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Madden: Call Girardi Joe fool — BOSTON - For what it's worth to Joe Girardi - who presumably had Yankee legions and Red Sox Nation alike screaming, “What is he thinking?” when he elected to pitch to Manny Ramirez with first base open in the pivotal sixth inning Saturday …
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
JOE BLEW IT! — GIRARDI A GOAT FOR PITCHING TO MANNY — April 13, 2008 — BOSTON - Joe Girardi pours over tapes and scouting reports and sta tistical breakdowns, and somehow in all of that diligent study he missed one item: — DO NOT LET MANNY RAMIREZ BEAT YOU.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
The Manny-Moose matter — The only question anybody wanted answered after the game was why the Yankees decided to pitch to Manny Ramirez in the sixth inning. — Joe Girardi went with what Mike Mussina wanted to do. The Moose was more comfortable going after Manny than facing the ever-selective Kevin Youkilis with the bases loaded.
Evan Grant / Associated Press:
Texas Rangers go down to Blue Jays, 4-1 — egrant@dallasnews.com — ARLINGTON - The latest craze for metric-minded general managers is to try to determine what makes a good fielding team and what makes a bad one. — Put away those slide rules, boys.
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Sore shoulder shelves Guardado — Left-hander's trip to disabled list is retroactive to April 5 — ARLINGTON — The Rangers have placed left-handed reliever Eddie Guardado on the disabled list with a sore left shoulder. — Now they have to decide if Jamey Wright will join …
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Christian Red / NY Daily News:
A-Rod gets whiff of Bosox revenge — BOSTON - There was no Rain Man, the sequel. — Nearly a year after Alex Rodriguez swatted a go-ahead ninth-inning home run in the rain off Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon at Fenway, the reigning AL MVP came up empty Saturday night in another duel with the Boston reliever.
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Rob Maaddi / Associated Press:
Behind Hamels, Phils win without Rollins — PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Cole Hamels wasn't too impressed by his latest dominant performance. He knew he got away with a few pitches. — Hamels allowed one hit over seven innings, Pedro Feliz and Ryan Howard hit two-run homers and the Philadelphia Phillies beat …
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New York Post:
HAMMERING THE HEX — STADIUM HARDHATS UNCOVER SOX SHIRT — The curse has been broken - out of the ground, that is. — A pair of hardhats working at the new Yankee Stadium dropped a dime on the location of a buried Red Sox jersey. — Beantown-loving construction worker Gino Castignoli …
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Performing CPR on bats — Manager Clint Hurdle said he's considering several moves regarding today's lineup in an attempt to awaken a dormant offense. Troy Tulowitzki is a candidate for a breather. He is hitless in the series and is batting .159 this season. Asked if he could use a break, Tulowitzki said, “No, not at all.
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Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Santana's debut spoiled by Brewers — Ace allows three homers while Mets' defense endures struggles — NEW YORK — It was, the Mets said, the perfect play. Johan Santana was in trouble in the second inning on Saturday, and the Brewers, knowing that much, called on starting pitcher Ben Sheets to bunt.
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:Santana Struggles in Defeat, and the Fans Let Him Hear It
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Justin / On Baseball and the Reds:
Markov: Dusty Baker's lineups aren't half bad — There was a chorus of complaints from Reds' faithful over the Reds' opening-day lineup, and this has continued in reaction to subsequent lineups over the Reds' first two weeks of play. I asked folks to submit to me what they felt the opening …
Associated Press:
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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Steve Serby / New York Post:
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH... ANGEL PAGAN — The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Mets newcomer who is starting in left field in place of the injured Moises Alou. — Q: You have two daughters Angelina (3) and Briana (2 months). How did the birth of Angelina change your life?
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Neshek's accessibility makes him fan favorite — Pat Neshek's pants were for sale this week. — They were autographed and everything, the signature right there on the waistband, proof they'd been used in his first career spring training game. Though no one hazarded a bid …
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Alex Delanian / New Jersey Online:
Fox hits the brakes and fans screech — Robinson Cano battled Jonathan Papelbon to a full count, the Yankees down to their last out and the Red Sox leading by one run when, all of a sudden, vroooooooooom! — Last night's Fox telecast of the Yankees-Red Sox game abruptly switched …
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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