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4:25 PM ET, June 11, 2008

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Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets fall to D-backs despite meeting  —  Few grand plans have gotten off to a worse start than the Mets' new one did Tuesday night.  —  They haven't played like a playoff team, but the Mets still believe they are one.  And Tuesday, before facing the Diamondbacks, the Mets players emerged …
Discussion: Baseball Musings
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Ted Berg / SNY.tv:
Stormy weather at Shea  —  Mets lose fifth straight despite Alou's return  —  FLUSHING — After the sixth inning in Shea Stadium on Tuesday night, not long after the Diamondbacks scored two runs off Claudio Vargas to tie the game at five, strange things were afoot.
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Read: Meetings, Meetings, and We B 4 I  —  According to Roger Rubin in the Daily News, “Before facing the Diamondbacks, the Mets players emerged from a brief players- only, closed-door meeting, each carrying a piece of paper...The sheet also had several phrases and motivational messages.
Discussion: New York Post and Mets Heads
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Pujols is hurt in Cards' win  —  CINCINNATI — Tuesday night at Great American Ball Park offered the Cardinals several reasons for jubilation, one for dismay.  —  The outcome was a 7-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds, a decision for Mitchell Boggs in his debut as a major-league starting pitcher …
Discussion: Baseball Musings
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
No surgery for Wainwright  —  CINCINNATI — Adam Wainwright …
Brandon Harris / MLB.com:
Pineiro to start Thursday vs. Reds
Discussion: Viva El Birdos
Fox Sports:
Win-now mentality has Dodgers looking to deal Kemp  —  Matt Kemp may become a superstar, but it'll take time.  That means the win-now Dodgers have to make a tough call on him, Ken Rosenthal says.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Rosenthal's Latest: Kemp, Bradley, Fuentes, Street
Discussion: Phillies Nation
Adam Rubin / Surfing the Mets:
Mets call up Zephyr slugger Chris Aguila  —  Former Marlin Chris Aguila is headed to New York, Surfing the Mets has learned.  He'll replace Abraham Nunez, who was designated for assignment after Tuesday night's game.  —  Aguila (above r.) has been on a longball tear at Triple-A New Orleans.
Nate Silver / Baseball Prospectus:
Lies, Damned Lies  —  Chipper's Chase of .400  —  Chipper Jones is not a .400 hitter.  However, that doesn't mean that he won't hit .400.  What we have on our hands is a classic case of the irresistible force against the immovable object.  On the one hand, it's exceptionally unlikely …
Discussion: Sabernomics and THE BOOK
Gregor Chisholm / MLB.com:
Cairo's numbers don't measure his value  —  Utilityman gets job done off bench even if stats say otherwise  —  TORONTO — If performance was always judged strictly on numbers, then it's likely Miguel Cairo would no longer have a place in the Major Leagues.
Discussion: U.S.S. Mariner
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Players ID'd in Mitchell report remain unemployed … These are tough times for unemployed players named in the Mitchell report trying to find work in baseball, whether they happen to be a home run king such as Barry Bonds or a 31-year-old such as Jay Gibbons or an extra outfielder, such as Nook Logan.
Filip Bondy / NY Daily News:
Bondy: Victory is nothing to go wild about yet  —  OAKLAND - Chien-Ming Wang finally looked like Chien-Ming Wang Tuesday night, against a team that might well become the Yankees' primary roadblock to a wild-card berth in October.  —  His pitch count was minuscule.
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Kobrien / On the Yankees beat:
Yankees game story
Discussion: New York Post
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Glavine goes on the DL with elbow strain  —  Chicago — Braves left-hander Tom Glavine strained his pitching elbow during Tuesday night's game against the Chicago Cubs and was placed on the disabled list after the game.  —  He will return to Atlanta on Wednesday and will have an MRI on Thursday.
Discussion: MetsBlog.com and Baseball Musings
Neil Best / Newsday:
Hank to wield poison pen?  —  Chien-Ming Wang throws to first base in an attempt to pick off Jack Hannahan during the first inning of Tuesday night's game in Oakland, which the Yankees won, 3-1.  (AP Photo/Ben Margot) / June 10, 2008)  —  Hank Steinbrenner, magazine columnist?  —  Well, why not?
Discussion: River Ave. Blues
Tom Verducci / Sports Illustrated:
Why Chipper Jones won't be able to hit .400 … Chipper Jones single-handedly has made batting average cool again, as soothing to a baseball romantic as vinyl to an audiophile.  Yes, we have better, more advanced delivery systems of baseball statistics and rock and roll …
Discussion: Baseball Musings
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Rasner reminisces, looks ahead  —  New York (33-32) at Oakland (34-30), Wednesday, 10:05 p.m. ET  —  OAKLAND — If Darrell Rasner takes a few steps off the pitcher's mound on Wednesday and looks beyond the left-field fence, he can spot the tribute the A's marked for their 1989 World Series championship …
Discussion: New York Post and NJ.com
Dallas Morning News:
While Texas Rangers round the bases, fans stay at home  —  It is June.  The Texas Rangers' overall record is probably slightly better than you thought it would be before the season.  It is undoubtedly a lot better than you thought it would be on say April 15.  Nolan Ryan is back with the team.
Associated Press:
Author of “Eight Men Out” dies  —  HUDSON, N.Y. (AP)—Eliot Asinof, an author who invited readers behind the scenes of the sports world with books including “Eight Men Out,” died Tuesday at the age of 88.  —  The Ancramdale resident died at a hospital in Hudson of complications from pneumonia, said his son, Martin Asinof.
Discussion: The Griddle
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Tino: Let him do his Joba!
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
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Los Angeles Times:
Schilling reaffirms that he's a jerk-of-all-trades
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
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Thomas Stinson / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Willingham ready for rehab stint
Discussion: FishStripes
Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Rangers take advantage of mistakes to run past Royals, 6-5
Sun-Sentinel:
Fan looks to deal Griffey's 600th HR ball
Discussion: MLB.com, MLB Rumors and FishStripes
Mark Hale / New York Post:
NO JOKE! ‘HEALTHY’ ALOU EYES PLAYOFFS
Discussion: Mets Blog
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Trachsel designated for assignment
Discussion: Associated Press
Rob Bradford / Boston Herald:
Josh Beckett's OK with start
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Glavine headed back to DL
Antonio Gonzalez / Associated Press:
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