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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
Ctrosecrans / Cincinnati Reds:
Redlegs-Leatherpants 5.22 — The Reds put Josh Hamilton on the disabled list (retroactive to Saturday) and recalled Edwin Encarnacion. — Looks like I'll have an easy notbeook lead. Talk to you more when I get to the park. — OK, here's your lineup — Redlegs: — Freel cf — Gonzalez ss
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Cincinnati Post:
If the issue's passion, what about the players? — When the subject came up, Jerry Narron was standing in the Cincinnati dugout, idly flipping a baseball into his mitt, as he has done who-knows-how-many thousands of times during a life steeped in the game. Only this time, the ball bounced off …
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Reds
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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Denny McLain / Britannica Blog:
Baseball, Partying, and Alcohol Abuse — I'm not sure how prevalent booze is in Major League clubhouses today, but in my "pre-Gatorade" day, it was everywhere. Our '68 team had a number of heavy drinkers and several who were serious problem drinkers. In fact, Norm Cash, my roommate Ray Oyler …
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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BBTF's Baseball Primer …
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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.
Discussion:
Lone Star Ball
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
Baseball America:
Prospect Q&A: Preston Mattingly — Preston Mattingly has good bloodlines and enough raw talent for the Dodgers to have taken him 31st overall in last year's draft. He also has a lot of work to do to live up to his potential. The son of former American League MVP and current Yankees hitting …
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.
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers prospect Abreu set to join team — 22-year-old infielder hitting .347 for Triple-A Las Vegas — LOS ANGELES — One day after juggling the batting order, the Dodgers are about to juggle their roster by promoting infielder Tony Abreu from Triple-A Las Vegas.
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 …
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
