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6:30 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
Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Posada might be back in lineup Tuesday  —  MINNEAPOLIS - All the buzz has been about what Joba Chamberlain can bring by joining the starting rotation, but the Yankees expect another addition - perhaps an equally important one - next week.  Catcher Jorge Posada is expected to come off …
Discussion: MLB Rumors
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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
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 …
Discussion: Fox Sports
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Associated Press:
Giants turn triple play
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
Discussion: FishStripes
Associated Press:
Shoulder strengthening next for Matsuzaka  —  BALTIMORE - Red Sox [team stats] right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka [stats] will begin a program to strengthen his sore right shoulder and hopes to be activated from the 15-day disabled list on June 12, the first day he is eligible to return.
Discussion: Fox Sports and Boston Herald
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 and Baltimore Sun
Rick Gano / Associated Press:
Soriano leads Cubs to sixth straight win  —  CHICAGO (AP)—Ryan Dempster got plenty accomplished in his short five-inning start.  He ran his record at Wrigley Field to 7-0 and also contributed a two-out RBI double, his first extra-base hit since 2002.  —  Dempster and the Chicago Cubs seem …
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
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.
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.
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.
 
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