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11:55 AM ET, May 6, 2009

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John Harper / NY Daily News:
Harper: Yankees swallow pride in weak stand  —  As it turned out, maybe Joba Chamberlain should have plunked Jacoby Ellsbury, the very first batter of the game, square in the back and stared down the Red Sox dugout and dared Boston to do something about it.  —  At this point …
Discussion: Boston Dirt Dogs
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Red Sox earn high five
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
Lupica: Joba turns in 12K night as one-man show
Discussion: The Joy of Sox
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Daisuke Matsuzaka's wet, slightly wild rehab start
Discussion: sox1fan.com and Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
Dodgers tie MLB record with 12-0 start at home, beat D'backs  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers tied the modern major league record for the longest home winning streak to start a season, improving to 12-0 at Chavez Ravine as Jeff Weaver pitched them to a 3-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.
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Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers make it 12-0 at home  —  Jeff Weaver goes a solid five innings as L.A. ties the modern record for fastest start at home.  —  Orlando Hudson scored, Manny Ramirez scored, Andre Ethier scored and, like that, the Dodgers were on their way to doing something no team had done in 98 years.
Doug Glanville / New York Times:
No Tipping, Please  —  Alex Rodriguez is in a horrible spot.  —  Where do you go when, having focused your life on that one thing you can be the best at, you realize that because of choices you made things will never again be the same in anyone else's eyes?
Discussion: Newsvine, ESPN and New York Times
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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.
Rick Eymer / MLB.com:
Top beginning to click as Halos win  —  Figgins, Matthews Jr. have big nights; Loux gets win No. 2  —  OAKLAND — Gary Matthews Jr. is quietly putting together a productive season despite appearing in just 64 percent of the Angels' games to date.  He says it's all about preparation.
Discussion: 6-4-2 and LAist
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Los Angeles Times:
Starting rotation remains a strength in Angels' victory
Discussion: Halos Heaven
Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
B. Pena assigned to Triple-A  —  Manager Hillman happy to keep catcher in organization  —  KANSAS CITY — Catcher Brayan Pena didn't get away after all.  —  The Royals announced on Tuesday that Pena cleared outright waivers and has been assigned to their Triple-A Omaha club.
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Rox's Daley making immediate impact  —  Hailing from Bucknell, hurler showing Bison belong in Majors  —  SAN DIEGO — Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., proudly heralds itself as the nation's largest liberal-arts university.  —  The school hasn't produced many Major Leaguers …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Zimmerman extends hit streak to 23  —  Nats third baseman delivers RBI single in third at-bat  —  WASHINGTON — Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman extended his hitting streak to 23 games against the Astros at Nationals Park on Tuesday afternoon.  The game was eventually suspended by rain tied at 10 in the 11th inning.
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Norton mourns tragedy 20 years later  —  Braves veteran's mother was slain by his father  —  ATLANTA — Twenty years later, the pain of finding a murdered mother at the foot of her bed rests primarily through the reality that the same love she'd provided her children will never be experienced …
B.J. Rains / MLB.com:
Phillies hold ailing Utley out of lineup  —  Bruised foot flares up; club hopes he can play Wednesday  —  ST. LOUIS — Phillies second baseman Chase Utley was held out of Tuesday's lineup against the Cardinals after his bruised right foot flared up during Monday night's 6-1 win.
Discussion: Phillies Nation
A. Stacy Long / Montgomery Advertiser:
Biscuits' pitcher Hellickson hurt  —  Biscuits pitcher Jeremy Hellickson will likely miss at least one start after a shoulder injury forced him from Tuesday's game.  —  Hellickson suffered a mild sprain of a shoulder muscle — the supraspinatus — and left after pitching only two innings …
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates' 0-17 run vs. Brewers longest since 1970  —  Hardy gets three hits, four RBIs off Snell in excruciating 8-5 loss  —  Freddy Sanchez hurt his shoulder diving for a ball hit by Milwaukee's Craig Counsell.  He stayed in the game and later homered.  —  Make it a sorry 17.
Discussion: MLB FanHouse and Bucs Dugout
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 …
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
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Guy Curtright / MLB.com:
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
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Discussion: True Blue LA
Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com:
A's activate Copeland, demote Eveland
Discussion: Athletics Nation and SFGate
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Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Out of hospital, Ankiel back in clubhouse
Associated Press:
Garza pitches eight strong to beat Orioles again
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
Astros-Nationals game suspended by rain in 11th
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
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Oswalt leaves start with bone bruise on finger
Mike Nichols / MetsBlog.com:
Johan NL Pitcher of the Month
 

 
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