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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Yanks' Nady will avoid surgery on injured elbow … Yankees outfielder Xavier Nady has been diagnosed with a partially torn ligament in his right elbow, but he will avoid surgery, SI.com has learned. — The Yankees feared originally Nady could be lost for the season with a completely torn ligament …
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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 …
Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Speier placed on 15-day DL — Rockies reliever sidelined by left hamstring strain — PHOENIX — Rockies right-handed reliever Ryan Speier decided not to continue battling a strained left hamstring. He has other battles he wants to win. — The Rockies placed Speier (0-0 …
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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.
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Associated Press:
Suddenly strong bullpen helps Nats win second straight — WASHINGTON (AP) (AP) — Thanks to a suddenly stout bullpen, the Washington Nationals finally have their first winning streak of 2009. — Adam Dunn homered, Washington's beleaguered relievers tossed three scoreless innings for the second …
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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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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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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 …
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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Dejan Kovacevic / PBC Blog:
Doumit out 8-10 weeks, having surgery — Pirates catcher Ryan Doumit will miss 8-10 weeks because of surgery scheduled for his right wrist Thursday. — He was diagnosed earlier today with a slightly displaced fracture in the scaphoid bone. That bone will have pins inserted to fuse …
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Marlins lose game, starting pitcher — PITTSBURGH - Unlike the Florida Marlins' seven-game winning streak, Nate McLouth's home run ball never came to a complete stop Monday. — McLouth's game-icing, 433-foot, three-run homer off Logan Kensing in the sixth bounced off the concourse beyond …
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Jeff Seidel / MLB.com:
McCann believes sight problem solved — Catcher gets contact lens to correct blurred vision — WASHINGTON — Brian McCann was written into the Atlanta lineup for Tuesday's game with the Nationals after getting a contact lens to correct the blurred vision he'd experienced in his left eye over the last two weeks.
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Dombrowski: Tigers will keep Cabrera — GM denies rumors that slugger could be traded — ANAHEIM — There isn't much trade speculation that will draw a strong reaction from Tigers president/general manager Dave Dombrowski, especially this early in the season.
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Jim Baumbach / On the Yankees beat:
Wang to pitch in extended spring training Thursday — Chien-Ming Wang will pitch an extended spring training game Thursday in Tampa, a move the Yankees hope will finally give them some answers as to what is troubling their former ace. — Wang, who will remain on the Yankees active roster …
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Associated Press:
Lee, Astros snap Dodgers' 8-game win streak — HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Lee hit a two-run homer, Russ Ortiz pitched well after a rough first inning and the Houston Astros ended the Los Angeles Dodgers' eight-game winning streak with an 8-5 victory on Tuesday night. — GAME REPORT: Astros 8, Dodgers 5
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Gardner, Murphy aim to excel in hot spot — Yankees and Mets both confident young outfielders will thrive in the toughest of towns — NEW YORK — The New York Yankees' center fielder is 5 feet, 10 inches and 185 pounds worth of former college walk-on, forever driven to prove people wrong.
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Associated Press:
Damon hits only homer, Pettitte pitches gem to beat Oakland — NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Damon hit the only home run in the first night game at the new Yankee Stadium and Andy Pettitte pitched New York to a 5-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday. — GAME REPORT: Yankees 5, Athletics 3
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New York Post:
CHURCH IS OWED BETTER — ST. LOUIS — Consider this a defense of Ryan Church. — You wouldn't think the Mets' talented right fielder would need much defending, what with Church ranking among the NL leaders in batting average, on-base percentage, multi-hit games and doubles so far this season.
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