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5:35 PM ET, May 31, 2008

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Steve Kornacki / MLive.com:
DETROIT TIGERS BASEBALL  —  Leyland tinkering with Tigers: Guillen headed to outfield, Willis to get start in Oakland  —  SEATTLE — The status quo is being shaken.  Tigers manager Jim Leyland said prior to Friday night's game with the Mariners that changes are coming.
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Bless You Boys
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John Lowe / Detroit Free Press:
Guillen to left field to make room for Inge at 3B?  It's a possibility, Leyland says  —  SEATTLE - Carlos Guillen in left field?  —  It's the most unusual of the moves that manager Jim Leyland is thinking of as he tries to warm up the Tigers.  —  “This is how I can get (Guillen) …
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Mariners Notebook: Leyland sends out warning to Tigers
Discussion: Associated Press
Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Padres put LHP Estes on 15-day DL  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—San Diego Padres left-hander Shawn Estes broke the thumb on his throwing hand when he fell on the tunnel stairs between the team's clubhouse and dugout Friday night.  —  The Padres placed the pitcher on the 15-day disabled list Saturday …
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Associated Press:
Giants turn triple play  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—The San Francisco Giants turned a triple play in the eighth inning of their game against the San Diego Padres on Friday night, the second in the majors this year.  —  Pitcher Keiichi Yabu had just entered with runners on first and second …
Discussion: Fox Sports
Tom D'Angelo / Palm Beach Post:
Marlins Notebook: Ross on home run roll  —  PHILADELPHIA - Cody Ross was running off the field at the end of the seventh inning Wednesday when Mets third baseman David Wright turned and said: “Don't be afraid to hit a single.”  But why hit a single when home runs are coming just as easily?
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Book on Ross is changing  —  PHILADELPHIA - Tough to fault Cody Ross for feeling type-cast at times.  —  When you hit .385 and homer once every 10.8 at-bats off left-handers, like Ross did in 2007, it's hard not to be known foremost as a lefty killer.  Ross reaffirmed that reputation earlier …
Discussion: FishStripes
Associated Press:
Griffey ends homer drought with No. 599 … CINCINNATI (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 599th career homer Saturday off Atlanta's Jair Jurrjens, a two-run shot that left him one away from an elite mark.  —  Griffey's homer in the first inning was a breakthrough for the Cincinnati Reds outfielder …
Discussion: Baseball Musings
Rick Gano / Associated Press:
Soriano leads Cubs to sixth straight win  —  CHICAGO (AP)—Alfonso Soriano homered and drove in three runs Saturday to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 for their sixth straight win.  —  The NL Central-leading Cubs improved to 25-8 at Wrigley Field this season and handed the Rockies their sixth straight loss.
Discussion: Bleed Cubbie Blue
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Marlins draw best TV rating since '06  —  Wednesday's game against Mets drew Nielsen rating of 5.2  —  PHILADELPHIA — The turnstiles may not reflect it, but the television ratings indeed are showing there is interest in the Marlins in South Florida.  —  Wednesday's 7-6 loss in 12 innings …
Discussion: FishStripes
Tommy Rancel / Outs Per Swing:
Can David Price Be The 2008 Joba?  —  Let me start this off by saying this is complete speculation on my part and this is basically my mind wondering off into “What could be” land.  —  While sitting back thinking about the Rays possibly competing down the stretch, I was wondering how David Price would fit in the 2008 plans, if at all.
Discussion: Rays Index
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Pat Borzi / New York Times:
Chamberlain Will Make His First Start on Tuesday
Discussion: New York Post
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Breaking news: Joba to start Tuesday
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Rotator cuff strain lands Matsuzaka on DL  —  BALTIMORE - The Red Sox, as expected, are taking no chances with Daisuke Matsuzaka, placing him on the 15-day disabled list with what the team is calling a mild rotator cuff strain after the Japanese righthander underwent an MRI yesterday in Boston.
Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
Royals claim catcher Pena off waivers  —  Former Brave expected to join club before Friday's game  —  KANSAS CITY — Catcher Brayan Pena was claimed off outright waivers from the Atlanta Braves on Friday by the Royals.  —  Pena was to join the Royals before Friday night's game against the Cleveland Indians.
Mike Lee / Hardball Times:
Neal Huntington interview  —  ML: One of the first questions I would like to ask you, Mr. Huntington, is the practice of holism you installed with the Indians.  In your time with the team, you instilled a philosophy focusing on the development of the person, or player.
Thunderbaseball / Mike Ashmore's Thunder Thoughts:
Eight Minutes With Mark Melancon  —  I promised that I would post the entire interview I did with Yankees prospect and Trenton Thunder reliever Mark Melancon a couple weeks ago.  —  So now, in its entirety, is my chat with Melancon, which took place in the Thunder dugout.
 
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