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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
Surgery for Devine, out for season - updated — **UPDATE**I just had it confirmed from Devine's agent that Devine had Tommy John surgery, otherwise known as ligament replacement surgery. Considering the length of time the team expected him to miss - at least the remainder of the season …
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Pettitte, Mo tie record as Yanks top A's — Defense lends big hand to help duo reach win-save mark — NEW YORK — Shaking hands as Frank Sinatra's “New York, New York” rained down on the infield, Mariano Rivera approached Andy Pettitte, offering his long-time teammate a milestone baseball.
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Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Stopping Dodgers may prove costly — Astros' Valverde pulls calf muscle when hit by line drive — HOUSTON — On paper, Tuesday night's matchup was overwhelmingly in the favor of the visiting Dodgers. Their heralded 21-year-old left-hander, Clayton Kershaw, had a 1.50 ERA …
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Yahoo! Sports:
Astros Team Report — Yahoo! Sports — Buzz up! — Jose Valverde ‘s first save of the season was a painful one Tuesday night in the Astros’ 8-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Minute Maid Park. — Valverde, who pitched in and out of a bases-loaded jam …
Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Rocky start, solid victory — Four-run sixth negates fielding miscues, pitching woes — PHOENIX — Brad Hawpe and the Rockies proved Tuesday night that looking bad is not a permanent condition. — Hawpe has been the Rockies' most consistent hitter during a difficult start.
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies snap losing streak — PHOENIX — Todd Helton locked in on Arizona reliever Jon Rauch, and swung with force that keeps chiropractors in business. The eighth-inning fastball fled his bat before ricocheting off the right-field seats. It's been a long time since he's hit a ball that hard in a regular-season game.
Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
Revived Bullpen Helps Nationals Win Second Straight — To take a lead last night, the Washington Nationals relied on the most methodical component of their team. To hold the lead, they relied on madness. Last night's 4-3 win against the Atlanta Braves compressed the work of a patient offense with a pins-and-needles ninth.
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Ken Belson / New York Times:
Is This Seat Taken? In Front Rows of New Ballparks, Not Yet — Odd patterns have been forming inside New York's two shiny new baseball stadiums, ones not seen in years. Clumps of empty blue and green seats are painfully obvious because many of them are in the best sections or right behind home plate …
Lynn Jacobsen / Tulsa World:
New start beneficial to Harvey, Drillers — Ryan Harvey understands new beginnings. — The Tulsa Drillers right fielder was the sixth overall pick of the 2003 draft by the Chicago Cubs. However, the Cubs released Harvey last month after six seasons. — Harvey then got a second chance this spring when Colorado signed him.
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Pete Caldera / Pinstripe Posts:
Wang to start in extended spring, no surgery for X — Anyway, Brian Cashman put Nady's rehab time at 4-6 weeks. As for Wang, Cash is not ruling out the fact that a physical ailment - his foot, or something else - might be the cause of his command woes. “Sure, it's a concern,” Cash said of Wang.
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Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com:
Hunter denies interest in return to Twins — Outfielder says he's home and happy with Angels — ANAHEIM — Angels outfielder Torii Hunter laughed Tuesday when asked about recent reports saying that he would like to end his career with the Twins. — Hunter, who was the Twins' first pick …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Want privacy? Pay for it — How far does the class warfare extend in Yankee Stadium? All the way to the men's room. — According to the charmingly titled Fack Youk blog, there are dividers between the urinals in the field level bathrooms but not in the bathrooms elsewhere in the stadium.
Steve Bisheff / Angels Unplugged:
Wood is here, now play him — So the Angels finally come to their senses and start calling around, finding out what free agent pitchers might be available. Better yet, they recall Brandon Wood from Salt Lake. — Except, in Wood's case, they don't plan to play him. They plan to sit him.
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Howard Bryant / ESPN:
Steroids, Angels and a dirty doctor — The cornering of Alex Rodriguez and his subsequent admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs represented, for all intents and purposes, the nadir of the steroid era with few, if any, remaining ambiguities: The A-list, Hall of Fame's best used drugs …
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Jeff Seidel / MLB.com:
Braves could put Anderson on DL — Outfielder may need time off for left quadriceps to recover — WASHINGTON — Braves manager Bobby Cox said the team will decide whether to put outfielder Garret Anderson on the disabled list in the next few days. — Anderson left Sunday's game in Pittsburgh …
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