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12:45 PM ET, April 10, 2008

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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Girardi's gamble can't save Yanks  —  Kennedy pushed to relief with threat of rain; offense silenced  —  KANSAS CITY — The idea might have looked good on paper, and it was certainly understandable considering the large green blob that threatened the general area.
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George A. King III / New York Post:   YANKS ALL WET  —  JOE DOESN'T START IAN; OFFENSE SILENT AGAIN
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Yankees' Offense Is All Wet in Kansas City
Discussion: Bronx Banter and WasWatching.com
Ben K. / River Ave. Blues:
An elbow injury, a one-inning pitcher and a rain delay that never came
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:   Jorge happy with MRI outlook
David Lennon / Newsday:
Duque out; Vargas on way in?  —  The Mets' patience with the fluctuating health of Orlando Hernandez finally ran out yesterday and the team is on the verge of signing Claudio Vargas to a minor-league contract to help fill the void, the pitcher's agent confirmed last night.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Knee has Castillo in tight spot
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
El Duque suffers setback with hurt foot
Discussion: Loge 13 and Ya Gotta Believe
ESPN.com:
Indians sign young star Carmona to multiyear deal  —  The Indians have signed right-hander Fausto Carmona to a multiyear contract extension, ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney is reporting.  —  The deal is guaranteed through 2011 with club options for 2012, 2013 and 2014.  No monetary terms have been disclosed yet.
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Tribe signs Carmona to long-term deal  —  Young right-hander's contract could last seven years  —  CLEVELAND — Fausto Carmona's first full season in the Indians rotation saw him win 19 games and finish fourth in the American League Cy Young Award voting.  —  Where can Carmona go from there?
Associated Press:
Indians, Carmona agree to terms on 7-year deal
Discussion: Baseball Musings and Boston Herald
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Marlins Notebook: Miller under orders to throw hard, not worry  —  WASHINGTON — Let it rip.  —  That's the order the Marlins have given to left-hander Andrew Miller, whose velocity hasn't touched 90 mph in either of his two starts this season.  —  The team said Miller's health is fine.
Discussion: FishStripes
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Marlins' bats overcome Nationals  —  Jacobs homers twice, Hermida hits a pair of doubles in return  —  WASHINGTON — There were a number of promising signs for the Marlins on Wednesday night.  —  Scott Olsen gave the bullpen a breather with a quality outing.
Discussion: FishStripes
Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:   Jacobs leads power play
Howard Fendrich / Associated Press:
Nats fall to Marlins for sixth straight loss
Discussion: Federal Baseball
Steve Buckley / Boston Herald:
Boos taste sweet to Renteria … Fenway fans may have had a blast last night as they endlessly booed former Red Sox [team stats] shortstop Edgar Renteria, who now plays for the Detroit Tigers.  —  But Renteria did not get battered by the booing.  Instead, he turned it into a positive.
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Tigers get on board  —  Sox lose Lowell to thumb injury  —  The one thing the Red Sox did better than just about anybody last season was stay healthy, a not insignificant reason they were the last team standing.  —  The Sox did not place a starting position player on the disabled list the entire season …
Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Building ballpark is daunting  —  WASHINGTON - If a notion exists that the hard part is over now that financing is in place for a downtown Miami ballpark, Marlins President David Samson wants to clear it up.  —  The work may now be more gratifying, but it's certainly no easier.
Discussion: ShysterBall
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Baseball Is Again Linked to Steroids  —  Player agents in Major League Baseball referred clients to a doctor in California who illegally wrote prescriptions for performance-enhancing drugs, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday by federal authorities.
Discussion: NY Daily News and Steroid Nation
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Jason Anderson / Recordnet.com:
Sprague admits use of Andro  —  Pacific baseball coach also used amphetamines  —  STOCKTON - One of Stockton's most accomplished baseball players said that during his 11-year playing career he took substances that have since been banned by Major League Baseball.
Jeff Barker / Baltimore Sun:
Angelos says he hopes Nationals succeed  —  Orioles owner attributes record-low Camden Yards crowd to weather  —  Orioles owner Peter Angelos, who once fought to keep a team out of Washington, said yesterday that he hopes the Nationals are successful and doesn't mind if Orioles fans occasionally slip away …
Ross / Yankee Stadium Insider Blog:
Good news Yankee Fans - Ian Kennedy got jerked off in the bullpen  —  Get your mind out of the gutter, people.  I haven't turned this blog NC-17 on you.  The line in the title of the post is taken verbatim (well, almost verbatim) from David Cone who made his proud return to the broadcast booth …
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Cubs  —  But Sammy Sosa, the Cubs' career home run leader, remains an outcast to many of the same fans who used to cheer his majestic blasts and animated chest-thumping routine.  —  Sosa, who reached 609 career home runs last season while playing for Texas, is considering retirement …
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Buchholz finds comfort in bullpen  —  At this time last year, Taylor Buchholz was in no-man's land.  Now he's a late-inning reliever, finally in his comfort zone.  —  “As a starter, I would have four days to think about pitching my next game, and by the time the game came around I would be mentally spent,” Buchholz said Wednesday.
Discussion: Bottom9 Baseball
Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Sisco undergoes Tommy John surgery  —  Left-hander will miss 12 to 24 months during recovery period  —  CHICAGO — Andrew Sisco underwent Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery on Monday in New York and will be out of action between 12 to 24 months during his recovery period.
Discussion: Royals Review
 
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Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
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John Fay / Reds Insider:
Reds 12, Brewers 4  —  One of the things I like about Dusty Baker …
Discussion: Red Reporter
Marc Lancaster / Rays Report:
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MLB.com:
Pujols, Backe quarrel during BP
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