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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Jeter hit on hand; X-rays negative — Yankees captain expected to play in Sunday's Stadium finale — NEW YORK — The cheers and screams that filled Yankee Stadium for most of Saturday afternoon came to a sudden stop for an instant in the ninth inning. — The fans seemed to collectively hold …
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Billy Crystal / New York Times:
Yankees Add Member to Family — May 30, 1956, was the first time I walked into Yankee Stadium. My dad, and my two older brothers and I holding hands so we wouldn't get separated, my 8-year-old heart pounding as I saw the field for the first time. — Mantle hit it off the facade that day, my first game.
Henry A. Kissinger / New York Times:
Sitting With DiMaggio and Steinbrenner — Yankee Stadium was an important stage in my discovery of America. I came here as an immigrant in 1938. In the summer of 1939, I started working in a shaving brush factory. Some of my co-workers turned out to be of Italian origin, and they took me to a baseball game at Yankee Stadium.
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Turn Out The Lights: Yankee Stadium Final Game Coverage by ESPN & MLB.com — This coming Sunday will mark the final game at Yankee Stadium, thus marking an end to baseball's greatest cathedral. On that day, the media will be swarming with stories about The House That Ruth Built, and ESPN and MLB.com are no exception.
Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
Big names expected at Yankee Stadium finale, Steinbrenner not among them — NEW YORK — George Steinbrenner is not expected to attend Sunday night's Yankee Stadium finale, but a number of Yankees Hall of Famers will be on hand, and fans who show up early will be able to walk onto the field.
Rick Chandler / Deadspin:So Hard To Say Goodbye: Remembering Yankee Stadium
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Todd Zolecki / Philly.com:
Marlins tattoo Myers — MIAMI - Brett Myers has had a tattoo on his left wrist for more than three years. — It hardly can be seen from home plate. — But the Florida Marlins had a problem with it last night at Dolphin Stadium. So they asked the umpires to tell Myers to put on long sleeves after the second inning, which he did.
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Bartolo Colon bolts from bullpen — Club suspends pitcher — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — TORONTO - Bartolo Colon decided the Dominican Republic, not the Red Sox [team stats] bullpen, was the best place to be for the remainder of the 2008 season.
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Justice B. Hill / MLB.com:
Good inklings abound for Baker — Skipper expresses optimism about future as season wraps up — CINCINNATI — The calendar peeled back another day in the 162-game season Saturday, and with no postseason for manager Dusty Baker and the Reds to look forward to, the skipper took a few minutes to discuss the future.
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Associated Press:
Baseball's instant replay produces first reversal — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Baseball's instant replay system produced its first reversal Friday night when Tampa Bay's Carlos Pena had a two-run double changed to a three-run homer during the fourth inning against Minnesota.
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David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Games of the Day — The Red Sox send Jon Lester against Roy Halladay in Toronto as they try to clinch a spot in the playoffs. Lester is on fire down the stretch, posting an 0.87 ERA in September. He's struck out 20 in his last 20 2/3 innings. Meanwhile, Halladay hasn't helped his Cy Young chances in the month.
Eric Barrow / NY Daily News:
Seaver gives Mets an identity & a title — Tom Seaver and Gary Gentry walked back out onto the mound not long after the chaos had settled. — There was graffiti on the outfield wall, just next to a portion of fence that had been ripped out. The grass was decimated, hacked up in clumps and literally carried away in the frenzy.
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Drew Davison / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Milton Bradley seeks long-term contract with Texas Rangers — ARLINGTON — Milton Bradley generally declines interview requests. He doesn't want the attention because, for the most part, it's usually about his off-field incidents or his constant battles with injuries.
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Ranking the Series matchups I'd like to see (cont.) — Once again, VORP has nothing to do with MVP — Zero. There's a number the stat people will understand. — That's the relationship between VORP, the stat that the stat people love, and MVP. — Baseball Prospectus, as of a few days ago …
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Associated Press:
Carmona, Sheffield ejected after brawl — CLEVELAND (AP)—Gary Sheffield was still plenty angry—though much more in control after the Detroit Tigers endured a ninth-inning loss. — Sheffield was one of two players from both teams ejected during a seventh-inning brawl before Jamey Carroll hit …
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