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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.
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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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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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Associated Press:
Steinbrenner unhappy — TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner said Friday he's unhappy with New York's play so far this season and vowed the team would stick with its plan for reliever Joba Chamberlain. — “I'm very disappointed with the way the season has gone, period …
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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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Pat Graham / Associated Press:
Furcal leads Dodgers to seventh straight — DENVER (AP)—Rafael Furcal had three hits, including a three-run homer in a seven-run sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers won their seventh straight game, beating Colorado 11-6 on Friday night. — Matt Kemp drove in four runs with two doubles …
Associated Press:
Marcum helps Blue Jays 2-hit White Sox — TORONTO (AP)—Shaun Marcum was struggling to hold down his lunch, but had no such trouble with the Chicago White Sox. — Marcum struck out a season-high nine, Shannon Stewart drove in the only runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the White Sox 2-0 on Friday night …
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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 …
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.
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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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?
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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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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Rob Maaddi / Associated Press:
Burrell's homer in 10th lifts Phillies — PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Pat Burrell got one fastball after another until he timed it just right. — Burrell hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Francisco Giants 6-5 on Friday night.
George Henry / Associated Press:
Hudson Pitches 11th Career Shutout — ATLANTA — Tim Hudson pitched his 11th career shutout and Brian McCann hit a two-run homer, helping the Atlanta Braves end a season-high four-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.
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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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