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Judy Battista / New York Times:
Rookie Duncan Fits Right Into the Yankees' High-Powered Offense — When the fourth inning was done — after the Yankees had batted around, after 10 runs had scored and it had taken 29 minutes to record three outs — the thrashing that led to the Yankees' 21-4 victory against Tampa Bay yesterday was still not complete.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Duncan keeps them cheering — Rookie receives repeat curtain calls with two more homers — NEW YORK — Shelley Duncan sure knows how to make a good first impression. — After waiting six years for his chance in the big leagues, the 27-year-old rookie made the most of an extended weekend in the Bronx …
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:With a huge start, Shelley has created a monster
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Notes: Fast times for Milledge? — Easley's father passes; Valentin's injury clouds trade situation — LOS ANGELES — There is more than one way for a coach to get his point across, and more than one place to do so. Howard Johnson is the Mets hitting coach — officially and as permanently as any coach.
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Justin Terranova / New York Post:
ALOU READY TO RETURN — When the Mets return to Shea Stadium tomorrow to play the Pirates, Moises Alou expects to join them. — "I don't know if I will be back in the lineup on Tuesday," said Alou, who has been on the disabled list since May 13 with a strained left quadriceps. "I think I will be, though.
Kelly Thesier / MLB.com:
Notes: Castillo dealing with visa woes — Second baseman runs into last-minute issues for Canada trip — MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins might be short one player on the team charter to Toronto following Sunday's game — that is if an airplane from Miami is delayed.
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Twins Killings
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
White Sox roughed up in Boston — Southpaw Danks allows four runs, seven hits in six innings — BOSTON — Sixty-six games remain in what only currently can be considered as nothing short of a hugely disappointing 2007 season for the White Sox. — That total gives the South Siders …
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David Heuschkel / Hartford Courant:
Close Call, Then A Save — BOSTON - It had been awhile, 10 days to be exact, since Jonathan Papelbon strode to the mound with his adrenaline pumping. It had been quite some time since the Red Sox closer walked off the mound pumping his fist. — Papelbon had two save opportunities the first three weeks of July.
Associated Press:
Tulsa Drillers coach dies after being struck by line drive — NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Tulsa Drillers coach Mike Coolbaugh died Sunday night after being struck in the head by a line drive as he stood in the first-base coach's box during a Texas League game with the Arkansas Travelers, police said.
Bob Elliott / Toronto Sun:
Phillies eyeing Towers? — Philadelphia Phillies general manger Ruben Amaro was at the Rogers Centre on Saturday afternoon and a day later he was as good as gone. — A one-day trip always means the evaluator was looking at pitching. — Amaro picked a good day to see Blue Jays starter Josh Towers …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Little scrambles, Dodgers end up fried — Mets score in final three frames for 10-inning victory — LOS ANGELES — It wasn't on the promotional calendar, but Sunday at Dodger Stadium was turn-back-the-clock day. — Nomar Garciaparra looked like a home-run hitter again. Derek Lowe was a reliever again.
Anthony Rieber / On the Yankees beat:
Joba juice? — The Yankees' current thinking on the trade market it that position players will be available to upgrade their bench - Saturday night's trade for backup catcher Jose Molina, for example - but pitchers will be hard to come by. — With that in mind, the Yankees …
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Notes: Nats making a play for Dunn — LIKE THIS STORY? — It's no secret that Nationals general manager Jim Bowden covets Reds left fielder Adam Dunn — and no surprise that the Nats are pursuing Dunn, according to major-league sources. — Whether the Nationals can obtain Dunn is another question.
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Happy to deliver good news on Lester — It stopped being about baseball late last August when doctors told Jon Lester he had a treatable form of anaplastic large cell lymphoma. — After that, it became about nothing other than the long-term health and well being of a 22-year-old …
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Peter's Red Sox Forever
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Former colleagues in Maddon's corner … NEW YORK - At this point, it would be a surprise to many people if the Devil Rays don't, in the next month or so, pick up manager Joe Maddon's two-year option. — Principal owner Stuart Sternberg and executive VP Andrew Friedman said recently …
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