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Tim Marchman / New York Sun:
How To Fix Randolph's Squad — When a manager is not fired, as Willie Randolph was not after a long meeting yesterday with Mets owners Fred and Jeff Wilpon and general manager Omar Minaya, it is usually not news. Managers are not fired all the time. Only rarely, though …
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Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:Met players: It's on us and not Willie Randolph
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My Summer Family
ESPN.com:Randolph still manager after talk with Mets brass
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NorthJersey.com, ESPN, Mets Blog, Big Apple Sports, Lady At The Bat, New York Post, Amazin' Avenue and The Ballclub
John Fay / Cincinnati Enquirer:
Here's Jay — 21-year-old could start in center field tonight against Pirates — digg us! del.icio.us! — The Reds will make the move every Reds fan from Zanesville to Addyston has been calling for: — Uber-prospect Jay Bruce will be promoted to the big club in time for today's opener …
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Church of Baseball, ShysterBall, MLB Rumors, Red Reporter, MLB Fleece Factor and Where have you gone …
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Peter Bendix / Beyond the Box Score:
Why wasn't Jay Bruce called up sooner? — The Reds have announced that they are calling up Jay Bruce. Bruce is currently hitting .364/.393/.630 through 49 games in triple-A with ten homers, nine doubles, five triples, and eight steals. Sure, his K/BB ratio is a miserable 45/12 but even so: why hasn't he been in the majors sooner?
Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:
Phils score 20 in win over Rockies — Where was this in October? — You remember October, right? The Phillies roared into the playoffs like a lion and exited like a lamb. They lost three straight ball games to the Colorado Rockies and hit just .172 in the process.
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Rocky Mountain News
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Big injuries, slow start and now there's this ... PHILADELPHIA — The last time the City of Brotherly Love witnessed a mismatch of this magnitude was the first fight in “Rocky III,” when Clubber Lang massacred Rocky Balboa. — Just like Lang's prediction for “pain,” you could see this one coming.
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Purple Row
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Marlins add to Mets' misery — NEW YORK — The Marlins feel awful about the media frenzy engulfing Mets manager Willie Randolph, whose job has come under intense scrutiny because of his team's poor play. — They certainly didn't help Randolph's cause Monday night.
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FishStripes
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Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
New Marlin Jones draws high praise — NEW YORK - Johan Santana was surprised to hear Jacque Jones' name before Monday's game, unaware his old friend had joined the Marlins over the weekend. — “Is he over there?” Santana said with a smile. — Told Jones was in the Marlins' starting lineup …
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FishStripes
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Sox' winning formula starts with Pedroia — Dustin Pedroia follows the flight of his run-scoring ground-rule double in the eighth. Pedroia also made several sparkling defensive plays in Boston's win. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press) — SEATTLE - When you play the word-association …
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Baseball Musings
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Russ Smith / SPLICETODAY.COM:
The National Pastime is Stronger Than Ever — Let the baseball whiners and chronic complainers switch to cricket if they're so perturbed. — Memorial Day weekend is the one of the laziest times of the year, a mini-reprise of the black hole of time between Christmas and New Year's Day …
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ShysterBall
Phil Pepe / Yes Network:
The metamorphosis of Joba — Making Chamberlain a starter could be a mistake — The metamorphosis of Joba Chamberlain from set-up reliever to starting pitcher is afoot. — It began with a curious two-inning, 40-pitch outing against the Seattle Mariners.
Josh Kalk / Hardball Times:
Preliminary aging curve for fastball speed — Understanding how players age is very important when examining them and their careers. It is essential when people try to look in the crystal ball to determine just how good a hot prospect could be in a few years or if an aging star might have a good year or two left in him.
Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:
“My Friend” — Heard the news this afternoon about the tragic death of a former teammate and friend Geremi Gonzalez. — The quote to head this piece is one that anybody that knew him will smile about. Gonzo could not, under any circumstance, remember ANYONE'S name.
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SOX & Dawgs
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Rich Lederer / Baseball Analysts:
College Baseball: The Road to Omaha — The Miami Hurricanes (47-8), which regained the No. 1 spot in the final regular season Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, and USA Today/ESPN polls released on Monday, were selected as the top seed for the 64-team NCAA Division I Baseball Championship that begins this Friday.
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Hardball Times
Mark Bradley / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves on road to greatness — Memorial Day arrived with the Braves in second place. They'll be in first by the Fourth of July, and come Labor Day they'll be pulling away. — Only a team of playoff caliber could have handled all the Braves have been forced to handle, and eventually some of these pitchers will get healthy.
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