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Buster Olney / ESPN:
New Yankee Stadium on steroids? — The New York Yankees might have a serious problem on their hands: Beautiful new Yankee Stadium appears to be a veritable wind tunnel that is rocketing balls over the fences. — This was in evidence again on Saturday, when the Indians posted six homers, including 14 runs in the second innings.
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Indians use 14-run frame to rout Yanks — Cabrera hits first career grand slam; DeRosa drives in six — NEW YORK — Had you arrived late to Yankee Stadium on Saturday, you might have thought that new 101-foot-by-59-foot scoreboard in center field was already malfunctioning.
Tyler Kepner / Bats:
What the Yankees Can — and Can't — Do About Chien-Ming Wang — The Yankees get a huge break in the schedule Thursday with a scheduled day off before a three-game series at Fenway Park. They could very easily skip Chien-Ming Wang the next time through the rotation and keep everyone on regular rest.
Kevin Devaney Jr / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Wang's not hurt — Just got back up from the clubhouse. Joe Girardi, pitching coach Dave Eiland and Chien-Ming Wang all confirmed that Wang isn't injured. He's just struggling. — Giving up 23 earned runs in six innings over three starts is beyond struggling, of course. It's reason to consider a demotion.
Steve Lombardi / WasWatching.com:
Is The New Yankee Stadium A Homer Haven? — Including an exhibition set against the Cubs, there's only been a handful of games played at the new Yankee Stadium, to date. Yet, it seems like baseballs are flying out of the new ballpark in the Bronx. Wondering about this, on April 18th …
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The LoHud Yankees Blog, Baseball & The Boogie Down, Sliding Into Home and The Sommer Frieze
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Brendan Prunty / New Jersey Online:
Actress Alyssa Milano talks baseball, Manny and Carl Pavano (Yes, really!) … NEW YORK — Jerry Manuel was taken aback as he trotted back to the dugout after batting practice before Saturday's game. The Mets manager wanted to know who all of the reporters and TV camera were crowded around.
Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
Injury Problems, Closer Problems — So much to discuss here. Hopefully the Wash Post doesn't rent Internet space on a per-word basis. Leads are getting blown and closers are shaky and outfielders are reporting late to work (because of charity events!) and the DL is piling high enough to reach the clouds.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats discipline Dukes for tardiness — Outfielder scratched from Saturday's start, fined $500 — WASHINGTON — Nationals right fielder Elijah Dukes was scratched from Saturday's starting lineup against the Marlins and fined $500 for being five minutes late for work.
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers could give Joe Torre a proper send-off after all — He could walk away from managing under his terms, not the way his association with the New Yrk Yankees ended. — This should have been the first month of the rest of Joe Torre's life. — He could have treated his wife to Sunday brunch …
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Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Manny performs a solo duo in Dodgers' victory — His first two home runs this season, bases-empty shots in first and third innings, propel the Dodgers to their seventh straight win, 9-5 over the Rockies. Ethier also homers twice. — The black-barreled bat owned by Manny Ramirez figured prominently …
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Todd Wills / MLB.com:
Greinke's scoreless innings streak at 34 — Royals righty whiffs 10 Rangers in first career shutout — ARLINGTON - It's safe to say that Zack Greinke is zeroed in. On opposing hitters. On the stat sheet, where he has a 0.00 ERA. On Saturday night, when he hung up nine zeros for the first time in his Major League career.
Baltimore Sun:
Play it again: Red Sox 6, Orioles 4 — BACK TALK — Several Orioles — and Red Sox for that matter — were clearly not pleased with the strike zone of home-plate umpire Doug Eddings. Leadoff man Brian Roberts was particularly perturbed by two calls in his first at-bat, and then another during his second.
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Associated Press:
Ramirez's 11th inning home run propels Cubs over Cardinals — CHICAGO (AP) — Aramis Ramirez hit a game-winning two-run homer in the 11th inning and Derrek Lee hit a two-run double to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.
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Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Astros pick up Cooper's option — Manager under contract with club 2010 season — HOUSTON — Cecil Cooper was speculated to be on the hot seat this season, considering the Astros started slowly and he entered the final year of his contract without an extension.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Johan tosses seven scoreless in 1-0 win — Who needs run support? Give Johan Santana quality fielding and a run and he'll apparently handle the rest. — Santana, coming off an outing against the Marlins in which Daniel Murphy's dropped fly ball led to two unearned runs and a hard-luck defeat …
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