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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Posada Likely Headed for Disabled List — CLEVELAND — The Yankees' injury troubles took another discouraging turn Sunday when Jorge Posada was a late scratch from the lineup with a recurrence of the shoulder problem that bothered him early this month. This time, the injury seems serious.
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Tom Withers / Associated Press:
Yanks' Wang beats Indians' Sabathia 1-0 — CLEVELAND (AP)—An April win with all the texture of one in October was quickly chilled for the New York Yankees. — Moments after beating the Cleveland Indians 1-0, the Yankees lost a shocker: Jorge Posada is headed to the disabled list for the first time.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Shoulder issue to sideline Posada — Catcher to go on DL for first time, consult more physicians — CLEVELAND — Jorge Posada is headed to the disabled list for the first time in his career following a recurrence of the right shoulder injury that has limited his ability to catch for the Yankees this season.
The Times-Tribune:
Chris Stewart called up — Chris Stewart just confirmed that he's been called to New York to take Jorge Posada's place on the roster. Stewart will be with the team in Cleveland tomorrow. He was given no indication of how long he would be with the big league team.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Posada headed to disabled list — For the first time in his career, Jorge Posada will be placed on the disabled list and it could be for a long time. — The muscle tear in Posada's shoulder left him unable to throw today and he will be examined by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., later this week.
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Associated Press:
Chien-Ming Wang leads Yankees to 1-0 win over Indians — CLEVELAND - Chien-Ming Wang shut down Cleveland for seven innings and outpitched C.C. Sabathia, whose lone mistake turned into a homer by Melky Cabrera, to help the New York Yankees end a three-game slide with a 1-0 win over the Indians on Sunday.
Nat Boyle / MLB Rumors:
Pirates Release Matt Morris — Unfortunately, there's no surprise here. ESPN reports the Pirates have released Matt Morris. As Tim noted last night, the Pirates had little choice and eating $10MM seems their best option. According to ESPN, … There shouldn't be much interest for Morris.
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Associated Press:
Pirates release struggling right-hander Morris — PITTSBURGH — Matt Morris, the veteran right-hander added by the Pittsburgh Pirates late last season to stabilize a young rotation, was released Sunday after failing to pitch past the second inning in his latest start.
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:Morris, Pirates could be parting ways
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Associated Press:
Rays sweep Red Sox with 3-0 victory — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—James Shields pitched Tampa Bay into a rare position. The Rays are now the co-leaders in the AL East with the Baltimore Orioles. — Shields threw a two-hitter for his first career shutout, Evan Longoria homered …
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David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Duel Afternoon — While I was off at Easter dinner, major league starters took control of a number of games. As mentioned in the previous post, Wang and Sabathia combined to allow one run in Cleveland, with the Yankees scoring the lone tally. — The Red Sox and Rays matched Beckett and Shields …
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
THE EYES HAVE IT — EXPERTS WHO'VE SEEN HIM PEG JOBA AS A TOP STARTER — WE HAD the stupid moment again in New York sports this week when people spoke en masse about a subject they truly knew nothing about and it wasn't even the NFL Draft. Though I remain enthralled that folks …
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Jim Baumbach / On the Mets beat:
Delgado's explanation of the curtain call snub — Carlos Delgado says he has only taken two curtain calls in his life, when he hit four in one game several years ago and after he hit his 400th career home run. He knew the fans were calling for one today, but he didn't feel it was the right spot.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Heated rivalry nears boiling point — Houston's interpretation of Adam Wainwright's message fastball thrown behind the back of catcher Brad Ausmus on Saturday was about as subtle as the pitch itself. — “I thought it was intentional, yes,” Ausmus said. “Wainwright shook …
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Wayne Coffey / NY Daily News:
Davey Johnson tells of Mets days, steroids and Olympic dreams — The manager of the U.S. Olympic baseball team is a familiar, craggy-faced man whose life has known soaring triumph and unspeakable tragedy and who, across five decades in locales ranging from Baltimore to Atlanta, Tokyo to Flushing, has had a diamond life like few others.
Tom Haudricourt / Brewers Blog:
Brewers option Bush to Nashville — The Brewers cleared a spot on their roster for the return Tuesday of centerfielder Mike Cameron by optioning right-hander Dave Bush to Class AAA Nashville. — To say the least, Bush was stunned when told after the game today that he was going down.
Associated Press:
Lanan leads Nationals past Cubs 2-0 — WASHINGTON (AP)—Nationals manager Manny Acta sure expects a lot from 23-year-old rookie John Lannan. — Consider Lannan had just thrown seven shutout innings in Washington's 2-0 win over the Chicago Cubs on Suday. What did Acta say? “I've seen him better.”
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
The man behind Manny — Agent Boras discusses the change in Ramírez — We start our report this week with a few questions for agent Scott Boras regarding the change in Manny Ramírez's personality, his conditioning, his desire to play at least four more years …
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