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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees set errorless mark — CLEVELAND - The Yankees established a major-league record with their 18th consecutive errorless game Monday night, surpassing the 2006 Red Sox for fielding excellence. — “It's quite an accomplishment,” Derek Jeter said. “A lot of people deserve credit, because that's a complete team effort.
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Yankees set new errorless record in 5-2 win — Buzz up! — CLEVELAND (AP)—The midges didn't affect Joba Chamberlain — in his first start in Cleveland—and neither did the Indians' hitters. — Chamberlain allowed two runs in a career-high eight innings and the New York Yankees set …
Peter Abraham / The Journal News:
Yanks set MLB record for consecutive error-free games
Yanks set MLB record for consecutive error-free games
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Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
Pitching Coach St. Claire Fired — The Nationals today fired pitching coach Randy St. Claire, the longest-tenured member of their coaching staff, and have replaced him with Class AAA pitching coach Steve McCatty. St. Claire, in his seventh year with the organization, was responsible …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats let go of pitching coach St. Claire — Former A's pitcher McCatty named to be replacement — WASHINGTON — The Nationals have dismissed Randy St. Claire as pitching coach and replaced him with Steve McCatty, who had the same role with Triple-A Syracuse.
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Tom Verducci / Sports Illustrated:
With two months in the books, it's time for certain teams to sell … Welcome to June. This is your wake up call. — Think your team that stumbled through the first two months can still make the playoffs? Think again. While we all might easily remember the comeback of the 2005 Astros …
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Bill Simmons / ESPN:
THE SPORTS GUY — When great ones go, it might hurt us more than it does them. — Stephen Dunn/Getty Images — In the academy award-winning classic Cocktail, Coughlin tells young Flanagan, “Everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn't end.” It's the single greatest yearbook quote ever.
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Julio released; Burns summoned — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Miami - Jorge Julio pitched his way off the Brewers' roster by failing to retire a batter Monday night. — The Brewers have released Julio and called up journeyman reliever Mike Burns from Class AAA Nashville.
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Associated Press:
Howard, Utley hit consecutive HRs, power Phillies past Padres — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Chase Utley and Ryan Howard hit consecutive home runs in the fifth inning and Philadelphia beat Adrian Gonzalez and the San Diego Padres 5-3 on Monday night, the Phillies' fourth straight win.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Austin Jackson: A Star Under Construction — MOOSIC, Pa. — Albert Jackson builds 18-wheel trucks for Peterbilt Motors, a job with skills that helped him raise an athletic prodigy. Before the Yankees started grooming his son Austin to be their next star, it was Albert's handiwork that charted his course.
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Brady Anderson / Baltimore Sun:
Viewpoint: Angelos doesn't deserve the bad rap — Sports Illustrated recently named Peter Angelos, the owner of the Baltimore Orioles, as the worst owner in the game. Having played for the Orioles for 14 seasons, nine during the Angelos era, I feel I am qualified to speak about the topic.
Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com:
Roster set for Hall of Fame Classic — Twenty-eight former big leaguers to play on June 21 — The roster for the Hall of Fame Classic June 21 in Cooperstown is now complete. — The star-studded roster for the Father's Day game at Doubleday Field includes 28 former Major League players …
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Associated Press:
Longoria leads AL players in All-Star fan voting … NEW YORK (AP) — Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria leads all AL players in fan voting for All-Star spots, more than doubling the total of perennial starter Alex Rodriguez. — Longoria had received 1,036,071 votes in results released Tuesday.
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Riske to have surgery — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Miami - The Brewers need relief help but it won't be coming from David Riske. — Brewers assistant GM Gord Ash reports that Riske will undergo elbow surgery today by specialist Lewis Yocum.
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Future for Dodgers' Kuo still uncertain — Oft-injured reliever hopes to regain arm strength, command — LOS ANGELES — Last year, to the utter shock of anybody who has seen an MRI of his left elbow, Hong-Chih Kuo stayed healthy enough to finally showcase that star-crossed arm, winning MLB.com's Setup Man of the Year Award.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Sheffield hobbles around with knee pain — PITTSBURGH - Add Gary Sheffield to the list of hobbled Mets. — Sheffield moved gingerly going from first to third on Jeremy Reed's third-inning double, then labored going after Adam LaRoche's double to right-center off Pedro Feliciano in the eighth.
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Boston Herald:
Clock's ticking for Theo Epstein — How long can Red Sox' success last if David Ortiz, SS woes continue? — DETROIT - With two months in the books of the Red Sox [team stats]' 2009 season, their plot is beginning to resemble one of those boilerplate thrillers where the leading man spends …
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Associated Press:
Diamondbacks 3, Dodgers 2 — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billy Buckner threw six scoreless innings and rookie Josh Whitesell hit a two-run double, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night. — The Dodgers threw five wild pitches …
Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Cards receive good news about Glaus — St. Louis plans to keep looking for options at third base — ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals received “encouraging” news regarding injured third baseman Troy Glaus on Monday, but not so encouraging that they won't actively pursue a player to fill in for him.
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Starting left side of infield sits for Dodgers — Blake, Furcal rest nagging injuries; Loretta, Castro get nod — LOS ANGELES — Hiroki Kuroda returned to the mound for the Dodgers on Monday night and probably needed an introduction to the left side of his infield.
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Daniel Gettinger / Friar Forecast:
Looking at Adrian's Home Runs — After last night's game, Adrian Gonzalez has now hit 21 home runs in 2009. At his current rate, Gonzalez will finish the season with 66 home runs. He will almost certainly smash his previous season high of 36 home runs, set in 2008.