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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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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 …
Associated Press:
Mariners edge Angels in extras in Griffey's return to Seattle — SEATTLE (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. was a winner in his return to Seattle. — Franklin Gutierrez hit a leadoff double in the 10th inning and scoring the winning run on a throwing error by pitcher Scot Shields …
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
‘Shocked’ Beckett will appeal 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 …
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.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 8: Yankees at Rays — YANKEES (3-4) — Pitching tonight: RHP A.J. Burnett (1-0, 3.38) — RAYS (4-3) — Pitching tonight: RHP Matt Garza (1-0, 1.29) — A.J.Burnett vs. the Tampa Bay hitters. — Matt Garza vs. the New York hitters. — GOOD THING THEY HAVE A ROOF …
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Burnett flirts with no-hitter as Yankees beat Rays — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A.J. Burnett is already paying dividends on his big contract with the New York Yankees. — The free-agent catch took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning in his second start since signing an $82.5 million …
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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.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Breaking news: Nady injured — Xavier Nady had a “sharp pain” in his right elbow in the seventh inning and was taken out of the game. — He previously had elbow surgery. — MRI tomorrow. — UPDATE, 10:58 p.m.: Nady had Tommy John surgery on Sept. 29, 2001.
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 …
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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.
ESPN.com:
Atlanta Braves' Tom Glavine: Sore shoulder could end career — ATLANTA — Tom Glavine may retire if his sore left shoulder doesn't improve in two weeks. — Glavine was told Tuesday he must rest for at least two weeks after inflammation was found in his left rotator cuff.
Jack Curry / New York Times:
Mets' Reyes Has His Own Robinson Tribute in Mind — The black-and-white images of the dashing, daring Jackie Robinson can be seen on dual video screens as soon as eager fans march into the rotunda that is named for him at Citi Field. The grainy footage is from more than half a century ago …
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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Associated Press:
Uggla helps Marlins continue sizzling start, knock off Braves — ATLANTA (AP) — Dan Uggla drove in three runs, Chris Volstad and two relievers combined on a four-hitter and the Florida Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Tuesday night. — The Marlins are a big league best 6-1 …
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