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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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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:
Long Road Ends With Guarded Optimism — CLEVELAND — The Yankees' clubhouse was hopping after Monday night's game, not what you would expect from a team that had just set a major league record for road games in the month of April. — Morgan Ensberg had kept a wayward fan from bothering Derek Jeter late …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:A-Rod aggravates quad injury
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Brian Lewis / New York Post:
DELGADO NOT BUYING BOOS — CARLOS: IT JUST WASN'T A DESERVING MOMENT — With Mets fans still in an uproar over Carlos Delgado spurning Sunday's curtain call and rejecting their olive branch, the oft-booed star insisted the decision had nothing to do with how much the fickle Flushing faithful …
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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 …
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Lester Munson / ESPN:
Allegations unlikely to see court, but could trouble Clemens … Roger Clemens says country singer Mindy McCready is a family friend. Others have told the New York Daily News that Clemens was involved in a decade-long affair with McCready after the two reportedly met when Clemens …
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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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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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Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Schneider gets swell news — Catcher Brian Schneider remained in the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan Monday receiving intravenous antibiotics for an infection in his left thumb. Still, the catcher could be on the field soon. General manager Omar Minaya said that when Schneider is released …
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.”
David Golebiewski / The Transaction Guy:
Justin Verlander's struggles through Pitch F/X — When Justin Verlander is at his best, one has to wonder how hitters even manage to put the bat on the ball, let alone make hard contact. Since being selected out of Old Dominion with the second overall pick in the 2004 draft …
Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Marlins not satisfied with winning April — The Marlins can make this their most successful April in franchise history with a win tonight or Wednesday against the Dodgers. This already is one of four Marlins teams along with the 1997, 2004 and 2005 squads to win 15 of their first 25.
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