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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
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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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Associated Press:
Red Sox complete rainy sweep of Yankees — NEW YORK - The Boston Red Sox [team stats] are doing a lot better at the new Yankee Stadium than the home team. — Jason Bay hit a three-run homer in a four-run first inning against Joba Chamberlain, and the Red Sox beat New York 7-3 Tuesday night …
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees place catcher Jorge Posada on 15-day disabled list with strained hamstring
Yankees place catcher Jorge Posada on 15-day disabled list with strained hamstring
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Posada suffers hamstring injury, to have MRI
Posada suffers hamstring injury, to have MRI
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Associated Press:
Victorino, Werth homer, spark Phillies past Cardinals — ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies' center fielder was the big story a day after Rick Ankiel's harrowing headfirst crash into the wall. — Shane Victorino was 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBI and Jayson Werth …
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Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Out of hospital, Ankiel back in clubhouse — Cards outfielder sore, but tests show no broken bones — ST. LOUIS — Sore but moving around well, Rick Ankiel returned to the Cardinals' clubhouse Tuesday, barely 20 hours after his frightening collision with the left-center field wall at Busch Stadium.
Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Dodgers in home harmony — Buzz up! — LOS ANGELES - The guy in left caused all the commotion. — He pumped another ball into the left-field bleachers, scared a few more National League pitchers, comically took a 3-and-0 pitch in the rear end and drove business in the souvenir stands.
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Ken Belson / New York Times:
Easy to Hit It Out at Yankee Stadium, but Just Trying Getting Back in — Every team has to work out kinks in their new ballparks. But for the Yankees, the process has become somewhat ridiculous. — Since the new Yankee Stadium opened last month, the team has dealt with the continually embarrassing sight …
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Matt Gagne / NY Daily News:
Fans go berserk over Yankeegate mess
Fans go berserk over Yankeegate mess
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
A-Rod probe will include pitch tipping … Major League Baseball is expanding its investigation of Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez by adding the pitch-tipping allegation spelled out in Selena Roberts' new book A-Rod to the agenda, people familiar with the inquiry told SI.com.
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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 …
Associated Press:
Astros-Nationals game suspended by rain in 11th — WASHINGTON (AP) — After playing so poorly for so long, as though neither team wanted to win, neither the Washington Nationals nor Houston Astros did win Tuesday, because their game was suspended by rain with the score tied at 10 in the 11th inning.
Associated Press:
Phillips' bat, Volquez's arm help Reds blank Marlins — MIAMI (AP) — Brandon Phillips tied a career high with six RBIs, Edinson Volquez allowed three hits in eight innings and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Florida Marlins 7-0 on Tuesday night. — Nick Masset pitched a perfect ninth …
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Daisuke Matsuzaka's wet, slightly wild rehab start — PAWTUCKET, R.I. - Daisuke Matsuzaka experienced only one problem last night. Mud stuck to the bottom of his cleats during the second inning, and the metal tool on the mound could not sufficiently remove it.
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.
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.