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Stadium filled with memories for Monahan — As Yankees longtime trainer Gene Monahan observed Chien-Ming Wang's throwing session in the outfield yesterday afternoon, he happened to be standing in the only spot where you can see the new stadium creeping overhead.
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Tom Verducci / Sports Illustrated:
It's Gone! Goodbye! — The last home run in the House That Ruth Built will be hit this week; then the wrecking ball will take its cuts at Yankee Stadium. The walls of this American monument do talk, and it has a few final secrets to share — I am dying. — It's O.K. You need not feel sorry for me.
Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
New Yankee Stadium taking shape — Elements of Cathedral offer a familiar feel to spacious park — They secured the familiar big blue letters that read YANKEE STADIUM high above Gate 4 on Friday, and in October, the sod, which is growing right now on a New Jersey farm …
Josh Thomson / The Journal News:
Yankees winning but running out of time — NEW YORK - The last time they played October baseball without the Yankees, Bill Clinton was a first-term president and David Letterman had just moved to CBS. Down south, in the Single-A town of Greenville, S.C., the South Atlantic League offered …
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Samantha Newman / MLB.com:
Abreu powers Yanks to finale victory — Slugger rips two homers, drives in six to give Yanks series win — NEW YORK — When Yankees starter Mike Mussina recorded a strikeout to end the sixth inning, it could have been the end of his night. — After he was worked for 28 pitches and one run …
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:Joe Girardi mulls Bernie Williams for spring training stint with Yankees
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Howard Megdal / New York Observer:
How to Win With No Relief — The Mets don't look like a winning team customarily looks. It seems impossible to imagine that a team with a bullpen so unreliable, and utterly devoid of quality performers, could manage to make the playoffs, let alone contend for a championship.
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Robert Macleod / Globe and Mail:
Marcum to learn injury fate — The Toronto Blue Jays are expecting their worst fears will be realized today when it is confirmed that starting pitcher Shaun Marcum needs to have Tommy John ligament replacement surgery to his right elbow. — Marcum has been sent to Birmingham, Ala. …
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Rick Chandler / Deadspin:
George Brett Would Like To Tell You About That Time He Pooped His Pants — Not sure which spring training this video is from, but the video was just released to an unsuspecting public on Thursday, and is destined to go down as a classic; watch now as Royals Hall of Famer George Brett regales …
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Fred Goodall / Associated Press:
Twins win despite Rays' Longoria's 3 HRs — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—On a night Evan Longoria hit three home runs for Tampa Bay, an unlikely source of power upstaged the Rays' rookie slugger. — Alexi Casilla went deep during Minnesota's five-run ninth inning Thursday night …
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Aaron Fitt / Baseball America:
New York-Penn League Top 20 Prospects — Castro heads list in league filled with top catchers — Talent was up across the short-season New York-Penn League in 2008. Rarely has the league seen the quality of catching it featured this summer. Tri-City's Jason Castro, a first-round pick in June …
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Fox Sports:
Notebook: Yost's firing could have ripple effect — The firing of Ned Yost was supposed to get the Brewers going. It might have effects around the league, says Ken Rosenthal.
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Kennedy seeks trade for '09 — CINCINNATI — Convinced manager Tony La Russa no longer considers him an everyday player, Cardinals second baseman Adam Kennedy has asked that the club trade him rather than bring him back for the final installment of his three-year, $10 million contract.
Jack Curry / New York Times:
No Playoffs Was No Big Deal in 1993 — It was a time when the Yankees and their fans did not consider a playoff appearance a divine right, a time when there were actually empty seats at Yankee Stadium and a time when Mariano Rivera was starting games in the minor leagues.
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Shamus Toomey / Chicago Sun Times:
New owner to advertisers: This rooftop's for you — Owner of iconic Budweiser building outside Wrigley covers billboard with tarp — Budweiser, the King of Beers, likes red, white and blue. It does not like “putrid brown.” — That's how Anheuser-Busch describes the brown tarp …
