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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jones whiffs 5 times in No. 6 spot — Boston — With more than a quarter of the season gone and Andruw Jones' average slipping toward .200, Braves manager Bobby Cox made a move he hoped to avoid. — He dropped Jones from fourth to sixth in the batting order, which spoke volumes of the severity of his slump.
Kelvin Ang / MLB.com:
Jenkins hits 200th career homer — Milestone jack ties game, sets up game-winning single — MILWAUKEE — Geoff Jenkins still remembers standing at his locker after the Brewers' home finale last September, choking back tears after a trying year. — With rumors circulating that he might …
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Tumbling Redbirds are swept in Detroit — DETROIT — The conclusion is inescapable. The Cardinals are this bad. — Their 6-3 loss Sunday to Detroit capped a three-game series sweep by the Tigers and extended the Cardinals' losing streak to five, the second time this season they have reached that depth.
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Ben Walker / Associated Press:
Clippard helps Yanks avoid Subway sweep — NEW YORK (AP) — Tyler Clippard beat all his new teammates to the Yankees clubhouse and quickly changed in a makeshift locker. He spent the next four hours watching the "Bad News Bears," checking text messages, adjusting his headphones …
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
KID IS ALL RIGHT — BABY-FACED ROOKIE BAILS OUT BOMBERS — RON Villone played for six weeks at Triple-A with Tyler Clippard and pretty much liked everything about the lanky right-hander. — Before a pitch was thrown in the Subway Series finale, Villone offered a laudatory scouting report of Clippard.
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Up to the task — Gabbard gets the call and delivers Sox win — By the time Kason Gabbard left the mound yesterday, afternoon had turned into early evening, pouring rain had given way to a sunny, settled blue calm, and the lefthander had changed the day's pitching matchup from a raised eyebrow …
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Dan Martin / New York Post:
BERNIE: I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE SEEN THE LAST OF ME — Bernie Williams remains a man without a team, but the former Yankee hasn't given up on playing again. — "I'm trying to stay in shape, working hard and we'll see what happens in the future," Williams told WNBC yesterday.
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
Big Unit dominant in win over Bucs — Veteran lefty notches season-high 10 strikeouts — PITTSBURGH — There are going to be games when Randy Johnson just doesn't feel good. — After all, he is 43-years-old and is less than seven months removed from major back surgery.
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Larry Brooks / New York Post:
YANKS NEED TO MAKE MOVE — THE Yankees have always given the impression that rivalry series such as the ones they play against the Mets and the Red Sox are annoyances; interruptions in the routine of preparing for the postseason. — The organization gives the impression that the games …
John Beamer / Hardball Times:
Hit Tracker Interview (Part 1) — Hands up who hasn't heard of Hit Tracker? Right, no one ... no introduction required then! Well, just in case you happen to be a THT virgin, I'll proffer the one paragraph version. — Hit Tracker was, in my opinion, the best thing to come out of the Internet in 2006.
Tom D'Angelo / Palm Beach Post:
Tattooed pitcher may become Marlins' closer — ST. PETERSBURG — Justin Miller's body art, those pieces visible in public, led Major League Baseball to rule that he has to wear long sleeves when he pitches. — But it's the one seen only inside the sanctity of the major-league clubhouse …
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
New Marlin happy to escape San Francisco — · Considering the Marlins don't play the Giants until late July, it doesn't appear Todd Linden will get to witness Barry Bonds make home run history. — "It's all right," Linden said. "It's a bigger gain than it will be a loss, by far."
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Reliever's Spirits Sink After Best Pitch Doesn't — Next week, Scott Schoeneweis's wife and three children will join him for the summer, and he can't wait to see them. — "At least they don't care if Daddy stinks," said Schoeneweis, a left-handed reliever for the Mets.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers pound Astros to win series — egrant@dallasnews.com — HOUSTON - The Rangers are coming home today. Tom Hicks is going to Greece. — Hicks spent the weekend catching up with general manager Jon Daniels on Saturday and on Sunday watching his team drub Houston, 14-1, to win its first road series of the season.
Associated Press:
Dempster goes from closer to starter back to pen — Ryan Dempster was ready to go from closer to starter. The switch was a short one. — After telling reporters Sunday how excited he was to join the Cubs' rotation, he was called in for a meeting with manager Lou Piniella.
