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6:30 PM ET, April 14, 2009

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Seattle Times:
Beckett suspended for 6 games by MLB  —  Boston pitcher Josh Beckett has been suspended for six games and fined by Major League Baseball, which determined he intentionally threw a pitch near the head of the Los Angeles Angels' Bobby Abreu last week.  —  Beckett also was cited for …
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ESPN.com:
Josh Beckett of Boston Red Sox suspended six games for pitch at Bobby Abreu's head  —  Josh Beckett has been suspended six games and fined for throwing a head-high pitch at Bobby Abreu of the Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday.  —  MLB disciplinarian Bob Watson …
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Beckett hit with six-game suspension  —  Major League Baseball suspended Josh Beckett today for six games — in essence, one start — for his role in a bench-clearing altercation with the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.  The league also fined Beckett an undisclosed amount for what they deemed …
Discussion: Angels blog
Mike DiGiovanna / Angels Unplugged:   MLB sides with Angels: Josh Beckett gets six-game suspension
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Angels seeking respite on road, ‘still numb’ from Adenhart's death
Discussion: PE.com
Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
Milledge Optioned To Class AAA Syracuse [UPDATED]  —  Dissatisfied with his production and tired of waiting for it, the Washington Nationals today optioned Lastings Milledge to Class AAA Syracuse, indicating to their center fielder that long-term potential does not guarantee a short-term job.
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Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
It's Time To Get Serious  —  The Phillies, as might be expected of world champions and friends, bid farewell to their beloved broadcast voice of the last 38 years, Harry Kalas, who died yesterday, in the utterly inadequate but nevertheless appropriate way.  They won a ballgame they hardly wanted to play.
MLB.com:
Milledge optioned to Triple-A Syracuse
Discussion: umpbump.com and MLB FanHouse
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Black tinkers with pitching rotation  —  NEW YORK - Manager Bud Black, exploiting Tuesday's open date, tweaked the pitching rotation so that No. 5 starter Shawn Hill will get two extra days of rest and Nos. 1 and 2 starters Jake Peavy and Chris Young will stay on normal rest.
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Joel Sherman / Hardball:
3 UP: PELFREY/WANG, CITI FANS AND HUDSON  —  1. Mike Pelfrey and Chien-Ming Wang share much in common.  They are big righties who depend to a large degree on heavy, sinking fastballs for groundballs and efficiency.  They both were slotted into the No. 2 spots in their respective rotations behind lefty aces.
NY Daily News:
Madden: Mets can use room to grow
Discussion: Hot Foot
Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:
San Diego 6, NY Mets 5
Discussion: Mets Geek and Walkoff Walk
Mike DiGiovanna / Angels Unplugged:
Moreno to lead Angels contingent at Adenhart memorial service  —  SEATTLE — Owner Arte Moreno has secured a private jet to transport an Angels contingent from Seattle to the Baltimore area for Thursday's private memorial service for Nick Adenhart, the team's 22-year-old pitcher who was killed …
Discussion: 6-4-2
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Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register:
Angels not shopping for pitching after tragic loss
Discussion: MLB Rumors, Mets Fever and Angels blog
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Matt Gagne / NY Daily News:
Padres' Jody Gerut opens Citi Field with a bang
Lynn Henning / The Detroit News:
Former Tiger Mark ‘The Bird’ Fidrych dies at 54  —  Mark Fidrych, a Detroit baseball icon who colorfully and forcefully burst upon the baseball scene in 1976, died Monday, according to the Worcester (Mass.) District Attorney's office.  —  Fidrych, 54, was reportedly found dead beneath …
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Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Why not to worry  —  April lies.  One month - let alone one week, which is what has elapsed in the Red Sox' season - is an inadequate measure of a team.  If the Red Sox were playing an NFL season, they would be about halfway through the third quarter of the first game.
Discussion: The Joy of Sox
Associated Press:
Strained forearm lands Toronto's Litsch on D.L. … MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays placed right-hander Jesse Litsch on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained forearm.  —  Litsch left Monday night's game against the Minnesota Twins in the middle of an at-bat by Delmon Young in the fourth inning.
Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
Florida Marlins lefty Dan Meyer faces Brave new world  —  Former top prospect for Atlanta trying to re-establish career in 'pen  —  Florida Marlins pitcher Dan Meyer (Tom Ervin, S-S / February 21, 2009)  —  MIAMI GARDENS - When Dan Meyer walks out of the visiting dugout late this afternoon …
Discussion: FishStripes
Sam Mellinger / Mellinger's Blog on the Royals …:
Just leave Joakim Soria alone, and let him become one of the game's great closers instead of, say, Dave Bush  —  Ron Mahay gives up consecutive singles to start the ninth inning, turning what should've been an easy end to a win over a struggling team into real, cover-your-eyes drama.
Discussion: Royals Review
 
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