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12:25 AM ET, April 25, 2008

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Associated Press:
Thomas, released by Blue Jays, returns to Oakland  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — The Big Hurt is coming back to the Bay Area.  —  The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with designated hitter Frank Thomas, who was released Sunday by the Toronto Blue Jays to become a free agent after becoming disgruntled about his playing time.
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MLB.com:
A's agree to terms with DH Frank Thomas  —  OF Travis Buck placed on 15-day disabled list; 3B Eric Chavez transferred to 60-day DL  —  OAKLAND — The Oakland A's today agreed to terms with free agent designated hitter Frank Thomas.  To clear a spot for Thomas on the roster …
Associated Press:
Athletics rough up Liriano in Big Hurt's return  —  CBSSports.com wire reports  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Frank Thomas won in his return to Oakland.  Rajai Davis got three hits in his Athletics debut.  —  Yet it was Donnie Murphy who delivered all the power.
Discussion: Baseball Musings
San Francisco Chronicle:
GWEN KNAPP  —  There's more than one way to score runs  —  (04-23) 21:31 PDT — On Day 4 of the Frank Thomas waiting game, the A's picked up another ballplayer who had been cut loose Sunday.  They got Rajai Davis, a castoff from the last-place, offensively impaired Giants.
Discussion: FIRE JOE MORGAN
Mike Downey / Chicago Tribune:
Guillen: Derek Jeter ‘the perfect man’  —  About an hour before Ozzie Guillen called him “the perfect man” and “the best thing ever in the game,” Derek Jeter found a few minutes to chat about his future place of work.  —  Yankee Stadium is going, going ... a few months from being gone.
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Junior / FIRE JOE MORGAN:
Small Sample Size Gilloolys  —  Gilloolies?  Let's go with Gilloolies.  —  You know what I'm talking about.  Three days into the season, a sportswriter disembowels a player for “hitting .028!!!  He's killing his team!!!!”  Then a month or two later, it's completely forgotten because baseball's season is eternal.
Discussion: metsgrrl.com
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Vazquez struggles in Sox loss  —  Ozzie can't say enough of Jeter, but it's Mussina who's the prize  —  White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen had no problem expressing his man-crush on New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.  —  “Derek Jeter has everything in his life,” Guillen gushed Wednesday.
Associated Press:
Dodgers announce stadium improvement plan  —  LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers unveiled a four-year upgrade plan for Dodger Stadium on Thursday that owner Frank McCourt said amounts to a new home for the team built around the nearly 50-year-old core of the old.
Discussion: The Biz of Baseball
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Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' McCourt unveils stadium makeover plan  —  Among the renovations, planned by 2012, would be a dedicated bus lane near the stadium and two parking garages plus additional underground parking.  —  Dodgers owner Frank McCourt unveiled plans today for a historic makeover …
Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Harold Reynolds joins SNY as Mets analyst  —  Harold Reynolds' comeback continues.  —  Reynolds, who was fired by ESPN in 2006, allegedly for sexual harassment, has been hired by SportsNet New York as a studio analyst on Mets telecasts.  —  “I've never worked on a ‘local’ broadcast,” Reynolds said.
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Matt Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
News: Harold Reynolds joins Mets Pre Game
Discussion: Take the 7 Train
Adam Rubin / Surfing the Mets:
Infected thumb sends Schneider back to NY  —  Breaking news: Brian Schneider has been sent to New York with an infected left thumb that may require a DL trip.  He just landed in New York 40 minutes ago.  —  There will likely be a roster move to activate Gustavo Molina.
Associated Press:
‘Curse’ jersey nets $175K for charity  —  BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox jersey secretly buried under the new Yankee Stadium in a failed curse attempt sold Thursday for $175,100 in a charity auction.  —  The bid was the highest of 282 for the battered No. 34 David Ortiz jersey …
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ESPN.com:
Buried David Ortiz jersey nets $175K for charity
Discussion: River Ave. Blues
Tom D'Angelo / Palm Beach Post:
Marlins Notebook: Manager says Badenhop needs to believe  —  ATLANTA — The Marlins have told rookie right-hander Burke Badenhop to “trust his stuff,” and not worry about contact when he makes his third start in the majors tonight.  —  “He walked five and that's not him,” manager Fredi Gonzalez said about the last outing.
Discussion: Bottom9 Baseball and FishStripes
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Nolasco OK with splits
Discussion: FishStripes and Baseball Musings
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Marlins present PR director with trophy
Discussion: FishStripes
David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Answer Man: David Wright talks New York cabs, Al Pacino  —  The world sits at the feet of New York Mets slugger David Wright, who has seemed at ease with it all since his 2004 rookie season.  Wright's bat, glove and sometimes his bare hand have put him in the company of the greatest young stars …
Discussion: Hot Foot and The 'Ropolitans
Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Phillies 3, Brewers 1  —  Suppan gets no help from offense  —  The Milwaukee Brewers are a team built around offense.  They hope to pitch well enough and make enough plays in the field to allow the hitters to carry the club.  —  That's what makes days such as Thursday at Miller Park so frustrating for the home team.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Hughes out to reverse misfortune  —  New York (12-10) at Chicago (11-9), Thursday, 8:11 p.m. ET  —  CHICAGO — The pop on Phil Hughes' fastball, the 21-year-old insists, is fine.  —  While some eagle-eyed fans watch every digit that flashes on the screen during the right-hander's starts …
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Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
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Old-school Jocketty values positivity
Discussion: Church of Baseball
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Discussion: Ducksnorts
NY Daily News:
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Homers help Miller to first win
Discussion: FishStripes
David Lennon / Newsday:
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