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3:05 PM ET, May 3, 2009

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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 25: Angels at Yankees (with Girardi pre-game audio)  —  YANKEES (13-11)  —  Pitching: RHP Phil Hughes (1-0, 0.00).  —  ANGELS (10-13)  —  Lineup TBA  —  Pitching: LHP Joe Saunders (2-1, 3.51)  —  TIME/TV: First pitch at 1:05.  The game is on YES.  —  WEATHER: It's raining in the Bronx at the moment.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Baseball Said to Be Inquiring About Rodriguez Drug Use  —  Major League Baseball is investigating the accuracy of statements by Alex Rodriguez about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, according to people within baseball who were briefed on the matter.  —  Investigators have contacted several …
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Tim Sullivan / New York Post:
HORNY A-ROD A LAP DUNCE  —  A-Rod can't even go to a sex club without making a fool of himself.  —  The major-league slugger looked like a rank amateur when he made a supposedly clandestine visit to a Dallas sex club in 2004 — but showed up wearing a Yankee hat that screamed, “Look at me!”
Discussion: YFSF
Associated Press:
MLB explores drug use by A-Rod
Discussion: Associated Press and Fox Sports
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Ortiz: ‘I will do things’  —  The staggering decline of David Ortiz has been evident in many ways.  There are numbers: He is batting .215 with no home runs in 93 at bats, and his .612 OPS ranks 92d in the American League.  There is his swing: Red Sox hitting coach Dave Magadan said Ortiz has been almost …
Discussion: Projo Sox Blog and SOX & Dawgs
Bart Hubbuch / Mets Blog:
Perez move seen as imminent  —  PHILADELPHIA — Jerry Manuel and GM Omar Minaya planned to meet today to make a formal decision, but it appears all but certain Oliver Perez won't be starting again anytime soon.  —  Not after Perez surrendered four runs on five hits and six walks …
Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
Running Weather/Game Thread  —  UPDATE, 2:30 p.m. — The tarp is back on.  Team president Stan Kasten just swung by the press box and said (guessed? predicted?) that a block of heavier rain will be coming through for the next 30 minutes or so.  —  “Behind that 30-minute window appears the possibility of a large opening,” Kasten said.
Discussion: NationalsFanboyLooser
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
O's put Sarfate on DL, recall McCrory  —  TORONTO - The Orioles have placed reliever Dennis Sarfate on 15-day disabled list and recalled Bob McCrory from Triple-A Norfolk.  —  McCrory, who turns 27 on Sunday, has a 2.25 ERA and three saves in nine appearances for the Tides.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and The Loss Column
Associated Press:
Scoring change takes three RBIs from Cabrera  —  DETROIT (AP) — Asdrubal Cabrera lost three RBIs Sunday morning, almost 24 hours after picking them up in a Saturday afternoon game.  —  In the fifth inning of Detroit's 9-7 win over the Cleveland Indians, Cabrera hit a deep fly ball to left with the bases loaded.
Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Foot still at root of Wang's injury  —  TAMPA - The foot injury that shelved Chien-Ming Wang for much of last season also is responsible for his horrendous start this spring.  —  The Yankees have said Wang's problem is weakness in his hip muscles caused by the sprained foot.
Jose de Jesus Ortiz / blogs.chron.com:
Rodriguez's changeup causes change upward  —  By now, much has been made about Ivan Rodriguez helping Wandy Rodriguez mature into a front-line starter.  Astros pitching coach Dewey Robinson, who has preached the use of changeups since he became pitching coach, also deserves credit for making Rodriguez buy into using the changeup.
Discussion: The Crawfish Boxes
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Indians have plenty of new options  —  Cleveland (9-15) at Detroit (12-11), 1:05 p.m. ET  —  DETROIT — The Indians aren't prone to making dramatic roster overhauls like the one they produced this weekend.  —  In adding prospects Matt LaPorta and Luis Valbuena, veteran outfielder David Dellucci …
Discussion: The DiaTribe and MLB FanHouse
New York Post:
YANKEES' HOLE OF FAME  —  SITE OF ‘CURSE’ DIG UNFILLED A YEAR LATER  —  Hex still marks the spot at the new Yankee Stadium.  —  It has been more than a year since the team extricated a Red Sox jersey maliciously entombed in the new stadium's concrete by a Boston-loving hardhat …
 
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Sam Allis / Observer:
Go ahead, take a chance  —  Jacoby Ellsbury illustrates the reward of risk-taking
Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Francoeur regains confidence at the plate
MackAveKurt / Bless You Boys:
That was (G)rand: Tigers 9, Indians 7
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Victorino's bases-loaded walk helps Phillies top Mets in 10
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