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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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Sliding Into Home
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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.
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.
Ed Price / New Jersey Online:Big names expected at Yankee Stadium finale, Steinbrenner not among them
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The Crawfish Boxes, Deadspin, NJ.com, NY Daily News, River Ave. Blues and Sliding Into Home
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:Turn Out The Lights: Yankee Stadium Final Game Coverage by ESPN & MLB.com
Rick Chandler / Deadspin:So Hard To Say Goodbye: Remembering Yankee Stadium
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Depressed Fan
Joe Kay / Associated Press:
Fading Brewers lose again, 4-3 to Reds — CINCINNATI (AP)—A half-dozen Milwaukee Brewer players sat in padded folding chairs in front of their lockers, staring at a spot on the clubhouse carpet and a future that's getting bleaker by the day. — Not even prized acquisition CC Sabathia …
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Nick Piecoro
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Kelly Thesier / MLB.com:
Twins' rough road trip continues — Minnesota falls to playoff-clinching Rays at The Trop — ST. PETERSBURG — Denard Span lingered just off the playing field at Tropicana Field on Saturday evening and watched as the Rays erupted into a jumping huddle before him, celebrating their first postseason berth.
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Metrodome Memories
Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times:
Angels' Ervin Santana, Jeff Mathis thrive together — Pitcher, catcher have a record of success as a battery. — ARLINGTON, Texas — Jeff Mathis has been behind the plate for all but five of Ervin Santana's 30 starts this season and pitching coach Mike Butcher said he's pleased with the rapport the two have developed.
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Washington Post
Dave Krieger / Rocky Mountain News:
Fuentes' likely exit quiet - and puzzling — Somehow, the best closer the Rockies ever had is on his way out the door with virtually no fanfare, and precious few complaints. — It's a little odd. Brian Fuentes' impending departure as a free agent doesn't bring anywhere near the debate …
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Purple Row
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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MLB Rumors
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Maine Is Eager to Return in Case Mets Need a Lift — ATLANTA — In spring training, John Maine said he had one personal goal for the season: to pitch 200 innings. Maine, stuck on 140 since Aug. 23, has adjusted his expectations. Now, pitching one inning would suffice.
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Associated Press
John Hickey / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
A's rally to beat Mariners again — OAKLAND, Calif. — The era of instant replay has made it to baseball. — It just hasn't made it to Seattle. — The Mariners had a key ninth-inning call at third base — an unreviewable call — go against them Saturday, leading the way to the club's …
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Athletics Nation
Associated Press:
ChiSox fail to build on AL Central lead — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)—Kyle Davies may have discovered something that he can take into the 2009 season. — Davies gave up three hits in seven-plus innings, his third strong outing in his past four starts, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2 Saturday night.
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Baseball Musings
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.
