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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 19: Yankees at Orioles — YANKEES — Notes: Joba is in the air and headed this way. They hope he will arrive in time for the game. Presumably, Edwar Ramirez will be sent back. ... Kyle Farnsworth claimed he was surprised that he was suspended and denied any bad intentions when he threw at Manny Ramirez.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Farnsworth Is Suspended for Pitch to Ramírez — BALTIMORE — Kyle Farnsworth threw a first-pitch fastball at 97 miles an hour behind the head of Boston's Manny Ramírez on Thursday, after Ramírez had hit two home runs against the Yankees.
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Mark Feinsand / Blogging the Bombers:
Source: Farns to be suspended for throwing at Manny — Kyle Farnsworth may have said he didn't throw at Manny Ramirez intentionally Thursday night, but apparently, Major League Baseball believes otherwise. — According to a source with knowledge of the situation, Farnsworth …
MLB.com:
New York's Farnsworth suspended — Pitcher Kyle Farnsworth of the New York Yankees has been suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing a pitch at Manny Ramirez of the Boston Red Sox during the top of the seventh inning of the Thursday, April 17 game between the Clubs at Yankee Stadium.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Joba to return tonight — Word here at Camden Yards is that Joba Chamberlain will rejoin the team in time for tonight's game against the Orioles. — He has not pitched since April 10 but did throw to a catcher twice while he was in Nebraska attending to his father.
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Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Thomas benched for time being — Designated hitter, mired in early slump, frustrated with decision — TORONTO — Frank Thomas received an unexpected call into Blue Jays manager John Gibbons' office on Saturday morning. The message was that the omission of the designated hitter's name …
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Associated Press:
Orioles' Burres, Johnson shut out Yanks — BALTIMORE (AP)—Ian Kennedy struggled to find the strike zone, and it cost the New York Yankees. — Brian Burres started and pitched 5 2-3 innings for the Orioles in a 6-0 win Saturday night, while Kennedy couldn't get past the third inning.
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Schneider sore, OK after injury scare — X-rays negative after backstop's left arm struck by foul tip — PHILADELPHIA — The Mets could exhale when Aaron Heilman extricated them from danger in the eighth inning on Saturday, but in the ninth and for nearly 90 minutes after they completed …
Associated Press:
Marlins sneak past Nationals — MIAMI - Wes Helms singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth and the Florida Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 6-5 on Saturday night. — Helms' one-out grounder up the middle off reliever Saul Rivera (1-1) scored Dan Uggla from second, ending the Marlins' two-game losing streak.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Girardi not too pleased — Joe Girardi was not a happy manager tonight after watching Ian Kennedy walk five and get knocked out in the third inning. — But he said - somewhat - that Kennedy would stay in the rotation. At least, “that's the plan right now.”
Associated Press:
Rays' Sonnanstine 3-hits White Sox — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—Andy Sonnanstine threw a three-hitter for his first career complete game and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 5-0 on Saturday night. — The White Sox had just three singles, including a bunt hit, and didn't get a runner past second base.
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Matt Patterson / Daily Oklahoman:
Salty adds powerful hitting to go with his catching skills — RedHawks catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia is used to playing the waiting game. — Waiting around the clubhouse playing cards for games to start, waiting for pitchers to warm up and waiting for the call from the Texas Rangers …
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Joe Pawlikowski / MLB Rumors:
Free Agent Stock Watch: Ben Sheets — It looks like Ben Sheets made the right decision by signing a four-year contract with the Brewers after his spectacular 2004 season. The then-25-year-old tossed 237 innings to the tune of a 2.70 ERA, striking out 264 to just 32 walks, with a WHIP below 1.00.
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