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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 62: Mets at Yankees (now with updates, pre-game Girardi audio and Bruney blasting K-Rod) — Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (6-2, 4.22). — METS (31-28) — Castillo 2B — Cora SS — Beltran CF — Wright 3B — Sheffield DH — Tatis 1B — Church RF — Santos C — Martinez LF
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Thunderbaseball / Mike Ashmore's Thunder Thoughts:
Brian Bruney Quotes (Featuring A K-Rod Rip) — 1:45 PM — Brian Bruney in-game quotes... On last night's Yankee game: “Unbelievable, I've never seen anything like that. I have, but in high school. Couldn't have happened to a better guy on the mound, either. He's got a tired act.
Associated Press:
Nieve nixes Yankees as Mets rebound with 6-2 victory — NEW YORK (AP) — Injury fill-in Fernando Nieve earned his first major league victory in three years, Omir Santos drove in three runs and the New York Mets bounced back from a heartbreaking loss, beating the Yankees 6-2 Saturday.
Brian Costa / New Jersey Online:
War of words escalates between New York Mets' Francisco Rodriguez, Yankees' Brian Bruney … NEW YORK — The only thing missing was a group of teenagers standing around shouting, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” — Otherwise, the verbal sparring match between Yankees reliever Brian Bruney …
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:Given Fresh Slate, Mets Clean Up
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Faith and Fear in Flushing
Tom Smith / TimesDaily.com:
Florence man tries to elude police, dies in crash — A Florence man trying to elude police crashed his vehicle and died early today in downtown Florence, authorities said. — Jon Willingham, 27, was pronounced dead at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital. The crash occurred just before 2 a.m …
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Ben Goessling / The washington times Blogs:
Acta still the manager — It's uncertain for how long, but at least for now, Manny Acta is still the Washington Nationals' manager. — A FoxSports.com report said on Saturday afternoon the Nationals were planning to fire Acta and replace him with bench coach Jim Riggleman in the next several days …
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Penny fires back — PHILADELPHIA - Brad Penny responded with a verbal brushback to Yankees manager Joe Girardi's assertion that Penny intentionally hit Alex Rodriguez with a pitch, saying Girardi should worry about doing his job and not about how Penny pitches. — “I don't give two f—
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Light outage delays Dodgers-Rangers — Breaker malfunction in one bank stops game in sixth — ARLINGTON — The Rangers' game with the Dodgers was delayed after five innings because a bank of lights was out between home plate and first base at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
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Dodger Thoughts
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Associated Press:
Swarzak leads Twins over Cubs, 2-0 — Rookie Anthony Swarzak scattered four hits over seven innings, Jason Kubel homered and the Minnesota Twins hung on to beat Chicago 2-0 Saturday after the Cubs threatened in the ninth. — What looked like a relatively easy win for the Twins took …
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John Manuel / Baseball America:
Arguellez, Iglesias Sweepstakes Begins — Miami-based agent Jaime Torres confirmed a report in El Nuevo Herald (the Spanish-language version of the Miami Herald) that Cuban defectors Noel Arguelles and Jose Iglesias have cleared the unblocking process and have been declared free agents by Major League Baseball.
Associated Press:
Pujols packs punch as Cardinals edge Indians 3-1 — CLEVELAND (AP) — Albert Pujols hit two home runs and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cleveland Indians 3-1 on Saturday. — Pujols' 27th multihomer game and fourth this season helped Brad Thompson (1-2) get his first win since St. Louis' final game in 2008.
OurSports Central:
Atlanta Braves acquire Blue Crabs LHP Halama — Southern Maryland Blue Crabs manager Butch Hobson has announced that the contract of left-handed starting pitcher John Halama has been purchased by the Atlanta Braves. Halama, who was signed by the Cleveland Indians in 2008 after making eight starts …
Discussion:
Talking Chop
Associated Press:
Ochinko, Schimpf homer in LSU's win over Cavaliers — OMAHA (AP) — Sean Ochinko's three-run homer gave LSU the lead in the fifth inning and Ryan Schimpf's two-run blast in the eighth broke open the game for the Tigers, who beat Virginia 9-5 in the College World Series on Saturday night.
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Baseball America
Dan Rosenheck / New York Times:
Backing Up an Agent's Pitch — Perhaps the scariest-looking acronym in the alphabet soup of advanced baseball metrics that have arisen in recent years is TINSTAAP: There Is No Such Thing as a Pitching Prospect. From iconic flops like Todd Van Poppel to flashes in the pan like Mark Fidrych …
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Nationals Journal
