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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 31: Mariners at Yankees — YANKEES — MARINERS — Chien-Ming Wang vs. the Seattle hitters. — Erik Bedard vs. the New York hitters. — Notes: Wang has pitched twice to Molina this season. He has allowed one earned run over 16 innings. ... Seattle has lost two straight. ...
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Jim Baumbach / On the Yankees beat:
Yankee lineup and Hughes, Posada updates — * On Jorge Posada, they still haven't heard back from the Reds team doc because the MRI got lost in the mail or something. So they resent it yesterday. But all of the other docs have prescribed rest. If that's the plan, Girardi says Posada …
ESPN.com:
Posada out at least five weeks with shoulder injury — NEW YORK — Jorge Posada stood in front of his locker, his right shoulder wrapped in bandages following treatment. — The good news was the New York Yankees catcher didn't need an operation now. The bad news was that he will be sidelined for at least five weeks.
Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Jorge Posada to miss at least five weeks — If Jorge Posada eventually needs surgery on his strained throwing shoulder, he is confident it will be put off until after the season. But the All-Star catcher expects to be sidelined a minimum of five or six weeks after a bevy of prominent doctors concurred …
Tim Marchman / New York Sun:
It's Time To Fire Willie Randolph — It's time for the Mets to fire Willie Randolph. They should fire him if his team sweeps the Arizona Diamondbacks this weekend. They should fire him if his team wins all three games by a total score of 27-0. They should fire him if his team puts …
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Bart Hubbuch / Mets Blog:
Alou part of Diamondbacks opener — The return of Moises Alou highlights the lineups for tonight's showdown here with the NL-leading Diamondbacks, who send 4-1 Micah Owings to the mound against the Mets' John Maine. — Alou has not played in a major-league game since March 6 due to hernia surgery …
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Tom Haudricourt / Brewers Blog:
Gallardo has torn ACL — Houston - As it turns out, Brewers right-hander Yovani Gallardo did not escape serious injury Thursday in a collision at first base in Chicago. — Far from it. — An examination in Milwaukee this morning revealed Gallardo suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament …
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Sports Illustrated:
Murcer ready to begin broadcasting Yankees games again — NEW YORK (AP) -Bobby Murcer is feeling better and ready to begin broadcasting New York Yankees games again. — The longtime announcer and former All-Star outfielder was at Yankee Stadium on Thursday and plans to resume …
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Associated Press:
Twins' Gomez carted off field with head injury — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A dazed Carlos Gomez was carted off the field in the fifth inning on Friday night after the Minnesota Twin took a throw from Ivan Rodriguez off the head while stealing second base. — Gomez got a good jump on the pitch …
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Jonah Keri / ESPN:
The failure dynasties — It's really tough to build a winning dynasty in Major League Baseball, this much we know. Reeling off a streak of winning seasons is hard enough, never mind stringing together multiple World Series victories. So many teams came close to achieving immortal status …
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Paul Nyman / Baseball Digest Daily:
Phil Hughes and Mystery Meat Mechanics: Part I — While preparing a series of articles on Barry Zito's lost fastball I received the following e-mail: … Carlos is Carlos Gomez a.k.a. Chadbradfordwannabe. I'm happy to say that I did have some influence on Carlos in terms of how he blossomed …
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Mike Drago / Reading Eagle:
Phillies moving Castro, Outman to the bullpen — The Phillies organization hopes Reading left-hander Josh Outman can help at the major league level this season. — The left-handed reliever that Philadelphia Phillies general manager Pat Gillick has spent months searching for?
The Times-Tribune:
Pregame notes, Veras promoted … Meanwhile, David Robertson is here after mysteriously pitching last night. Apparently a flu bug is going through the Thunder clubhouse, so it could be that there weren't many healthy pitchers, but it doesn't make much sense to pitch a guy the night before he's called up.
Leitch / Deadspin:
Sadly, Julio Franco Cannot Play Forever — One wouldn't think that this would be classified as “news,” necessarily, but we still find it noteworthy, and kind of sad: Julio Franco has officially announced his retirement. — Well, we think so, anyway; the story has only been reported …
Associated Press:
Tulowitzki likely out until All-Star break — DENVER — Colorado Rockies star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki tore a tendon in his left quadriceps and could be out until the All-Star break, if not longer. — “Best-case scenario is six weeks. The realistic one is a few months,” agent Paul Cohen told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Red Sox offense falls silent — Nothing - not a last-second balk call or a walkoff hit - could come to the rescue of the Red Sox [team stats] last night. — On a night when Toronto starter A.J. Burnett had an answer for everything, the Red Sox batters had little response and Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield …
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