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Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
'Cheap' slide by A-Rod irks Pedroia — NEW YORK - It doesn't take Alex Rodriguez long to make enemies. — The New York Yankees infielder drew the ire of rookie Dustin Pedroia [stats] in the eighth inning of the Red Sox [team stats]' 7-3 win last night at Yankee Stadium by throwing an elbow at him as he slid into second base.
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Sox calling A-Rod dirty — Alex Rodriguez is drawing ire from the Red Sox clubhouse, this time for a slide that Boston perceived as less than professional. — Rodriguez was trying to break up a double play after Jorge Posada hit a grounder to third with one out and the bases loaded in the eighth inning.
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Moose hunting for answers to problems — Things were looking down for grim-faced Mike Mussina as he departed last night after allowing 10 hits and seven runs in 6 2/3 innings. His record fell to 2-3, and his ERA rose to 6.52. (SHANNON STAPLETON/REUTERS) — NEW YORK — The Moose is a mess.
Mike Puma / New York Post:
SOX HIT MUSSINA EARLY, LATE — That wasn't a "Mooooose" call resonating through Yankee Stadium in the seventh inning last night. It was instead a combination of Red Sox fans saluting Kevin Youkilis with a "Yewwwwk" and disgruntled Yankees fans booing the home team.
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Surviving Grady
Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:
Tavarez left Stadium feeling all right — NEW YORK - Julian Tavarez [stats] is not a left-handed pitcher, of course, but at this stage of the 2007 Red Sox [team stats] season, he might as well be. — Sox vs. Yankees: May 23, 2007: — Just ask the New York Yankees.
Michael Morrissey / New York Post:
PEDROIA IS NO FAN OF A-ROD — It can't be catalogued in the same universe as his infamous "slap play," but Alex Rodriguez added an elbow to his repertoire against Boston last night. And Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia didn't approve. — In the eighth inning of a 7-3 loss to Boston …
Jay Greenberg / New York Post:BACK TO REALITY — BOMBERS STILL AIN'T GOT THE ARMS
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NY Daily News
T.J. Quinn / NY Daily News:
Giambi is unsafe at any speed — Sorry about steroids, Jason fails test for amphetamines — Jason Giambi failed a Major League Baseball-administered amphetamines test within the last year, which has subjected him to additional drug testing, sources told the Daily News.
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Mets Notebook: Delgado Doesn't Know How to Fix His Problem — Carlos Delgado's name was in the starting lineup Tuesday night for the 41st time this season. Not once in the previous 40, Delgado said, had he felt comfortable at the plate. — "It's been 45 days in a row," Delgado said.
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Mark Hale / New York Post:
EATING WRIGHT — Since the start of the regular season, David Wright hasn't been on the South Beach Diet or the Beverly Hills Diet. — But thanks to a nutritionist/cook he hired to prepare his meals, Wright's been eating better, and he feels like it's having an impact.
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Hot Foot
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Nationals' Lopez Drills Ex-Mates — That Felipe Lopez entered Tuesday night hitting .197 in the month of May bothered him not at all, because, as he said: "I've been in this position before. It's nothing new." That he was playing against the Cincinnati Reds, for whom he was once an all-star …
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Loe's woes lead to Rangers' loss — egrant@dallasnews.com — ARLINGTON - In their current position, trailing the AL West like a spun-out stock car, the Rangers can afford precious few mistakes. — Kameron Loe made two of them Tuesday. — That is not a real workable formula.
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Lone Star Ball
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Chacon earns his chance — ST. LOUIS — Shawn Chacon might have pouted or, worse, let his production slip. — To be sure, he did neither, and he is out of the bullpen and back in the Pirates' rotation. — "I consider myself flexible but, in reality, a starter.
St. Petersburg Times:
Ballplayer's wife: He threatened me, kids … Elijah Dukes looks on from the Rays' dugout. He has a history of domestic disputes with his wife, a middle school teacher in Ruskin. — TAMPA - In late April, Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes barged into his wife's middle school classroom at lunchtime.
Sports Illustrated:
Baseball Today — Milwaukee at Los Angeles (10:10 p.m. EDT). Chris Capuano and Brad Penny square off. — STARS — Tuesday —Kyle Davies, Braves, gave up one run in eight innings and hit a three-run homer in Atlanta's 8-1 rout of the Mets. —Felipe Lopez, Nationals …
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FishStripes
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Carroll Rogers / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Gonzalez 'just not feeling right' — Mike Gonzalez can't explain what's going on with his left elbow or why he threw only 82 mph a week ago in Washington despite not feeling any pain. But another clean MRI exam on Friday gave him assurance it's time to just keep throwing.
John Nadel / Associated Press:
Another third baseman joins Dodgers — LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Dodgers added another third baseman Tuesday, purchasing the contract of switch-hitting Tony Abreu from Triple-A Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League. — The 22-year-old Abreu arrived at Dodger Stadium some three hours …
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
On a blistering pace — Beckett expected to return Tuesday — Hideki Okajima's scoreless streak ended at 20 2/3 innings, but he limited the Yankees' damage to one run in the eighth. (RAY STUBBLEBINE/REUTERS) — NEW YORK — It's a tossup who's bigger, rookie second baseman Dustin Pedroia …
