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George King / New York Post:
SAYING HALO — ANGELS SHOW INTEREST IN GIAMBI — MLB isn't the only outfit interested in Jason Giambi. According to a person with knowledge of the Angels' thinking, the AL West leaders have an interest in acquiring the Yankees' DH to bolster a lineup that is last in the league in home runs.
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George King / New York Post:
WANG MAKES THINGS RIGHT — YANKS KEEP CHIEN UP; SOCK SOX IN OPENER — Two dry days don't guarantee a drunk is going to be sober forever. But sobriety has to start somewhere, and that's the genesis of the "One Day At A Time" recovery mantra. — For the Yankees, it's no longer about taking it two-dozen hours at a time.
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Alive and kicking — Yankees look sharp in taking opener vs. Sox — NEW YORK — This public-service announcement comes courtesy of the New York Yankees: The rest of the 2007 major league baseball season will be played, as scheduled, contrary to any chatter suggesting otherwise.
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New York Times, Boston Herald, Surviving Grady, Peter's Red Sox Forever and Bronx Banter
Filip Bondy / NY Daily News:
Certainly not early, but hardly too late — There was finally something familiar about the Yankees last night, something the people up in Boston probably didn't want to remember and the fans in the Bronx had nearly forgotten. Here were the Bombers again, full of pep and power and pitching, beating up on the Red Sox.
NY Daily News:
Champagne, Big Macs and caviar dreams! — Rookie pitcher celebrates 1st win with burgers — He was the toast of the town Sunday night - well, at least on the side of the town that roots for the Yankees. — But if you want to know how overnight Yankee pitching sensation Tyler Clippard celebrated his win over the Mets, think Big.
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Associated Press:
Reds put Josh Hamilton on disabled list — CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds recalled third baseman Edwin Encarnacion from Triple-A Louisville on Tuesday, and put ailing outfielder Josh Hamilton on the 15-day disabled list. — The 24-year-old Encarnacion took over third base last season …
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Ken Davidoff / Winston-Salem Journal# North …:
Buddies: Smoltz, Glavine headliner in Braves-Mets series — Yes, Mets-Braves, starting tonight at Turner Field in Atlanta, is a big, three-game series. But you can't deny the theater of Thursday night's finale. — John Smoltz, the Atlanta Braves' venerable ace, will make his first attempt at career win No. 200.
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Can Pirates laugh last in Comedy Central? — Subpar division sparks optimism even amid mediocre start — Imagine this call over the PNC Park loudspeaker in early October: — Ladies and gentleman, your 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates ... the National League's Central Division champions! — Ridiculous?
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Jim Reeves / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers, all of them, need to go — ARLINGTON — There's no question about it, Jon Daniels and Ron Washington should be fired immediately, but if Tom Hicks is listening, I'd like to add one caveat. — They should be Nos. 26 and 27 in line for the guillotine, right after every player on the 25-man roster loses his head.
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Lone Star Ball
Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Ax swings over Torre story — All the talk about Joe Torre's Yankee future, or lack thereof, is like gum stuck to a shoe - annoying and hard to get rid of. The story goes beyond the obvious speculation. It's not good enough to just predict whether the manager will stay or get the boot.
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The FanHouse
Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
The Policy of Truth — I realize I may be one of the few people watching to hear things like "epitestosterone ratio" and "custodial malfeasance," but watching the Floyd Landis hearings only reminded me how good baseball's policies for testing are. They're not perfect …
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Blue Jays Journal
Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
For sub-.500 Cubs, numbers don't add up — SAN DIEGO — As the overhauled Cubs hover near .500 about a quarter of the way through the season, the only question bigger than why put Ryan Dempster in the starting rotation might be this: — Is the Cubs' glass half-full, or are the people running them just full of it?
Mark Kriegel / Fox Sports:
MLB needs to let Giambi tell the truth — Commissioner Bud Selig should do everything in his considerable power to protect Jason Giambi and ensure that his story of steroid abuse is heard without fear of reprisal. — It would be squarely in the best interests of baseball.
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Baseball Musings
Mark Kiszla / Denver Post:
Owners must go — Monforts should do the right thing and sell the Rockies — With love and money, we built the field for a baseball team now owned by Charlie and Dick Monfort. In return, they have slowly destroyed our dreams of seeing the World Series in Colorado.
Bill Simmons / ESPN:
Not every team deserves Oden or Durant — On Monday morning, I flew cross-country to watch the NBA draft lottery back home in Boston. Why? Because I still blame myself for screwing up the Duncan lottery. Instead of watching such a pivotal, franchise-defining moment with my father …
Nick N. / Nick & Nick's Twins Blog:
Texas Massacre — Many people predicted that the Twins would have a hard time competing this season because of the weak back part of their rotation — namely: Ramon Ortiz, Sidney Ponson and Carlos Silva. In April, Ortiz and Silva were surprisingly solid while Ponson managed to show some promise.
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Cool Brew — MILWAUKEE - The junk-bond investor sat in the middle of the room, a slight and bespectacled man surrounded by grizzled baseball lifers wired on snuff and coffee, sure that his new business would be little like his old. — About an hour earlier, Mark Attanasio …
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