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Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Red Sox continue mastery of Yankees — Johnny Damon hits a three-run home run in the bottom of the third against the Red Sox. (Audrey C. Tiernan, Newsday / May 5, 2009) — If the Yankees trail the Red Sox by just a tad in the final 2009 standings, they won't have to wonder why.
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Boston Globe, Hardball, Ken Davidoff's baseball …, New York Yankees Fan Blog and On the Yankees beat
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John Harper / NY Daily News:
Harper: Yankees swallow pride in weak stand
Harper: Yankees swallow pride in weak stand
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Boston Dirt Dogs
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
Lupica: Joba turns in 12K night as one-man show
Lupica: Joba turns in 12K night as one-man show
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The Joy of Sox
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers' 12th home win ties MLB mark — Weaver allows one run in five innings in first start since '07 — LOS ANGELES — With a dreadlocked left fielder hustling on the bases, a second baseman who channels Jackie Robinson and a starting pitcher who leaves tickets for a 1970s rock star …
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Sons of Steve Garvey, Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness, Robots Took My Medicine, 6-4-2 and LAist
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
The NL West Race Is Over — Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers for clinching the first playoff spot of the 2009 season. — Okay, fine, it's only May 6th. The Dogers have another 134 games to play. Things could go wrong. The whole team might get the swine flu.
David Steele / RealClearSports:
Press Box Layoff: How the Baltimore Sun Fired Me — Full disclosure: the first two times I was given stunning news about my newspaper job - in 1986 at the about-to-merge St. Petersburg Evening Independent, and in 1991 at the about-to-be-defunct National Sports Daily - I didn't get it face-to-face either time.
Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
Meet the New Nats. Same as the Old Caps. — In the bottom of the 11th inning of a 10-10 farce of blunders at Nationals Park yesterday afternoon, a shroud was put over the field. Okay, a tarp. At the sight of the Nats and Astros bullpens, the sky had laughed 'til it cried.
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Proctor shut down after suffering setback — Right-hander will visit Dr. James Andrews next week — MIAMI - Scott Proctor just can't catch a break with his right elbow. — The 32-year-old right-hander, who had surgery this offseason, was limited to just one Grapefruit League appearance this spring and …
David Lennon / Newsday:
Castro, Wright back Livan as Mets top Braves — ATLANTA - So who are these Mets? The soft, smiling do-gooders as characterized by their own general manager last weekend? Or the serious, take-care-of-business grinders who swept the Braves out of Turner Field in this two-game mini-series?
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Jason Whitlock / Fox Sports:
Bio hazard: A-Rod author has credibility issues — Jason Whitlock brings his edgy and thought-provoking style to FOXSports.com. Columnist for the Kansas City Star, he has won the National Journalism Award for Commentary for “his ability to seamlessly integrate sports and social commentary …
Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Taylor making progress one start at a time — Florida (15-12) vs. Atlanta (11-15), 7:10 p.m. ET — MIAMI — Graham Taylor was a different rookie pitcher in his second start at Wrigley Field. Don't believe him? Just look at the tape, he said. — “It's completely different if you put …
Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
Midweek Med Report — The Yankees pushed Posada to the DL after a recurrent hamstring strain (above, but close to, a previous recent strain) showed enough damage on the MRI that the doctors were worried about the integrity of the area, and a possibly significant tearing/re-tearing risk.
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MLB FanHouse
Thomas Boswell / Nationals Journal:
Pitchers Drafted in Top 10: Not a Reassuring History — The Nationals have the Nos. 1 and 10 overall picks in the draft on June 9. So, I thought you folks would enjoy having the definitive FACTS on what has happened in 44 years of drafting to help you form your opinions.
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MLB.com:
Coonelly expresses confidence in Q&A — Bucs president addresses recent slump, Draft and more — Frank Coonelly: Hello everyone. Welcome to this month's chat and thank you for joining me today. — bucsin09: What happened to Kyle Bloom? I know we received him back from Detroit …
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MLB Rumors
David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Tim Lincecum relates to kid pitcher from ‘Rookie of the Year’ — says he loves pitching at Wrigley Field and his performance there on Tuesday suggested as much. — But no matter the results, the Cy Young award winner says he appreciates the ballpark's history, its bricks, its ivy and …
Paul Hoynes / Plain Dealer:
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Baseball News, Schedule, Pictures, and More — Cleveland Indians promote Matt Herges, option Rafael Perez to Columbus — BOSTON — Matt Herges joined the Titanic of bullpens and he was glad to come aboard. — The Indians purchased Herges contract from Class AAA Columbus …
CBSSports.com Sports News, Fantasy Scores …:
The A-Rod book: One thing's wrong, for sure — It took me less than an hour to find a mistake in A-Rod, The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez , the Selena Roberts book that debuted this week. — And I wasn't even trying. — I got to page 79, read that A-Rod was “hitting a dismal .105 …
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Hardball Times
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
CAMERON MAYBIN WILL STAY IN MAJORS — Give manager Fredi Gonzalez credit for using humor to deflect controversy. — Rookie CF Cameron Maybin, who struck out three times Monday, was out of the lineup Tuesday. Alfredo Amezaga will start in CF. — “It's a new league rule,” Gonzalez said when asked why Amezaga was replacing Maybin.
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FishStripes
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Lefebvre says put the blame on him for Padres' early-season hitting woes — WORKING TO IMPROVE — How the Padres' offense compares from 2008 to 2009 (after 26 games, going into Tuesday night): — Stat................2008.......2009 — Jim Lefebvre squinted as the afternoon sunshine bore …