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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Posada may be headed for DL — Trouble is mounting for the Yankees. Jorge Posada will have an MRI here tomorrow and could be headed for the disabled list with a sore right shoulder. — “Dead,” Posada said when asked his shoulder felt. — Talks will be held tonight and don't be surprised …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Two moves coming? — Alberto Gonzalez was pulled out of tonight's game for Scranton, which could mean he's headed here to replace Derek Jeter on the roster. — Jorge Posada is scheduled for an MRI tomorrow. He said it would be in Kansas City. The Yankees can have their own doctors read the results then decide what to do.
Kobrien / On the Yankees beat:
Posada out, prognosis unknown — Those of you who watched today's game may have noticed that Jorge Posada was not throwing as well as normal. He left the game early, and his shoulder is a concern. He said he doesn't feel pain there, but that he is lacking arm strength.
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The Disabled List Informer
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Shoulder pain may send Posada to DL — Right arm stiffness prompts Yankees catcher to schedule MRI — KANSAS CITY — Already without Derek Jeter for at least three games, the suddenly snake-bitten Yankees are now facing the possibility of losing All-Star catcher Jorge Posada to the disabled list.
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
An emotional day for Bill Buckner — The pause lasted a full 13 seconds. Bill Buckner sat at a table in the Fenway Park interview room, a microphone in front of him, and pondered the question. Had he had second thoughts about throwing out the first pitch at today's home opener and celebration of the 2007 World Series win?
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San Francisco Chronicle:
A's Harden scratched from Tuesday start — (04-08) 04:00 PDT Toronto — The A's have scratched Rich Harden for tonight's game in Toronto with back soreness, specifically in the lat area. — The injury is believed to be minor and it might have been the aftereffects of the long flights to and from Japan last month.
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Adam Rubin / Surfing the Mets:
Feliciano arrives late, Castillo leaves early — Here's a postgame recap of some pertinent issues: — Pedro Feliciano was unavailable because he arrived at the ballpark in the seventh inning. Feliciano had permission from the Mets to go home to Puerto Rico for a family issue after Sunday's game in Atlanta.
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Matt Woolsey / Forbes:
I Crushed My Heart In San Francisco — Suffering has little to do with wins and losses when it comes to sports. Rather, sports failures and mediocrities hurt in those moments when their style and manner sums up the frustrations and insecurities of the city itself, as is the case with my hometown team, the San Francisco Giants.
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Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:
Phillies beat Mets in final Shea opener — NEW YORK (AP)—Carlos Delgado and the New York Mets botched the final Shea Stadium opener the same way they squandered that big lead in the NL East last year. — April or September, doesn't seem to matter. The Mets can't find a way to hold off Philadelphia.
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Kevin Kernan / New York Post:AMAZIN'S 1ST PRIORITY: CLEAN STENCH OF '07
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves' top prospect Schafer suspended for HGH — Promising center fielder to sit out 50 games — Denver — Braves top prospect Jordan Schafer's career just hit a troubling detour: drug suspension. — The 21-year-old center fielder was suspended 50 games for the use of human growth hormone …
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J.J. Cooper / Baseball America Prospects Blog:Braves' Top Prospect Schafer Gets 50-Game Suspension
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Marlins, Spitzer enjoy D.C.'s infamous Mayflower — WASHINGTON — Hanley Ramirez, the Marlins' star shortstop, stepped outside the team hotel on his way to lunch when a tour bus screeched to a sudden stop on Connecticut Avenue. — Pressed against the windows, dozens of passengers aimed their cameras and snapped away.
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
News: El Duque gets MRI in NYC — Orlando Hernandez returned to New York for an MRI today, after experiencing pain, again, in the same foot that bothered him early in spring training and which initially forced him to the disabled list.
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Melissa Isaacson / Chicago Tribune:
Dusty Baker: ‘I want it even more’ — Glad Reds gave him another shot after Cubs didn't — MILWAUKEE - He wonders why he still qualifies as news in Chicago, why people can't move on, and maybe Dusty Baker has a point. But aside from managing his first game against the Cubs next week since …
Tom Haudricourt / Brewers Blog:
Cordero says Brewers blew chance — I just talked with Francisco Cordero and he said the Brewers blew their chance to keep him as their closer by not agreeing to talk about a contract extension last spring. — Cordero, who set the club record with 44 saves in 2007, signed a free-agent deal …
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Ex-Oriole McLemore mentors Jones — Players attended same high school in San Diego; O's could add 13th pitcher — ARLINGTON, Texas - Mark McLemore first called Adam Jones in June 2003 on the day Jones was drafted by the Seattle Mariners. They are 21 years apart, but the two were from …
