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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
During streak, Yanks' fielding perfectly good — CLEVELAND - Back in spring training, Brian Cashman said one of the reasons he wanted to bring in strikeout artists such as CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett was that the Yankees were “a bad defensive team,” so the less opponents put the ball in play, the better.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
The Yankees getting a A+ in chemistry — I am of the belief that team chemistry as it relates to baseball is vastly overrated. Some of the best teams in history — including the 1977 and '78 Yankees — were full of guys who generally couldn't stand each other. — Baseball is a game of individual performance.
Associated Press:
Inflamed elbow sends Indians' Sizemore to DL … CLEVELAND (AP) — The Indians have placed All-Star outfielder Grady Sizemore on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow inflammation and called up utilityman Chris Gimenez from Triple-A Columbus. — The Indians announced the moves on Sunday …
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John Schlegel / MLB.com:
Texas wins NCAA record 25-inning game — Reliever Wood pitches 12 1/3 innings of no-hit ball in victory — The Texas Longhorns and Boston College Eagles took a long road to history Saturday night, playing an NCAA record 25 innings before Texas took a 3-2 victory in a regional tournament game in Austin.
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Play-by-Play — 2009 NCAA Austin Regional — Texas Longhorns at BC Eagles - Play-by-Play — Score by Innings R H E — Texas Longhorns..... 020 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 1 - 3 20 3 — BC Eagles........... 000 101 000 000 000 000 000 000 0 - 2 8 0
Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Wright doesn't get his licks (except one) — Let's make this easy and get the bat-licking out of the way. — Did you see it? SNY, in its telecast Saturday of the Mets' 7-3 loss to the Marlins at Citi Field, showed David Wright - preparing to pinch hit for Brian Stokes in the ninth inning …
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David Lennon / Newsday:
Ollie faces setback, not surgery — As bad as Oliver Perez was in Tuesday's rehab start for Triple-A Buffalo, his situation actually worsened Saturday when the Mets announced he was headed back to Port St. Lucie because of a recurrence of patellar tendinitis in his right knee.
Kevin Van Valkenburg / Baltimore Sun:
O's five-game winning streak ends vs. Tigers — Big games from Scott, Wieters not enough against Detroit ace Verlander — Matt Wieters showed the world that, yes, the hype is probably justified. Luke Scott continued to hammer the ball like a dialed-in slugger in a beer-league softball game.
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Jeff Seidel / MLB.com:
Wieters rips triple to notch first MLB hit — Catcher continues grand first trip to bigs with maiden knock — BALTIMORE — Matt Wieters made his own little bit of history on Saturday night, getting his first Major League hit in the Orioles' 6-3 defeat to the Tigers.
Bill Plaschke / Los Angeles Times:
In a state of suspended disbelief over Manny Ramirez — From the top (owner Frank McCourt) down, the Dodgers have treated their star left fielder with kid gloves during his drug suspension. The team's fans deserve better. — The actions have been goofy. The approach has been casual.
Associated Press:
Dempster rebounds as Cubs beat Dodgers 7-0 — CHICAGO (AP) — Ryan Dempster bounced back from his worst start of the season, pitching seven sharp innings for the Chicago Cubs in a 7-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday. — Milton Bradley had three hits and Reed Johnson homered for the Cubs …
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Votto heads to DL with ‘personal issue’ — Recent dizziness only part of problem; Reds cite ‘stress’ — MILWAUKEE — The reason was more surprising and mysterious than expected but one thing was certain on Saturday: The Reds will be without the services of best hitter Joey Votto for at least two weeks, maybe more.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
The managerial ranks — La Russa, Francona at the top of the order — In March 2008, with the help of scouts, front office people, players, and coaches, this reporter rated the managers 1-30. Here's a revised list, with previous rank in parentheses. — 1. Tony La Russa, Cardinals …
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Bob McManaman / Arizona Republic:
MLB superstars hard to find these days — Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? — Indeed. — Just like the Simon and Garfunkel song rang so true a generation ago, a nation once did turn its lonely eyes to the Yankees slugger - and toward a slew of multiple, colorful other major league superstars from various eras, too.
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