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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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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Yankees send Ian Kennedy down to Triple-A — The roster move to get Darrell Rasner active for Sunday's start was ... Ian Kennedy. Yep, the Yanks are asking Kennedy to get himself straightened out at Triple-A Scranton. As Joe Girardi said, it's up to Kennedy how fast he returns to the majors.
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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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Royals pitcher breaks hand punching door in hotel — CLEVELAND — 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 …
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Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
Royals' Bale diagnosed with broken hand after punching door — Royals left-hander John Bale won't be returning to active duty any time soon after breaking his pitching hand Friday night by punching a door at the team's downtown hotel. — Bale apparently was frustrated by his slow recovery from a fatigued left shoulder.
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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Dave Campbell / Associated Press:
Twins rally from 6 down, beat Tigers 7-6 — MINNEAPOLIS (AP)—The Detroit Tigers left Yankee Stadium this week with the hope and momentum of a three-game sweep, but Jim Leyland was cautious. — Not over the hump yet, their seen-it-all manager said. — As usual, the boss was right.
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
There's plenty of talking but no call-up for Owens — TORONTO — Not a day went by during the last week in which Jerry Owens' name wasn't brought up in Ozzie Guillen's talks with his coaches. — Unfortunately for the speedy outfielder trapped at Class AAA Charlotte, those conversations all ended the same way — nowhere to put him.
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Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:
On Baseball: Yanks GM could be in Phils' future — The New York Yankees are having problems, and they could resonate all the way to Philadelphia. — The Yankees entered May in fourth place in the American League East. They are banged up, and their starting pitching (5.25 ERA entering Friday) has been poor.
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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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Boras waiting on Wilkerson — As of this afternoon, agent Scott Boras had not heard of what might happen with client Brad Wilkerson, the outfielder designated for assignment by the Seattle Mariners last week. — Boras said that Wilkerson cleared waivers and was aware there were teams …
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