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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yanks chip away to split with Tribe — Four-run sixth ends hitless spell; Mussina wins second straight — CLEVELAND — The Yankees have been away from home so often this month, Mike Mussina seemed legitimately surprised when he realized his assumptions were incorrect: another hotel room was not …
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Associated Press:
Mussina earns career win No. 253 as Yanks beat Tribe with five-hit effort — CLEVELAND (AP) — Their record is barely above average, one of their superstars is still limping around and their everyday catcher is on the disabled list. — The New York Yankees aren't themselves.
George A. King III / New York Post:
QUAD A PROBLEM! — YANKS WIN, BUT A-ROD KOED BY MUSCLE ACHE — How much longer can the Yankees keep winning while stud players vanish from the lineup? — The Yankees hung a 5-2 loss on the Indians last night at Progressive Field in front of 20,689, but lost Alex Rodriguez thanks …
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Posada's Trip to the Disabled List Leaves Doubt About His Return — CLEVELAND — Jorge Posada left the Yankees on Monday to visit Dr. James Andrews, the orthopedic surgeon in Birmingham, Ala., and it could be a long time before he rejoins the active roster.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Aggravated quad to keep A-Rod out — Third baseman day-to-day as Yankees begin homestand — CLEVELAND — Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez aggravated his strained right quadriceps in Monday's 5-2 victory over the Indians and said there is “no way” he could play as the club returns home to open a nine-game homestand.
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 27: Yankees at Indians — YANKEES — Notes: Cleveland will start LHP Aaron Laffey, who has never faced any of the Yankees. ... The Yankees are ending a stretch of 18 road games in 21 days. ... Jorge Posada is officially on the DL as of yesterday and Chris Stewart is here and wearing No. 38. ...
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:A-Rod aggravates quad injury
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Associated Press:
Giants send struggling pitcher Barry Zito to bullpen — SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Barry Zito was demoted to the bullpen Monday by the San Francisco Giants, who hope the former ace can correct his problems by working in relief. — Zito, who only 16 months ago signed a $126 million …
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Adam Rubin / Surfing the Mets:
Q & A with Carlos Delgado — So here are THE NUTS and BOLTS questions and answers from Carlos Delgado's entertaining 20 minutes of give and take with reporters a little while ago about the most talked-about “curtain” since Jamie-Leigh Curtis' mom had hers shredded in the original “Psycho” (Read: Not the one with Vince Vaughn!!)
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Brian Costello / New York Post:
THUMB'S DOWN FOR SCHNEIDER — Mets catcher Brian Schneider remains in the hospital with a staph infection in his left thumb, unsure when he'll be able to return to the team. — “It's frustrating,” Schneider told The Post in a telephone interview from his hospital room. “It's a bad infection.
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Associated Press:
Sox-Orioles game suspended after 11 innings — The White Sox and Baltimore Orioles were tied at 3 when play was suspended after 11 innings Monday because of rain. — The game will resume later this season, but no date was immediately announced. All the statistics from Monday count.
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Hal McCoy / Dayton Daily News:
Krivsky's final say — Wayne Krivsky is finding it difficult to sever his ties with the Cincinnati Reds after he was fired and says, “I must be crazy because I hope the Reds win every game the rest of the year and I still get on-line every morning to check how the minor-league teams did.”
NY Daily News:
Mindy McCready weeps as she confirms affair with ‘kind and caring’ Roger Clemens — Barricaded behind tightly drawn blinds at her Nashville home Monday, country singer Mindy McCready confirmed a long-term affair with embattled pitcher Roger Clemens. — “I cannot refute anything in the story …
CBC News:
Late-inning clutch hitting at root of Jays' slide — As the old baseball proverb says, “the more you win early, the less you have to win late.” — Where would the Jays be if they had not got off to a good start? A win is a win and now that the Jays are 11-15 and in last place in the American League East.
MLB.com:
Lasorda to be guest conductor for the Jr. Philharmonic Orchestra — Join Tommy as he leads the orchestra in “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” — LOS ANGELES — Hall of Fame Manager and Special Advisor to the Chairman Tommy Lasorda will participate in the Jr. Philharmonic's “Battle of the Batons,” it was announced today.
