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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 …
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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.
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees place catcher Jorge Posada on 15-day disabled list with strained hamstring — The Yankees' lineup took a bit hit Tuesday when catcher Jorge Posada was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a Grade 2 strain of his right hamstring. — Posada suffered the injury Monday night while sliding in the sixth inning.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Posada suffers hamstring injury, to have MRI
Posada suffers hamstring injury, to have MRI
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Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Raissman: Bombers put squeeze play on media at new Stadium
Raissman: Bombers put squeeze play on media at new Stadium
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Dom Amore / Hartford Courant:
Bay, Lowell HRs Offset Teixeira Power Surge As Red Sox Beat Yankees Again
Bay, Lowell HRs Offset Teixeira Power Surge As Red Sox Beat Yankees Again
Joe Posnanski / Kansas City Star:
Greinke is magic on the mound — The way it works in sports, stars come and go. But every so often, something magical happens. And that sets off a mania. Monday night, Royals pitcher Zack Greinke pitched another masterpiece. Zack Mania is now officially in swing.
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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 …
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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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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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.
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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.
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)
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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. …
Associated Press:
Oswalt leaves start with bone bruise on finger — Buzz up! — WASHINGTON (AP)—Houston Astros right-hander Roy Oswalt left in the sixth inning of Tuesday's start against the Washington Nationals with a bone bruise on his right index finger. — Oswalt was visited on the mound by manager Cecil Cooper …
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.
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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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