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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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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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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
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Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:Raissman: Bombers put squeeze play on media at new Stadium
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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.
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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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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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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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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:A-Rod probe will include pitch tipping
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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 …
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.
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.
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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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 …
Cjennings / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog:
Yankees re-sign Humberto Sanchez — Here's the official Cervelli-Pilittere press release from the Trenton Thunder. It includes word that the Yankees have re-signed Humberto Sanchez (right) and assigned him to the Trenton disabled list. — C FRANCISCO CERVELLI PROMOTED FROM TRENTON TO NEW YORK
