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Superseding indictment breaks up perjury counts against Bonds — The U.S. attorney's office filed 14 counts of perjury and one count of obstruction against Barry Bonds on Tuesday. — The filing was first reported by ESPN's T.J. Quinn. — The counts were filed in what's known …
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Howie Rumberg / Associated Press:
Church leads Mets past former team — NEW YORK (AP)—Ryan Church lashed a line drive to right in the sixth inning, harder hit than his homer in the second for sure, and he paused momentarily in the batter's box to watch the ball's trajectory. — Once he saw Austin Kearns hesitate, he knew he had another hit.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Jim Edmonds about to join Cubs — His expected signing will push Pie to Iowa — Veteran center fielder Jim Edmonds is expected to clear waivers Wednesday and sign with the Cubs, opening the door to what could be a prolonged debate. — Should the Cubs have given Felix Pie a longer opportunity to show what he can do?
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs expected to sign Edmonds — The Cubs appear poised to sign veteran center fielder Jim Edmonds soon after he clears waivers Wednesday. — That would mean a demotion to the minors for touted prospect Felix Pie, who entered Monday with a .222 average and strikeouts in one-third of his plate appearances.
David Ginsburg / Associated Press:
O's take down Beckett, Red Sox — Scott hits three-run blast in the third; Guthrie allows two earned runs in six-plus innings — Orioles outfielder Luke Scott, left, is congratulated by teammate Kevin Millar after Scott's three-run homer off Red Sox starter Josh Beckett in the third inning.
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
It's all bad news for Sox — Lose more than just game to Orioles — BALTIMORE - It was sunny and pleasant yesterday in Baltimore, but you wouldn't know it by the fat, black storm cloud that hovered directly over the Red Sox [team stats] all day and all night, pelting them with injury and insult.
Tom Haudricourt / Brewers Blog:
Capuano headed for another Tommy John — It appears Brewers left-hander Chris Capuano is headed for the second “Tommy John” reconstructive elbow surgery of his career. — Assistant general manager Gord Ash told me that Capuano began experiencing discomfort in his elbow during throwing drills Monday in Phoenix.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 40: Yankees at Rays — YANKEES — Chien-Ming Wang against the Tampa Bay hitters. — Edwin Jackson vs. the New York hitters. — Back later with updates. — UPDATE, 6:50 p.m.: As was posted earlier today, Goose Gossage has beeen critical of Joba Chamberlain's fist-pumping.
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Fred Goodall / Associated Press:
Rays beat Rivera, Yankees, move into 1st — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—Six straight wins. Eleven in a row at home. First place in the AL East. — The Tampa Bay Rays realize it's only mid-May, but they're having a ball during the best start in franchise history. — “I've been around a long time.
Dallas Morning News:
Washington gets dose of Texas Rangers wackiness — In the relatively brief yet semi-sordid history of the Texas Rangers, an owner once fired a manager and then asked him to hang around a few days; a manager quit after 24 hours on the job, and still another owner proudly declared that he'd fire his mother to get the man he wanted.
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John Klima / MLB.com:
Adenhart wins, then gets sent down — Angels recall power right-handed reliever Arredondo — ANAHEIM — Shortly after Nick Adenhart earned his first Major League victory on Monday, the Angels optioned the 21-year-old right-hander to Triple-A Salt Lake and recalled right-handed reliever Jose Arredondo.
Bradford Doolittle / Kansas City Star:
Don't fret over Royals prospect Moustakas — Should Royals fans be concerned about Mike Moustakas? — The short answer to that question is no. Or maybe heck no. — I get a lot of e-mail from Royals fans wondering about minor-league prospects. This is heartening, because when fans …
ESPN:
NAKED CAME THE PITCHER — America's retro-park craze has yet to reach Japan's shores. There is no Camden Yards here — half the teams in Nippon Professional Baseball play in domed stadiums, including the Fighters. Built in 2002 for soccer's World Cup, the Sapporo Dome has foul territory …
The Times-Tribune:
Astute analysis as always here at the SWB Yankees blog — “Very astute analysis, Chad.” — Those are actual words from the comments, and I want to remind you of them because I'm about to look like an idiot. … What I do know, thanks to a text message good friend John Nalbone …
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Crede reiterates desire to stay with Sox — Third baseman willing to listen to offers during season — ANAHEIM — Joe Crede wants to stay in Chicago. — He has made that point abundantly clear since his early arrival in Arizona for Spring Training and took a few moments …
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Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
Under The Knife — Dirty Hurt — Mark Teixeira (3 DXL) — On the list of “things not to do in a contract year,” getting a case of back spasms is in the top ten. Teixeira suffered the problem in the first game of a doubleheader in an odd manner: he told Mark Bowman of MLB.com that he felt it first when covering the bag.
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Andrew Bagnato / Associated Press:
Big Unit shaky, but still wins No. 287 — PHOENIX (AP)—Struggling to find his command, Randy Johnson needed help for his 287th career victory. — Stephen Drew supplied it. — Backed by Drew's three-run homer, Johnson went five shaky innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Colorado 8-4 on Tuesday night.
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