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12:40 PM ET, April 20, 2009

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Joel Sherman / Hardball:
3 UP: YANKEE PROBLEMS AT THE 13-GAME MARK  —  In my column in today's Post, I wrote about how close the Yankees were to the humiliating weekend double of having allowed 22 runs on Saturday and then losing to Carl Pavano on Sunday.  They never did do much against Pavano, who changed speeds …
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Call, finale don't go Tribe's way  —  Bullpen can't back up Pavano, gives up controversial homer  —  NEW YORK — The Indians would probably like a replay from Sunday.  —  Not just of Jorge Posada's seventh-inning homer that caused a technological review, but of pretty much everything …
Discussion: Bottom9 Baseball
Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Pavano is a different kind of ‘Yankee killer’ now  —  The Carl Pavano that the Yankees waited so long for finally showed up at the Stadium on Sunday.  He just did so in an Indians uniform instead of the pinstripes he donned from 2005 to 2008.  —  The righthander pitched six strong innings …
Discussion: BASEBALL HOT CORNER
John Harper / NY Daily News:
Harper: Don't swing away at Jerry for call not to bunt  —  You have to believe that Jerry Manuel would have played this differently in August as opposed to April.  At this time of year good managers make decisions with the big picture in mind, so you can understand him rolling the dice Sunday …
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Roderick Boone / Newsday:
Mets can't come up with timely hits in 4-2 loss  —  New York Mets catcher Omir Santos, right, tags out Milwaukee Brewers' Rickie Weeks who was attempting to score during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 19, 2009, at Citi Field in New York.  (Bill Kostroun, Associated Press / April 19, 2009)
Discussion: Archie Bunker's Army
Brendan Prunty / New Jersey Online:
New York Mets designate Nelson Figueroa for assignment; call up Casey Fossum
Associated Press:   Coffey, Brewers escape Mets late with 4-2 triumph
New York Post:
DOPEY METS WANNA ERASE DWIGHT'S CITI AUTOGRAPH  —  WHEN Dwight “Doc” Gooden attended the Mets' Opening Day ceremonies at Citi Field last week, he stopped by the Ebbets Club along the first-base line and mingled with fans who cheered him during his Met career.  He shook hands, took pictures and signed autographs.
Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com:
Kemp homers twice as LA's streak hits eight  —  Hudson, Ethier each add three RBIs as Dodgers rout Rockies  —  LOS ANGELES — Dodgers manager Joe Torre's words before the Dodgers played the Rockies on Sunday proved prophetic.  —  He spoke about seemingly never-ending innings …
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
For Dodgers, it's all about the wins and the grins
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:   Dodgers slam sliding Rox
Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Jersey guy Doyle joins Stadium lore  —  The Yankees have a new angel in the outfield.  —  Brian Doyle isn't about to supplant Jeffrey Maier in Yankee annals, but his role in the decisive home run of Sunday's 7-3 win over the Indians is undeniable.  —  Cleveland right fielder Trevor Crowe …
Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
Monday Ten Pack  —  Adrian Cardenas, 2B, Athletics (Double-A Midland)  —  The big bat acquired from Philadelphia last year in the Joe Blanton deal, Cardenas entered the year with a career batting average of .299, a full .001 below expectations, as one scout had classified him as …
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
Steve Bisheff / Angels Unplugged:
It's time for a major shake-up  —  It's one thing to suffer an avalanche of ill fortune.  It's another thing to let it bury you.  —  No other team in baseball, or any other sport, has been blindsided the way the Angels have in the first two weeks of the season.
Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
Nationals bench Dukes after Little League-related tardy note  —  Just when you thought your 1-10 Washington Nationals couldn't grow any more absurd comes some news that goes beyond the ridiculous and into the territory of the just plain laughable.  —  On Saturday, Washington outfielder Elijah Dukes …
Rich / Baseball Analysts:
How I Ruined My Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle Autographed Baseball  —  Let me set the stage.  The date was June 13, 1971.  I was three weeks short of my 16th birthday.  My sophomore year at Lakewood High School was winding down.  Finals were over, summer was about to begin, and my mind was on baseball.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Daniel Barbarisi / Providence Journal:
Brad Wilkerson retires after eight-year career  —  PAWTUCKET — After an eight-year major-league career, outfielder Brad Wilkerson has retired, said Pawtucket manager Ron Johnson.  —  After Pawtucket's second game of the season, Wilkerson went into Johnson's office and told him that his time in baseball was done.
Discussion: Out Of Left Field and MLB Rumors
Aaron / AaronGleeman.com:
Twins Designate Humber For Assignment, Claim Morillo  —  Talk of a “mid-90s fastball” gets tossed around a lot in describing hard-throwing pitchers, but thanks to Fan Graphs and Pitch-F/X we know that there are very few guys who consistently work at that velocity.
Discussion: Jorge Says No!
John Klima / MLB.com:
Iannetta snaps slump with long ball  —  Rockies catcher ends 0-for-18 drought after getting day off  —  LOS ANGELES — After giving Chris Iannetta a day off on Saturday, manager Clint Hurdle put the struggling catcher back in the lineup on Sunday afternoon despite the fact that he was entering …
Discussion: Bottom9 Baseball
Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
The Bullpen Gets Blown Up  —  After today's loss, Manny Acta came into the manager's interview room.  He was seething.  He sat down and said, “I think it's embarrassing.  I think it's unacceptable.  I think our fans have every right to be mad, like we are right now.  And it's not going to be tolerated.
Discussion: Jorge Says No! and MLB Rumors
 
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