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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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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.
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:Posada may be headed for DL
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Bronx Liaison, Pinstripe Alley, Pinstripes, Pa, River Ave. Blues and Scott Proctor's Arm
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 …
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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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iYankees
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Feliciano arrives late to home opener — Mets reliever had original flight from Puerto Rico canceled — NEW YORK — There was a reason, far removed from baseball strategy, why Pedro Feliciano did not see action in Tuesday's home opener, even with the rest of the Mets bullpen crumbling around him.
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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 …
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
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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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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Christopher Harris / ESPN:
The Big Rotowski: Players in danger of losing jobs … Homer Simpson has job security. — I mean, no matter what that dude does as an inspector at that nuclear power plant, no matter how many half-brained careers he stops and starts in place of his safety stewardship of Sector 7-G …
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Bottom9 Baseball
Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Sides differ on losing Cordero to Reds — Melvin asserts he didn't get chance to match offer — Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin didn't think he was going to lose Francisco Cordero last winter. — The veteran closer indicated that he wanted to return in 2008 …
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MLB Rumors
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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.
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Hicks wants Rangers to start at home — Texas owner unhappy with team opening seasons on road — ARLINGTON — Rangers owner Tom Hicks said he has brought it to Commissioner Bud Selig's attention that the Rangers have opened on the road in seven of the last eight seasons and that needs to change.
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Dallas Morning News
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 …
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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