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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 33: Mariners at Yankees — YANKEES — Carlos Silva vs. the New York hitters. — Darrell Rasner vs. the Seattle hitters. — Notes: Ian Kennedy has been demoted to Scranton to make room for Rasner on the 25-man roster. Brian Bruney was moved to the 60-day DL to clear space on the 40-man roster.
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George A. King III / New York Post:
KENNEDY FUTURE UNDER DISCUSSION — Joe Girardi wanted to talk more with Brian Cashman before going public with the Yankees' plans for struggling Ian Kennedy's immediate future. — “We will have some more discussions,” Girardi said before yesterday's 6-1 victory over the Mariners at Yankee Stadium.
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Kit Stier / MLB.com:
Damon helps Mussina win third straight — Righty holds Mariners to one run behind outfielder's three hits — NEW YORK — Johnny Damon and Mike Mussina entered this season with something to prove. So far, both Yankees veterans are satisfied with their progress.
Kit Stier / MLB.com:
Yanks in no rush to demote Kennedy — Not needing fifth starter, club can work with struggling rookie — NEW YORK — The Yankees, manager Joe Girardi said on Saturday morning, are in no rush to make a determination on the immediate future of struggling young right-hander Ian Kennedy.
Mike Shalin / MLB.com:
Moss out following appendectomy — Not feeling well, Sox outfielder taken to hospital for procedure — BOSTON — Red Sox rookie outfielder Brandon Moss underwent an appendectomy Saturday night at Massachusetts General Hospital and will be out of action indefinitely.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Moss undergoes emergency appendectomy — The Red Sox were certainly the envy of baseball with two players many teams would love to have right now: Bartolo Colon, who is just about recovered from an oblique injury and is scheduled to pitch in a spring game tomorrow in Sarasota, Fla. …
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Adam Rubin / Surfing the Mets:
Thumb's up! Schneider returns to lineup — Brian Schneider is in today's starting lineup. He just chatted with Willie Randolph and coach Tom Nieto in the clubhouse and gave the thumb's up, so to speak. Schneider had been out since a six-day hospitalization for a staph infection …
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Tim Bontemps / New York Post:
VERSATILE MURPHY TURNING HEADS — Mets prospect Dan Murphy, Double-A Binghamton's starting third baseman, had a great April, hitting .363 with one home run and 18 RBI in 26 games. — But no matter how much Murphy, Baseball America's No. 15 prospect in the Mets system, hits in the minors …
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Steve Serby / New York Post:
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH... BILLY WAGNER — May 4, 2008 — The Post's Steve Serby sat down at Shea with the Mets' candid closer: — Q: What would you say the odds are that you will not pitch beyond the end of next season? — A: I would say somewhere around 99 percent. — Q: Why?
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Schneider to return in L.A. — PHOENIX - Brian Schneider expects to start Monday when the Mets open a three-game series against Joe Torre's Dodgers in L.A. That would mark Schneider's first game since a six-day hospital stay for a staph infection in his left thumb.
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Tabata returns from suspension — Have this going in the paper tomorrow. I'm sure some of you have heard the news already. — Double-A outfielder Jose Tabata, considered one of the organization's top prospects, was suspended for three games last week and considered asking the Yankees for his release before returning to the team.
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Andrew Bagnato / Associated Press:
Diamondbacks' Webb improves to 7-0 — PHOENIX (AP)—The Arizona Diamondbacks figure they're going to win every time Brandon Webb pitches. — They didn't expect Augie Ojeda to help make him the majors' first seven-game winner. — Ojeda drove in a career-high six runs to lead …
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