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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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Dom Amore / Hartford Courant:
Bay, Lowell HRs Offset Teixeira Power Surge As Red Sox Beat Yankees Again — Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek, left, watches Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira's eighth-inning solo home run off Boston reliever Ramon Ramirez at Yankee Stadium Monday. It was Teixeria's second solo home run of the game.
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.
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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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.
Beck / Beck's Blog:
Guillen fighting sore left shoulder — While the Tigers certainly have plenty of examples of a newly-struggling offense, Carlos Guillen has seemingly been slumping nearly all season. Even after ending an -for-12 slump with a second-inning single, he struck out twice on the night for a 1 …
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Bless You Boys
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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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.
