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Tigers place LHP Willis on 15-day DL — CHICAGO (AP)—Detroit Tigers left-hander Dontrelle Willis was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday after an MRI confirmed that he has a hyperextended right knee. — Willis injured the knee while delivering a pitch in the first inning Friday night …
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Rick Gano / Associated Press:
White Sox's Floyd loses no-hitter in 8th — CHICAGO (AP)—Gavin Floyd's concentration was on pitching, little else, when someone near the dugout let him know what was going on. He was working on a no-hitter. — “Not until like maybe the fifth inning. I didn't realize,” Floyd said.
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Willis placed on DL for first time — MRI exam confirms Tigers lefty has hyperextended knee — CHICAGO — As Dontrelle Willis said, his knee injury could've been worse. But the diagnosis wasn't good enough to keep him off the disabled list. — An MRI exam Saturday confirmed …
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 12: Yankees at Red Sox — YANKEES — RED SOX — Notes: It's a sunny, nearly cloudless day in Boston and actually 72 degrees. ... Just talked to Phil Hughes, a former Red Sox fan who will be starting at Fenway Park for the first time tomorrow. Clay Buchholz told the Boston writers …
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Carroll Rogers / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves release Spiezio — Troubled player arrives for Richmond game ‘unfit’ to play — Washington — Scott Spiezio was only two months out of a substance abuse treatment center when the Braves signed him to a minor league contract two weeks ago. It apparently wasn't long enough.
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Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Surfing the Mets: Hey fans, lay off Johan! — So more than a few fans - an awful lot of them, actually - booed Johan Santana as he headed to the dugout for the first time of the Shea/Citi Field portion of his career. — Really? — Obviously, the guy doesn't have much of a track record …
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Santana Struggles in Defeat, and the Fans Let Him Hear It — The fans at Shea Stadium stood and cheered Johan Santana when he jogged out of the dugout 20 minutes before Saturday's game. They stood and cheered, as if they were doing the wave, when he walked back from the bullpen …
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Crosby homers, A's get 10 walks in win — CLEVELAND (AP)—Bobby Crosby hit a three-run homer for the Oakland Athletics, who took advantage of 10 walks by Cleveland pitchers in a 7-3 win over the Indians on Saturday night. — Cleveland starter Fausto Carmona, two days after signing a seven-year …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Young frustrated by misconceptions — First baseman in difficult struggle with weight, diabetes — WASHINGTON — A few days after being placed on the disabled list, Nationals first baseman Dmitri Young said he is upset that people in the media are insensitive about the way he looks in a baseball uniform.
Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Giants OF Roberts could be out 12 weeks — SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—San Francisco outfielder Dave Roberts had surgery on his troublesome left knee Saturday, and it could be 12 weeks before he rejoins the Giants. — Fred Lewis will play regularly in Roberts' spot in left field.
Kyle / Driveline Mechanics:
Quick Note: Chien-Ming Wang — I hate to start this article off all doom-and-gloom style, but I'm already unhappy with where this analysis is going. This still accurately captures the intensity of pitching for the Yankees, but it also indicates two things I am probably going to dislike in Wang's delivery:
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Adam Rubin / Surfing the Mets:
Reyes walks in without a limp — Did I mention yet that I'm getting too old for this day-game-after-a-night game stuff? Top-notch NYDN crew here today with myself, bringing you all the action in Sunday's paper. (Albeit no A-Rube sightings - Gee, was it something I said?)
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Crisp, not Ellsbury, takes center stage — After alternating center fielders for the first 11 games - they played side by side one game in Oakland when right fielder J.D. Drew was out with a sore back - Red Sox manager Terry Francona started Coco Crisp last night for the second straight game.
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