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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!”
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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 …
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 …
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Anderson declines rehab stint — Outfielder set to be activated off disabled list on Tuesday — ATLANTA — Because he's collected just 49 plate appearances since signing with the Braves during the final week of February, there was reason to believe Garret Anderson would have wanted …
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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.
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.
Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
Running Weather/Game Thread — UPDATE, 3:02 p.m. — The rain continues. The rain continues. The rain continues. For the last 30 minutes or so, fans, in a steady line, have been exiting Nationals Park through the center field gate. — UPDATE, 2:30 p.m. — The tarp is back on.
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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.
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 …
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 …
