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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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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 …
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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


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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Posada suffers hamstring injury, to have MRI
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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 …

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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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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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.
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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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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.


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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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)
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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. …

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.


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.
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