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Dan Gelston / Associated Press:
Interference call helps Phils beat Mets — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Marlon Anderson went a little too wide with his slide. — Anderson's hard takeout attempt might have been enough to bust up a double play in the ninth inning and allow the tying run to score for the New York Mets.
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Mets fall to Phils, NL East lead at three — Game-ending interference call irks players, Randolph — PHILADELPHIA — Throughout his team's mostly unremarkable season, manager Willie Randolph often has bemoaned the Mets' inability to bury their opponents or at least create margins for error.
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets slip with Marlon Anderson's slide — PHILADELPHIA - The Mets went down fighting last night. And arguing. — Umpire C.B. Bucknor ruled runner Marlon Anderson intentionally interfered with Tadahito Iguchi while the second baseman was trying to turn a game-ending double play.
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George King / New York Post:
WATSON'S VISIT IRKS FRANCONA — Tired of repeated warnings falling on deaf ears, The Post has learned Bob Watson entered the Red Sox dugout during last night's game to talk to Terry Francona about not wearing a uniform jersey while managing. Francona opts for a red pullover, which is sanctioned by MLB properties.
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Back seat for Ramírez — Sore slugger will be out indefinitely — NEW YORK — With the Red Sox able to expand their roster with minor league call-ups starting Saturday, manager Terry Francona said it was unlikely the team would make a roster move for this afternoon's game against the Yankees …
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Jeff Goldberg / Hartford Courant:
Back Pain Could Keep Manny Out Longer Than Expected — NEW YORK - The Red Sox discovered the source of Manny Ramirez's pain Wednesday, and it is potentially more serious than just a sore back. — Ramirez was diagnosed with a strained left oblique by team internist Dr. Larry Ronan …
Jim Caple / ESPN:Shut up, Red Sox Nation
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Martínez to Audition for Mets' Brain Trust — Get your T-shirts now: The Pedro Martínez Reunion Tour will make a one-time stop in Atlanta on Friday so that he can throw his between-starts bullpen session in front of some very interested Mets coaches and officials.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Philip Humber & Mike Pelfrey on way; Pedro Martinez next — PHILADELPHIA - The Mets are preparing to start Mike Pelfrey on Saturday in Atlanta, but Philip Humber is expected to get a call-up, too. — Pelfrey is -7 with a 5.92 ERA with the Mets this season, although GM Omar Minaya countered …
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Retro Rocket — Clemens fuels Yankees past punchless Sox — NEW YORK — The lead is down to a still-comfortable six games, and unless Curt Schilling can offer some vintage Schill this afternoon the way Roger Clemens gave the Yankees some retro Rocket last night, it might be five …
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Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
With card up his sleeve, Joe Torre managing a smile — It was not the 20th of April now, that Friday night at Fenway Park when Joe Torre brought the great Mo Rivera out of the bullpen for the eighth inning a month or so after saying he would do nothing of the kind this season.
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Rob Bradford / Boston Herald:
Clemens conjures gem — NEW YORK - Bill Mueller's base hit seemed like millions of years (and dollars) ago. — His single in the fourth inning of the 2003 ALCS drove Roger Clemens from the Yankee Stadium mound for what Red Sox [team stats] fans thought was the final time.
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George King / New York Post:
BOMBERS PLAN TO AMEND JOBA RULES — The Joba Rules are about to change, The Post has learned. — And after watching Kyle Farnsworth almost flush a Yankees win last night, the alterations can't be made soon enough. — Joe Torre and minor-league pitching coordinator Nardi Contreras …
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Harang blanks Bucs for 14th win — Griffey Jr. goes deep in first inning for career home run No. 592 — PITTSBURGH — It was a shift from doubleheader debacle to singular bliss for the Reds. — Behind Aaron Harang's two-hit shutout in a smooth 8-0 win over the Pirates on Wednesday …
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Nationals' Best Is Not Good Enough — Hill Can't Hold Lead in Sixth Straight Loss: Dodgers 10, Nationals 9 — This had to, just had to, come at the end of a 10-game road trip that started with promise but fizzled into disappointment. It wasn't enough that the Washington Nationals lost …
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ESPN.com:Dodgers claim Loaiza from A's
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:Dodgers claim Loaiza off waivers from A's
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Ian Kennedy's shaping up as Yanks' mini-Mike Mussina — Pro scouts liked Ian Kennedy enough in high school to buzz around La Quinta High when he pitched, and the St.Louis Cardinals even drafted him in the 14th round when he was a senior. But there always seemed to be an undercurrent of doubt …
