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9:50 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:
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
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 …
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.
Discussion: WasWatching.com and MLB FanHouse
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.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Posada suffers hamstring injury, to have MRI
Discussion: Jersey Hardball
Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Raissman: Bombers put squeeze play on media at new Stadium
Discussion: WasWatching.com
Dan Graziano / MLB FanHouse:
Yankees Are Now Red Sox Wannabes
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.
Discussion: LA Times Sports Blog
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Eric Stephen / True Blue LA:
Dodgers Are in Eleventh Heaven
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers 11-0 at home, set NL mark
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.
Discussion: ESPN, Deadspin, Jorge Says No! and Ladies
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Sky Andrecheck / Baseball Analysts:   Was Greinke's Streak Better Than Drysdale's?
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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Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Ankiel runs into wall; X-rays negative
Discussion: Baseball Prospectus
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
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.
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.
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
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 …
 
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