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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.
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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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Bronx Liaison, Pinstripe Alley, Pinstripes, Pa, River Ave. Blues and Scott Proctor's Arm
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.
Wallace Matthews / Newsday:
Cheer up Mets fans: You can't collapse in April — Mets fans, look at the bright side: Your team will never disappoint as many of you on Opening Day as it did Tuesday, ever again. Guaranteed. — Never again will 56,350 people leave a Mets home opener with their chins dragging the ground …
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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.
Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:Phillies beat Mets in final Shea opener
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New York Post, Mets Geek, NY Daily News, Blogging Baseball, Federal Baseball, BBTF's Baseball Primer … and High Cheese
Jack Curry / New York Times:
Day of Rejoicing for Red Sox; Emotional Return by Buckner — BOSTON — For one glorious afternoon, everything seemed brighter, happier and more hopeful in this passionate baseball city because everything was right with the Red Sox. Remembering the beloved Red Sox' second championship …
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Buckner's appearance marks end of an error — 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 yesterday's home opener …
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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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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Steroid Nation
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Associated Press:
Sweeney's triple lifts A's over Jays 9-8 — TORONTO (AP)—Mike Sweeney tries to make a good impression on his young Oakland teammates with hard play. — On Tuesday night, Sweeney fired up the Athletics with a hard slide in the sixth inning, and Oakland went on to beat …
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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Angels fall in ninth without Rodriguez — Speier can't close it out to preserve win for Santana — ANAHEIM — From Justin Speier's perspective, 60 feet, six inches away, it was a simple case of “wrong pitch to the wrong guy” — at the wrong time. — Trying to paint the outer edge …
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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.
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 …
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers are off-track in 10-5 loss to Diamondbacks — Hitters continue to struggle in second straight defeat at Arizona, their best shots reaching only the warning track, and frustration is starting to show. — PHOENIX — The ball looked like it had a chance, and when Andre Ethier saw …
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