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Bart Hubbuch / Mets Blog:
Players-only meeting on tap — David Wright told reporters this afternoon that the Mets plan to hold a players-only meeting in the clubhouse at Yankee Stadium to clear the air after Billy Wagner's postgame rant Thursday. Wagner (pictured) has already apologized to Carlos Delgado …
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Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Mets out of control — Although it might seem like the Mets are slogging along on that long, flat road to nowhere, they're actually reaching a tipping-point moment, when Jeff Wilpon calls Omar Minaya and Willie Randolph into his office and says: one of you two is fired. You choose. — Who stays?
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Jeremy Cothran / New Jersey Online:
Wagner rips teammates after Mets' crushing loss
Wagner rips teammates after Mets' crushing loss
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NJ.com, Eephus Pitch, Baseball Digest Daily, The 'Ropolitans and The Mets Are Better Than Sex
MLB.com:
Yankees-Mets game postponed — Will not be made up Saturday, Sunday or Monday — The New York Yankees announced that tonight's game between the Yankees and New York Mets at Yankee Stadium has been postponed due to rain. No makeup date has been announced.
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The Musings and Prophecies …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Makeup will be in June — Tonight's game will not be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday or Sunday or as a single game on Monday. — It will almost certainly be part of a two-stadium doubleheader on June 27, 28 or 29. — The press release from the Yankees:
Caleb Peiffer / Baseball Prospectus:
Friday's Games to Watch — Probable Starters: Johan Santana (52 1/3 IP, 3.27 RA, 1.11 WHIP, 52 K) vs. Darrell Rasner (12, 4 R, 9 H, 5/1 K/BB) — Pythagorean Record: Mets, 20-19 (186 RS, 178 RA); Yankees, 20-22 (173 RS, 179 RA) — Hit List Rankings: Mets, #8; Yankees, #15
Franz Lidz / Portfolio:
THE WINDUP — Bronx Cheer — Jason Giambi has a rock-star lifestyle, including a pair of gold lamé underwear. But when it comes to his batting slump this season, the thong remains the same. — Jason Giambi has a deep, dark secret. Deeper than his compulsion to sleep on the side …
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Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Hal Steinbrenner on Yanks: We'll be fine — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Hal Steinbrenner flew back to Tampa from the Major League Baseball owners' meetings in Milwaukee yesterday, his belief that the Yankees can be a contender this season intact. — In a phone interview that took place shortly …
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Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Magowan stepping down from Giants — SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Peter Magowan, the owner who brought Barry Bonds to San Francisco, built a new ballpark and kept major league baseball in the city, is stepping down as managing partner of the Giants. — The 66-year-old Magowan will retire from his duties …
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The Biz of Baseball
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Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
Magowan stepping down as Giants' boss — (05-16) 15:27 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Peter Magowan announced Friday he will retire as the Giants' managing general partner at the end of this season, ending a 16-year reign that brought to San Francisco a new ballpark, Barry Bonds, a World Series …
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The Griddle
MLB.com:
American and National League All-Star coaches appointed — American League All-Star manager Terry Francona of the Boston Red Sox and National League All-Star manager Clint Hurdle of the Colorado Rockies have announced the managers who will serve as their coaches at the 79th All-Star Game …
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ESPN.com:
Bigger issues? Isringhausen to DL, having hit TV — ST. LOUIS — Jason Isringhausen pitched three times after cutting his pitching hand, apparently from striking a television in frustration, before the St. Louis Cardinals placed their bedraggled closer on the 15-day disabled list.
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Associated Press:
Grievance filed on behalf of C Torrealba — NEW YORK (AP)—The players' union has filed a grievance over the collapse of catcher Yorvit Torrealba's talks with the New York Mets last fall. — Torrealba and the Mets reached a preliminary agreement on a $14.4 million, three-year contract last November …
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Jeff Barker / Baltimore Sun:
O's Angelos doesn't screech over Nats' downtown promotion — Turf war? What turf war? — The Washington Nationals sent their mascot and other representatives to distribute Nationals coolers and pocket schedules yesterday at the Inner Harbor, just blocks from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
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Screech's Best Friend / Nats320:
That Inner Harbor Invasion
That Inner Harbor Invasion
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Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Mock Draft: May 16 — BA takes first stab at first round — Projecting the first round of the draft three weeks in advance is never easy, and this year is more difficult than most. — None of the four players who entered 2008 as the consensus top four prospects—Vanderbilt third baseman Pedro Alvarez …
David Murphy / Philly.com:
Phillies Notebook: Phillies GM Gillick says Hamels will get his due, in time — When the Phillies renewed Cole Hamels' contract this spring and the lefthander expressed some frustration with his $500,000 salary, that line of thinking dictated the reaction from many fans.
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Outfielder Jacque Jones may be Marlin soon — Former Tiger would add depth; Willingham ailing — CINCINNATI - Former Tigers outfielder Jacque Jones cleared waivers Thursday morning and could be a Marlin as soon as today, according an industry source who has spoken with club officials.
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FishStripes
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Chicago Sun Times:
Ozzie refuses to play race card — WITH JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com — ANAHEIM, Calif. — “Go back to your country and pick coffee beans.” — “... you dumb Mexican.” — “... you bastard Venezuelan.” — Welcome to Ozzie Guillen's e-mail inbox — in just the last few weeks.