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Union Plans Grievance to Aid Chacon — Shawn Chacon cleared waivers and was released yesterday by the Astros, five days after a physical altercation with GM Ed Wade in the clubhouse. — Michael Weiner, the general counsel of Major League Baseball's Players Association, said the union planned to file a grievance today.
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Pierre placed on 15-day DL … HOUSTON (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Juan Pierre was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday after spraining a ligament in his left knee in Sunday's 1-0 loss to the Angels. — Pierre left in the sixth inning after hurting his knee sliding into second base on a successful steal.
ESPN.com:
Report: Manny sorry after shoving Red Sox official — The Red Sox are confident it wasn't Manny just being Manny. — Manny Ramirez has apologized for pushing the team's traveling secretary to the ground in the visitors clubhouse during a confrontation Saturday in Houston, according to a report in The Providence Journal.
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Mychael Urban / MLB.com:
Chavez plans return for Angels opener — Oakland (44-37) at Los Angeles (49-33), Monday, 7:05 p.m. PT — OAKLAND — A day after saying he was “befuddled” and “concerned” regarding the sore right shoulder that forced him to sit out his team's weekend series against the Giants …
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Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Angels slip into thin air, lose to A's, 6-1 — Angels lose for fourth time in their last five games as A's starter Smith clamps down on struggling offense, pitching a four-hitter. — The Angels elevated the lazy fly ball to an art form Monday night, sending 19 baseballs skyward …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 83: Rangers at Yankees — YANKEES (44-38) — Scott Feldman (1-3, 4.60) vs. the New York hitters. — Mike Mussina (10-5, 3.93) vs. the Texas hitters. — Notes: Thanks to Mike Dougherty for calling in the lineup. ... OF Justin Christian was optioned down. ...
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Joe Kay / Associated Press:
Griffey's HR in 9th lifts Reds over Bucs — CINCINNATI (AP)—Darren Baker hasn't yet learned the distinction between old and vintage. — The 9-year-old son of Reds manager Dusty Baker playfully called Ken Griffey Jr. old on Monday, then watched the 38-year-old outfielder end the game with a swing that was as sweet as ever.
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Gary Washburn / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Mariners Notebook: Rowland-Smith taking role seriously — Aussie treating tonight's spot start like audition — A 24-month absence from the starting rotation has only whetted Ryan Rowland-Smith's appetite, so he refuses to view his first major league start Tuesday as merely an emergency outing to spell a paper-thin rotation.
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
News: Phillips DFAd, Tony Armas Jr. Promoted — The Mets have designated Andy Phillips for assignment, and will promote RHP Tony Armas Jr. from Triple-A New Orleans to start tomorrow's game against the Cardinals. — RSS 2.0 You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
Jon Blau / MLB.com:
Bon Jovi to play free All-Star Week show — Legendary rockers to play for 60,000 in Central Park on July 12 — NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg listed from his podium the names of the great performances in Manhattan's Central Park, from Bruce Springsteen to Elton John to Dave Matthews Band to ... Simon and Garfinkel?
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Capuano visits teammates in Arizona — Rehabbing left-hander hopes to pitch for Brewers next year — PHOENIX — Chris Capuano, on the disabled list and nearly two months removed from his second Tommy John left elbow reconstructive surgery, has not thrown a baseball for seven weeks and will not for at least seven more.
Gary Washburn / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Mariners game at a glance — THE SCENE: First-pitch temperature was 77 degrees, and there was a solid crowd of 30,179 at Safeco. You knew the Canadians were in the house when there was a loud roar on a Marco Scutaro single in the first inning. — STAR OF THE GAME: Roy Halladay pitched …
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Apparent injury knocks Oswalt out vs. Dodgers — HOUSTON — Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt left the game Monday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers with an apparent injury. — Oswalt allowed one run and six hits with nine strikeouts through six innings. He grounded out to relief pitcher Ramon Troncoso …
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Mike Lipka / Yahoo! Sports:
Kansas City (37-45) at Baltimore (41-39) — The Kansas City Royals' quest to get out of last place hit a snag in their final two games of interleague play against their intrastate rivals. — Still, the Royals will be looking to win six straight road games for the first time in more than nine years …
Sean McAdam / Providence Journal:
Okajima's woes could sound call for relief … HOUSTON — The more Hideki Okajima struggles, the more the Red Sox' interest in Colorado's Brian Fuentes might grow. — Okajima came into Friday night's game, and after recording two outs, gave up a long homer to Reggie Abercrombie …
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Jack Curry / Bats:
Yanks Recall Gardner, Top Prospect — The Yankees will have a new player when they oppose the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium on Monday night. Brett Gardner, a speedy outfielder, told The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg, S.C., his hometown newspaper, that the Yankees had summoned him to the Bronx.
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Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
Red Sox dealing with threat — Beef up security for Tampa Bay trip — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — HOUSTON - The Red Sox [team stats] and Major League Baseball have dispatched security teams to St. Petersburg, Fla., for the next three days due to a recent threat made against the club's players.
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