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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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George A. King III / New York Post:
JOBA GONE AT LEAST THREE DAYS — YANKEES PITCHER LEAVES TEAM TO BE WITH AILING FATHER — TAMPA, Fla. — Joba Chamberlain will not be with the Yankees for at least the next three days, The Post has learned, placed on the major-league bereavement list to be with his ailiing father in Nebraska.
New York Post:
YOUNG GUNS ARE KILLIN' YANKS — Right now the Yankees' biggest problem is not that a Red Sox jersey was buried at the new stadium. It is that Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy are doing a pretty fair imitation of Tyler Clippard and Matt DeSalvo. — The Yanks ordered an excavation and the jersey issue …
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Report: Joba leaves to be with father — Elder Chamberlain in critical condition after collapsing — BOSTON — Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain left the team after Sunday's game to tend to his ailing father, the New York Daily News reported. — The newspaper said that Harlan Chamberlain collapsed …
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DRaysBay
Andrew Johnson / Defensive Indifference:
Is That a Shark Below Us? — Why yes it is New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. I realize it's trite to say this, but Sunday night might have officially been the night the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry jumped the shark. Granted, we've been headed in this direction since the moment Boston completed …
Associated Press:
Chamberlain leaves Yanks to be with ailing father — NEW YORK — Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain left the team after his father collapsed at his home in Lincoln, Neb., the Daily News reported Monday on its Web site. — Harlan Chamberlain was hospitalized Monday at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln.
Sushil Cheema / New York Times:The Big Dig: The Yanks Uncover a Red Sox Jersey
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It is about the money, stupid, ShysterBall, Hot Stove New York, My Pinstripes and Empyreal Environs
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:Phil Hughes gets ripped early, Yankees fall to Red Sox at Fenway
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Sliding Into Home
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:Game 13: Yankees at Red Sox
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New York Post, The House That Dewey Built, DRaysBay, Sliding Into Home, Pinstripe Alley and iYankees
Peter Pascarelli / ESPN:At only 21, Hughes already has the makings of an ace
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Let's Go Tribe!, Associated Press, WasWatching.com, Sliding Into Home and River Ave. Blues
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 …
Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Duaner Sanchez nearly ready to return to Mets — Help is on the way for the Mets' bullpen. How much immediate help it will be is the question. — Duaner Sanchez completed the second of back-to-back outings Saturday for Triple-A New Orleans and could rejoin the Mets as soon as tomorrow's series opener against the Nationals.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:Moises to play rehab game
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USA Today:
Crowning the greatest New York Yankees team ever — Imagine what it would be like if all the great teams that have played at Yankee Stadium throughout its history could face off against each other ... How would the Murderers' Row squad of 1927 fare against Ron Guidry in his Louisiana Lightnin' prime?
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Quote: Willie says the Mets are Sloppy — The Mets blew a four-run, third-inning lead yesterday, losing to the Brewers while leaving 10 men on base, hitting in to five double plays and making one error in the field, among others on the base paths. — Willie Randolph, while looking …
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Associated Press:
Ex-Braves OF Tommy Holmes dies at 91 — BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP)—Tommy Holmes, who hit in 37 consecutive games in 1945 to set a modern National League record that stood until it was broken by Pete Rose, died Monday. He was 91. — Holmes died of natural causes at an assisted living facility, daughter Patricia Stone said.
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The Griddle
Tom Haudricourt / Brewers Blog:
Bush's job on the line? — When right-hander Dave Bush takes the mound for the Brewers Tuesday night in St. Louis, he might be pitching for his job. — Bush pitched poorly in his first two outings, going 0-2 with a 8.44 ERA. This weekend, right-hander Yovani Gallardo is scheduled to return …
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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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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The Good Phight, Blogging Baseball, Washington Post, Bleed Cubbie Blue, GoatRiders of the Apocalypse and Cubs f/x
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