won't go to waste. — I don't believe what I just saw. — Jose Molina stole home. — In a year of the improbable, the impossible has happened. — Jose Molina stole home.
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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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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Latin Food at Yankee Stadium. Now, How About That! — In the Bronx, Latin food has always been easy to find. But not in Yankee Stadium. It has been one place in the majority-Hispanic borough where the only thing that came close to qualifying as authentic Latin fare was an order of nachos.
Mark Hale / New York Post:
AMAZIN'S AWAIT SOME MOTA HELP — In less than three weeks, the Mets could have a new impact pitcher and a reliever who could be a vital component to their bullpen. — Guillermo Mota could be eligible to return to the Mets on May 30, 19 days away. Mota, who's suspended for the first 50 games …
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.