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David Lennon / Newsday:
Can't snap out of funk — Hernandez unable to hold 3-0 lead as Mets drop 7th in last 8 — LOS ANGELES - It appears that the Mets' recent malaise — is a little more troubling than one lost weekend in Detroit. — In an effort to turn the page, manager Willie Randolph delivered …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Notes: Loney to see playing time — Little says first baseman could regularly spell Garciaparra — LOS ANGELES — Dodgers management didn't call up James Loney and Matt Kemp over the weekend to sit on the bench. — Loney replaced Nomar Garciaparra in the lineup again at first base on Monday …
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Jim Molony / MLB.com:
Martin jumps to top of NL All-Star ballot — Catcher overtakes Lo Duca; Soriano replaces Bonds in OF — The latest National League All-Star team voting update has a distinct shade of Dodger blue. — According to the latest results released Monday by Major League Baseball for the 78th All-Star Game …
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Not Your Average Turnaround — Nationals' Guzman, He of the .219 Season in 2005, Is Suddenly Cruising Along Well Above .300 — MINNEAPOLIS — The bottom had long before fallen out on Cristian Guzman, and had he returned to the Dominican Republic last year, sunk into a couch and drowned himself in misery …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Nationals promote prospects — Daniel, Marrero, Maxwell, McMillan rewarded for great stats — WASHINGTON — Nationals outfielders Mike Daniel, Chris Marrero and Justin Maxwell and first baseman Brett McMillan have made tremendous progress for Class A Hagerstown …
Mark Zuckerman / Washington Times:
Guzman regains old form for Nats — It was the final week of spring training, and Washington Nationals hitting coach Mitchell Page couldn't stop raving about Cristian Guzman. — "There's nobody in camp having better at-bats," said Page, who has since taken a leave of absence while battling personal problems.
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Lester to continue work in Triple-A — Left-hander, recovering from cancer, working towards return — BOSTON — The clock is now officially off on Jon Lester's Minor League rehab assignment. The Red Sox optioned the talented left-hander to Triple-A Pawtucket on Monday …
Caleb Breakey / MLB.com:
Wang set to square off with Webb — Arizona (37-27) at New York (30-31), Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. ET — After Monday's off-day, the Yankees will welcome the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Bronx on Tuesday night at 7:05 ET for the opener of a three-game series at Yankee Stadium.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Notes: Ramirez placed on DL — Slugging third baseman eligible to return June 22 — CHICAGO — Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday, retroactive to June 7, to give him more time to heal his sore left knee, while outfielder Cliff Floyd was reinstated from the bereavement list.
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Surgery to end Milton's season — Left-hander to have ligament replaced in pitching elbow — CINCINNATI — It was learned on Monday that injured Reds starting pitcher Eric Milton will have season-ending ligament replacement surgery on his problematic left elbow.
Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Notes: Crede to have back surgery — Sox won't know how long he'll be out until after procedure — PHILADELPHIA — Joe Crede will undergo back surgery on Tuesday, performed by Dr. Robert Watkins, as announced by the White Sox after Monday's 3-0 loss to the Phillies.
Associated Press:
White's rock quarry could net pitcher billions — VERO BEACH, Fla. — Matt White, a journeyman pitcher trying to make the Los Angeles Dodgers, could become baseball's first billionaire player. — It has nothing to do with his arm. He owns a rock quarry in western Massachusetts.
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Deadspin:
Harold Reynolds: Harold Reynolds Is BACK, Baby! — Harold Reynolds Is BACK, Baby! — Well, it only took almost a freaking year, but you're never gonna believe who finally has a new job, folks. — That's right: Your friend and ours, Mr. Harold Reynolds, out of a job since being fired by ESPN for now …
Jeré Longman / New York Times:
Milestone Marks What Phillies Fans Already Knew — During the 1920s and '30s, when the Phillies inhabited a park called the Baker Bowl, the fence in right field was adorned by a giant advertisement for soap that read: "The Phillies Use Lifebuoy." — This only encouraged fans to add a sour retort: "And they still stink."
Rick Bozich / Courier-Journal:
Courier-Journal reporter ejected from U of L game — Bennett removed for blogging super-regional — A Courier-Journal sports reporter had his media credential revoked and was ordered to leave the press box during the NCAA baseball super-regional yesterday because of what the NCAA alleged …
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