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5:00 PM ET, May 5, 2009

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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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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Posada to disabled list  —  Sweeny Murti of WFAN is reporting that Jorge Posada will be placed on the disabled list with a hamstring strain.  —  No word yet on who will be replacing him.  Obviously this is a big blow to the Yankees.  After never being on the disabled list in his career …
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 26: Red Sox at Yankees  —  Pitching: RHP Joba Chamberlain (1-0, 3.13).  —  Chamberlain vs. the Boston hitters.  —  RED SOX (16-10)  —  Ellsbury CF  —  Pedroia 2B  —  Ortiz DH  —  Bay LF  —  Lowell 3B  —  Drew RF  —  Bailey 1B  —  Varitek C  —  Green SS
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.
Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Raissman: Bombers put squeeze play on media at new Stadium
Discussion: WasWatching.com
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Posada suffers hamstring injury, to have MRI
Discussion: Jersey Hardball
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Bad blood bubbling over
Discussion: YanksBlog.com and Pinstripe Alley
Andy Martino / Philly.com:
Park is working on his confidence  —  ST. LOUIS - When he was not dominating hitters in the Grapefruit League, Chan Ho Park spent much of spring training smiling, joking, and discussing his patriotism.  Yesterday, he sat in a chair in front of his locker, speaking quietly while trying to explain his 8.57 earned run average.
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Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Ankiel runs into wall; X-rays negative
Discussion: Baseball Prospectus
Bart Hubbuch / New York Post:
SENSITIVE WIDDLE METSIES WON'T BE READING THIS MEAN OLD STORY  —  ATLANTA — The Mets consider their players' psyches so fragile that they no longer provide copies of The Post or the other New York tabloid in their Citi Field clubhouse.  —  The newspapers were a staple of the Mets' clubhouse …
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.
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Howard Bryant / ESPN:   A-Rod's missing link: substance
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.
Discussion: Blogging Baseball
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers 11-0 at home, set NL mark
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 …
Discussion: Sliding Into Home
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Plate discipline so important nowadays  —  On-base percentage perhaps as vital as it's ever been in determining a player's worth  —  Like the definition of a good stimulus package or the guidelines for tipping your neighborhood Hooters waitress, plate discipline means different things to different people.
Discussion: Hardball Times and Center Field
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.
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Dan Graziano / MLB FanHouse:
Yankees Are Now Red Sox Wannabes
Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
Q&A with Regis Philbin: Find out why he's a Marlins fan  —  Regis Philbin talks about his fondness of Marlins  —  Television personality Regis Philbin throws out the first pitch before a game between the Cincinnati Reds and Florida Marlins at Dolphin Stadium.  (Wilfredo Lee, AP / May 4, 2009)
Discussion: FishStripes
MLB:
Bobby Scales called up by Chicago Cubs after 11 years in minor leagues  —  Bobby Scales' road to the big leagues started in Idaho Falls, Idaho in 1999, in the rookie-level Pioneer League.  The road led through Fort Wayne, Ind., Lake Elsinore, Calif., Mobile, Ala.. Portland, Ore. …
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.
Discussion: Fox Sports and Yahoo! Sports
Dallas Morning News:
Kinsler can lead Texas Rangers' charge to West lead  —  Last spring, I wrote that second baseman Ian Kinsler was destined to become only the second 30-30 man in Rangers history.  —  As with my prediction of a Houston Rockets' first-round victory, I was simply a year ahead of my time.
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
 
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