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6:55 AM ET, May 31, 2007

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Howard Ulman / Associated Press:
Byrd wins again as Indians top Red Sox  —  BOSTON —Paul Byrd won his fifth straight decision and extended his streak without issuing a walk to 43 innings, and the Cleveland Indians came from behind for an 8-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.  —  The loss snapped a five …
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Steve Buckley / Boston Herald:
No reason for worry: Dice Man able to locate problem  —  Yes, the Red Sox [team stats]' lead in the AL East was 14 ½ games going into last night's action, and, yes, that's precisely what the lead was when things started to fall apart back in the summer of '78, and, yes …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Setback for injured Hill  —  Nationals right-hander to get second opinion on elbow  —  WASHINGTON — Nationals right-hander Shawn Hill will go to the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio on Thursday and have a second opinion on his sore elbow.  Dr. Mark Schickendantz will look at the elbow.
John Hickey / seattlepi.com Mariners blog:
Weaver will return to Seattle rotation next week.  —  The Mariners have made a bit of an about-face and will not send disabled pitcher Jeff Weaver out on an injury rehabilitation assignment.  —  Tuesday, manager Mike Hargrove said he wanted Weaver to face some live batters in game competition.
Discussion: U.S.S. Mariner
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yankees end five-game slide  —  Damon homers, gets 2,000th hit as Bombers down Toronto  —  TORONTO — The Yankees shunned batting practice Wednesday and it paid dividends as they snapped a five-game losing streak with a 10-5 victory over the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre.
Discussion: The Bronx Block
Dawn Klemish / MLB.com:
Notes: Inge day-to-day with injury  —  Third baseman's toe fractured after struck by pitch  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Brandon Inge found out the hard way just how much damage an offspeed pitch can do.  —  The third baseman was hit by a pitch on his left big toe during the second inning on Tuesday …
Discussion: Tiger Tales
Associated Press:
Diamondbacks sign first-round pick Scherzer  —  PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to a contract with 2006 first-round draft pick Max Scherzer as Wednesday night's deadline approached.  —  The Diamondbacks, who chose Scherzer 11th overall last June, would have lost Scherzer if the deal had not been made by 9 p.m. local time.
ESPN:
Bryant asks for trade, says Buss masterminded trading O'Neal  —  The story lines that have engulfed the Los Angeles Lakers in the last week hit a crescendo Wednesday when Kobe Bryant said he would welcome a trade.  —  "I would like to be traded, yeah," Bryant said on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York.
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
First and Long — Very Long  —  Bill Hambrecht is a rich old Wall Street guy who has made his money tilting at windmills and disrupting the establishment.  "That's what I do," he says.  "It's fun."  Almost a decade ago, at 62, he founded WR Hambrecht + Company, whose fundamental premise …
Dawn Klemish / MLB.com:
Guillen leaves game with groin strain  —  Shortstop listed as day-to-day, replaced by Perez  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Tigers shortstop Carlos Guillen left Wednesday's game after grounding out to shortstop in the sixth inning.  He was replaced by Neifi Perez on defense in the bottom of the same frame.
Discussion: Bless You Boys
Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
Under The Knife  —  Fast and Furious  —  There's an interesting chart waiting to be created out of my inbox.  I think I could chart the mood of baseball fans, especially fantasy players, by both the volume and tone of emails.  They come in fast and furious (literally) when there's a major injury …
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David Pinto / Baseball Prospectus:   The Big Picture
Hal McCoy / Dayton Daily News:
Hopper admits putting baseball in Freel's glove  —  HOUSTON — Ryan Freel is on the disabled list, and the truth is out.  —  Why wasn't Freel's catch of Humberto Cota's long drive one of ESPN's Web gems?  Because Freel didn't catch it.  —  With evidence mounting, Norris Hopper confessed …
Deadspin:
MR. MET WILL STEAL YOUR DRINK AND TAKE YOUR GIRL  —  When It's Time For Mr. Met To Party, It's Time To Party Hard  —  You thought A-Rod was the only New York baseball personality out partying with attractive ladies all weekend?  You clearly forgot about Mr. Met.
Discussion: Hot Foot and Hot Stove New York
Metswalkoffs / Mets Walk-Offs And Other Minutiae:
What About Bob?  —  Let's get this out of the way first, because I know someone will ask.  The Mets have never won a game on a walk-off balk.  And they still haven't, though I suppose that the balk(s) were more significant than anything else that happened in the 12th inning on Tuesday.
Discussion: Zisk Online and MetsBlog.com
Doug Tucker / Associated Press:
Orioles pitcher names his son Jim Leyland  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Baltimore pitcher Jamie Walker is celebrating the birth of a child whose name is certain to get plenty of attention in Detroit.  —  The left-handed reliever, who spent the past five years playing for the Tigers, christened his 6-pound, 14-ounce son James Leyland.
Discussion: Mack Avenue Tigers
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Discussion: The Red Sox Times
 
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