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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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ESPN.com:
Yanks send struggling pitcher Kennedy to minors — NEW YORK — Struggling pitcher Ian Kennedy was sent to the minor leagues Sunday by the New York Yankees, who purchased Darrell Rasner's contract from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. — The Yankees promised patience with their young pitchers this season …
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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.
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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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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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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Associated Press:
Royals' Bale breaks hand punching door — CLEVELAND (AP)—Kansas City Royals left-hander John Bale, already on the disabled list due to a tight shoulder, broke his pitching hand punching a door at the team's hotel Friday night. — A club spokesman said Bale informed team officials he had pain …
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?
insideBayArea:
A's need to sign Bonds to help team, draw fans — TAKE A letter, Miss Jones. Address it to Billy Beane, genius in residence, Oakland Athletics. Yeah, that's the team which is going to move to Fremont as soon as the 49ers move to Santa Clara. — Dear Billy: You've done it again.
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.
