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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 …
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.
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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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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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 …
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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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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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
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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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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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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Associated Press:
Umpire Danley hurt by broken bat in Blue Jays-Rangers game — TORONTO (AP) — Home plate umpire Kerwin Danley left the field on a stretcher after being hit in the head by a broken bat in the sixth inning of Tuesday's game between Texas and Toronto. — A spokesman for the Blue Jays said Danley …
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MLB:
Detroit Tigers' Dontrelle Willis goes 7 innings in first rehab start — LAKELAND, Fla. — A little more than three weeks after being placed on the disabled list because of an anxiety disorder, Dontrelle Willis hopes he's on track to get back to the major leagues.
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Associated Press:
Orioles place Freel on DL, call up Montanez — BALTIMORE (AP) - The Baltimore Orioles have placed Ryan Freel on the 15-day disabled list, one day after he was struck in the head with a ball on a pickoff attempt. — Freel was on second base when the throw hit him in the right side …
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