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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Joba leaves team after dad collapses — BOSTON - The Yankees likely will be without Joba Chamberlain on Monday night in Tampa Bay, as the reliever left the team on Sunday night to tend to his ailing father. — According to sources, Harlan Chamberlain collapsed at his home in Lincoln …
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Phil Hughes gets ripped early, Yankees fall to Red Sox at Fenway — BOSTON - Unfortunately for Joe Girardi, the biggest decision he was forced to make Sunday night was when to have mercy on Phil Hughes and remove him from the game. — Hughes was roughed up for seven runs on six hits in two-plus innings …
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Hughes roughed up in Fenway debut — BOSTON — Phil Hughes spent time in the seats of Fenway Park on several occasions, a transplanted youth from California soaking up the essence of New England baseball. — His vantage point was much better on Sunday, but only temporarily.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Phil Hughes gets ripped, Yanks fall to Sox — It was all smiles and high-fives for Sean Casey and the Red Sox after their 8-5 win over the Yankees on Sunday — BOSTON - Unfortunately for Joe Girardi, the biggest decision he was forced to make Sunday night was when to have mercy on Phil Hughes and remove him from the game.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Add Molina to the injury list — The Yankees need a catcher. Jose Molina strained his left hamstring in the fourth inning, which is why he had to leave the game in the eighth. — “He sucked it up for us,” manager Joe Girardi said. — It's uncertain what the corresponding move …
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NY Daily News:
Jose Molina headed for disabled list — BOSTON - Jose Molina pulled his left hamstring sliding into the plate in the fourth inning Sunday night and could be headed for the disabled list, further thinning out the Yanks' already-depleted catching ranks. — Joe Girardi said after the 8-5 loss …
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Sliding Into Home
Rob Maaddi / Associated Press:
Cubs beat Phils in 10 on Utley's error — PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Carlos Zambrano's hustle—not his pitching or bat—paid off in a rare appearance off the bench. — Second baseman Chase Utley's throwing error on Zambrano's grounder allowed Ronny Cedeno to score the go-ahead run in the 10th inning …
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Washington Post, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Blogging Baseball, GoatRiders of the Apocalypse and Cubs f/x
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Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
Jenkins bats leadoff for first time — With Rollins, Victorino out, Manuel forced to alter lineup — PHILADELPHIA — The lineup had the look of a manager searching: Geoff Jenkins leading off, followed by Jayson Werth. — That's what happens when Phillies skipper Charlie Manuel's two leadoff candidates …
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Brew Crew Ball
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Moises to play rehab game — Moises Alou's recovery from March 6 hernia surgery has progressed so well that he's expected to play in a rehab game in Port St. Lucie by this weekend, the Daily News has learned. — Fill-in Angel Pagan, who led off the past two games with Jose Reyes …
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Rick Eymer / MLB.com:
Bowker, Lincecum star in Giants' win — Rookie homers for second straight game; starter strikes out 11 — SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants called up John Bowker to provide a little bit of power, and he's already overloaded the circuit. — Bowker, who struggled during Spring Training and early …
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Dave Rouleau / Baseball Digest Daily:Championship Drought — I was surfing the stats-packed bible …
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BBTF's Baseball Primer …
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Leyland lets loose on underperforming Tigers — CHICAGO - In his hotel room only a night earlier, a sense of calm had enveloped Jim Leyland. Somehow, in this most embarrassing of times, he had managed to restrain his incendiary temper that, legend has it, once caused him to deliver …
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Sushil Cheema / New York Times:
The Big Dig: The Yanks Uncover a Red Sox Jersey — With dust swirling around them on Sunday afternoon, Frank Gramarossa and Rich Corrado extracted a Red Sox jersey that a construction worker had buried at the site of the new Yankee Stadium. After workers used jackhammers to break through …
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Empyreal Environs
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Alan Robinson / Associated Press:
Pirates hit 3 homers, beat Reds 9-1 — PITTSBURGH (AP)—The Pittsburgh Pirates went from being swept by the Cubs to sweeping the Reds in the same home stand. No doubt it wasn't a coincidence Tom Gorzelanny looked like two different pitchers during his two starts of the unusual week.
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Where have you gone …
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:On the Pirates: The lefty left out
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Say Hey, Giants Fans Show Their Wistful Side — The members of the New York Baseball Giants Nostalgia Society know this: Their team's history is just as rich as that of the Brooklyn Dodgers. — Their Giants won more pennants and World Series titles than the Dodgers did.
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The Griddle
Joe Christensen / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Liriano plays it cool on eve of 2008 debut — Francisco Liriano — once again — will be making a highly anticipated appearance in a Twins uniform when he takes the mound today. — KANSAS CITY, MO. — Twins pitcher Francisco Liriano is no stranger to the anticipation surrounding him today …
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