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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Yankees eat up Teix's take-out slide — Mark Teixeira called it “a good coincidence” that his hard slide into second base came right after he was plunked for the second time by his nemesis, Vicente Padilla. — For the Yankees, the slide was much more - it was probably the key moment …
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John Harper / NY Daily News:
Harper: Teixeira's unexpected fire may be just what Yankees need — He can seem almost robotic at times, but we found out Tuesday night that Mark Teixeira's blood can run hot, and more and more he is looking like exactly the type of player the Yankees needed to bring a championship back to the Bronx.
Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Yankees playing like they're best team in AL — At about 5:55 Tuesday afternoon, the ever-tranquil Johnny Damon, sitting in the Yankees' clubhouse, opined: — “When you have that belief that you don't really have to go out and outslug a team on a day-to-day basis, and you have a chance to win …
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Associated Press:Posada ends Yankees' record errorless streak
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Peter Abraham / The Journal News:Yanks set MLB record for consecutive error-free games
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Mike Axisa / River Avenue Blues:
Tampa falls despite Montero's awesomeness — Robert Pimpsner of Baby Bombers tells me Jesus Montero has been promoted to Double-A Trenton, and should be there tomorrow or Thursday. Yippee. — The Padres released old pal Chris Britton. He had a 10.45 ERA, 2.27 WHIP and a .406 BAA …
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Thunderbaseball / Mike Ashmore's Thunder Thoughts:
Montero's Coming — Can confirm that the plan is for Jesus Montero to be promoted to Double-A Trenton. With the team at the maximum of 24 players, apparently the delay in announcing the move is in making the final decision on what the corresponding move would be.
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Terry Francona earns Sox win No. 500 — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — DETROIT - Manager Terry Francona earned his 500th win for the Red Sox [team stats], joining Joe Cronin (1,071) and Mike Higgins (560), with a 5-1 victory against the Tigers last night.
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Associated Press:Matsuzaka earns first win, helps Francona reach 500 career victories
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David Singh / MLB.com:
Halos run into hot hand of Halladay — Offense strikes out 14 times, late rally attempt falls shy — TORONTO — In the visitors' clubhouse at Rogers Centre following Tuesday's contest, Angels center fielder Torii Hunter just stood at his locker and smiled.
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Blue Jays 6, Angels 4 — TORONTO (AP) — As he matures on the mound, Roy Halladay is turning into more of a strikeout pitcher. — Halladay struck out a career-high 14 to win his major league-leading ninth game, Alex Rios backed him with a home run and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-4 on Tuesday night.
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Eighth-inning rally spurs Dodgers — Loney hits tying three-run double; Blake has winning RBI — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers hit the halfway mark of Manny Ramirez's suspension Tuesday night by showing the D-backs how they've stayed in first place without him.
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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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Bart Hubbuch / New York Post:
SWINE FLU SCARE FOR METS, BELTRAN — PITTSBURGH — The Mets were on high alert here yesterday after a producer on their SNY broadcast crew was sent back to New York and put in isolation with a possible case of swine flu. — The Mets were even more on guard because center fielder Carlos Beltran …
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Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
Flores Out At Least Three Months, Maybe For Season — Just got the word on catcher Jesus Flores's status. It'll be a long time before the Nats' first-string catcher — and a big part of the future — is back on the field. — Flores has a stress fracture in his right shoulder.
Associated Press:
Ibanez stays hot, goes deep twice as Phillies pound Padres — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Raul Ibanez homered twice and drove in five runs, and left-hander Antonio Bastardo won his major league debut as the Philadelphia Phillies jumped on ailing Padres ace Jake Peavy in a 10-5 win on Tuesday night.
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Duke outduels Santana, Jaramillo homers as Pirates top Mets — PITTSBURGH (AP) — Zach Duke pitched seven effective innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Johan Santana and the New York Mets 3-1 on Tuesday night. — Jason Jaramillo hit his first major league homer for the Pirates, who have won three of four.
Andy Martino / Philly.com:
Eyre expects to retire at end of season — SAN DIEGO - Scott Eyre said yesterday that he was “more than 90 percent” sure he would retire at the end of this season. — Eyre, 37, is a veteran of 13 major-league seasons and will be a free agent after this year.
Associated Press:
Twins 4, Indians 3 — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Mauer homered and had three RBIs to help Kevin Slowey win again in the Minnesota Twins' 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. — Slowey (8-1) won his fourth consecutive start pitching six strong innings.
Jorge Says No!:
Interview With Garry Templeton — Recently, I had the fantastic opportunity to interview the Garry Templeton, the Manager of the Long Beach Armada of the Golden League. Most of you will remember Templeton as the star shortstop on the Cardinals in the late 70s and the Captain of the pennant winning 1984 San Diego Padres.
Bart Hubbuch / Mets Blog:
Putz in line for demotion — PITTSBURGH — J.J. Putz appears to be on the verge of losing his eighth-inning role after Monday night's implosion here. — Jerry Manuel said he plans to talk to the struggling reliever on Wednesday to let Putz know “what direction we might be heading with this particular situation.”
