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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Posada's tight hamstring prompts MRI — Yanks' catcher ruled out for Tuesday's finale with Red Sox — NEW YORK — Yankees catcher Jorge Posada has been scheduled for an MRI examination on his right hamstring after injuring it while sliding in Monday's 6-4 loss to the Red Sox.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Best-case return for A-Rod is Friday — Star third baseman homers in latest extended spring game — NEW YORK — On the same afternoon that Alex Rodriguez's face showed up in bookstores across the country, the Yankees' third baseman moved seven innings closer to reappearing in the big leagues.
Howard Bryant / ESPN:
A-Rod's missing link: substance — The book is out. — Now what? — The advance billing for Selena Roberts' characterization of Alex Rodriguez, the subject of her biography — “A-Rod: The Many Faces of Alex Rodriguez” — has always come with one constant adjective: unflattering.
Matt Gagne / NY Daily News:
Fans go berserk over Yankeegate mess … Hundreds of irate fans - some who claim Yankee employees told them the game had been rained out - stormed away from Yankee Stadium before Monday night's game against the Red Sox even got underway and couldn't get back in, resulting in a an ugly scene at one of the ticket gates.
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Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Raissman: Bombers put squeeze play on media at new Stadium … Considering the peculiar media vibe floating around those empty seats inside Yankee Stadium, Joe Girardi's Sunday soliloquy about the publishing industry, specifically Selena Roberts' book on Alex Rodriguez, was not surprising.
Dan Graziano / MLB FanHouse:
Yankees Are Now Red Sox Wannabes — NEW YORK — It still seems weird, if you can remember back before it all changed — back before “Cowboy Up” and Aaron Boone and the Idiots and the Bloody Sock and all that went down between the Yankees and the Red Sox right around the middle part of this decade.
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Sliding Into Home
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Bill Hutchinson / NY Daily News:
Joba mom out after officer scores meth — The estranged mother of Yankees star pitcher Joba Chamberlain has been busted for allegedly dealing drugs, authorities said. — Jacqueline Standley, 44, was arrested Saturday at her Nebraska apartment on felony charges of selling a gram …
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Sliding Into Home
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Associated Press:
Joba's mom jailed, suspected of selling meth — Buzz up! — LINCOLN, Neb. (AP)—The mother of New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain has been arrested on charges of selling methamphetamine to an undercover police officer in February. — Jacqueline Standley was arrested …
Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Ankiel runs into wall; X-rays negative — Cards GM: Outfielder has movement, feeling in arms, legs — ST. LOUIS — Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel was taken to a hospital on Monday night after he injured himself making a catch at the wall in the eighth inning of St. Louis' game against the Phillies.
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Jim Street / MLB.com:
Griffey out of lineup with inflamed colon — Veteran pleased with his club's team-first attitude — SEATTLE — An ailment diagnosed as an “inflamed colon” knocked Ken Griffey Jr. out of the Mariners' lineup for Monday night's two-game series opener against the Rangers.
Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
Greinke shuts out Sox for win No. 6 — Royals right-hander has 10 strikeouts in dominant outing — KANSAS CITY — Just when you think Zack Greinke can't possibly pitch any better, he does. — Greinke, the Royals' unsinkable right-hander, floated over the White Sox, 3-0 …
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
D-backs turn three against Dodgers — Triple play is second in franchise history for Arizona — LOS ANGELES — Josh Wilson atoned for a second-inning error in a big way when the D-backs shortstop started a 6-4-3 triple play one batter later in the second inning Monday night at Dodger Stadium.
Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Embree creeping up appearances list — Rox lefty could reach 900 career outings this season — SAN DIEGO — Rockies left-handed reliever Alan Embree's made his 858th career appearance Monday night to tie Charlie Hough for 31st on the all-time list. But if last season had ended the way he hoped, he might not be pitching for anyone.
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Purple Row
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Roberts, Orioles break out of slumps — He ends 0-for-18 skid, helps halt 6-game losing streak — ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. - If there was any more proof needed to show Brian Roberts' importance to the Orioles' lineup, the leadoff man provided it in the late innings Monday night, taking over a game that his team needed to win.
