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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Cubs, Zambrano agree to 5-year, $91.5M deal — FOXSports.com, Updated 10 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — The deal finally is done. — Cubs right-hander Carlos Zambrano has agreed to a five-year, $91.5 million contact extension, FOXSports.com has learned.
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Zambrano inks $90 million extension with Cubs — CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs right-handed pitcher Carlos Zambrano isn't going anywhere. — Zambrano has signed a five-year contract extension with an option for a sixth season. The club did not disclose financial details …
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Tigers call up top prospect Maybin — Monroe designated for assignment to make room for phenom — NEW YORK — Cameron Maybin will get his shot at the big leagues sooner than expected. The Tigers' top prospect had his contract purchased from Double-A Erie and will join the team in the Bronx …
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Danny Knobler / Detroit Tigers Insider:
Maybin and Santiago called up, Monroe designated, Infante optioned — NEW YORK — Cameron Maybin is coming to the major leagues, and Craig Monroe's Tiger career appears to be over. — The Tigers are making a series of roster moves today, and the biggest is to promote the 20-year-old Maybin …
Jon Paul Morosi / Detroit Free Press:In surprise move, Tigers call up Maybin
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Mack Avenue Tigers
Mike Puma / New York Post:
SHEFF IS STILL STIRRING THE POT WITH HIS COMMENTS — The wounds between Gary Sheffield and Joe Torre haven't healed, and only became more pronounced yesterday when the disgruntled former Yankees slugger implied that Torre is a phony. — With the Tigers at Yankee Stadium for the start …
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Steve Popper / NorthJersey.com:
Mets notebook — The stars lined up for Shawn Green on Thursday — which these days means that they didn't line up well for Carlos Delgado and Lastings Milledge. — Green has heard from manager Willie Randolph that he was going to lose some playing time to Milledge in right field …
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Willie: 'No excuse' — Mets waste lead with 'horrible game' that leaves Randolph seething — PITTSBURGH - David Wright threw the ball away. Then Mike DiFelice missed the ball. — And a series against the Pirates, which at one point appeared headed for a sweep with the Mets leading …
Alan Robinson / Associated Press:Bucs rally from 5 down, stop Mets sweep
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Feats of Clay — Buchholz gets the call as Red Sox Nation greets a new phenom — It was a 2006 Ford Expedition, with an in-dash navigation system, that caused Bubba Bell to acquire an impish sparkle in his eyes. He had a rooting interest in the success of his Pawtucket Red Sox teammate, Clay Buchholz, in more ways than one.
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Bye Wily Mo — Though it came a little late (like, say, after Clay Buchholz already had an inning under his belt), we finally have the official announcement on Wily Mo Pena. — Pena has been traded to the Washington Nationals, one of the teams frequently mentioned as a potential landing spot …
The Smoking Gun:
Bonds Sold Steroids To Nuns — Allegations from left field in jailed litigant's craziest suit ever — Meet Jonathan Lee Riches. The federal prisoner/habitual litigant recently scored headlines with his insane $63 billion lawsuit against Michael Vick (who allegedly stole Riches's dogs …
Billbaer / crashburnalley.com:
How Many Would Bonds Have Hit? — I thought it'd be fun to crunch some numbers to find out how many more homeruns our all-time and single-season homerun king could have hit if he hadn't played so many years in a home ballpark that was pitcher-friendly, and if he hadn't been walked so much.
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100% Injury Rate
Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Concerns growing over Florida ballpark — Marlins facing time constraints with no new field in sight — TORONTO — The Miami situation is nearing critical mass and with no ballpark deal in sight, the Marlins have become one of Major League Baseball's top priorities.
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FishStripes
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Ownership stance unchanged for GM, manager — The Pirates continue to sink deeper in the standings, but ownership has not changed its stance that it will wait until the 2007 schedule is complete to decide on the futures of general manager Dave Littlefield and manager Jim Tracy.
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