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ESPN:
Sosa a reason to re-examine PED blame game — Sammy Sosa was in the Dominican Republic two weeks ago when he was asked by ESPNDeportes about allegations of steroid use, and Sosa artfully answered the questions while not really answering them. — “I always played with love and responsibility …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Sosa Is Said to Have Tested Positive in 2003 — Sammy Sosa, who joined with Mark McGwire in 1998 in a celebrated pursuit of baseball's single-season home run record, is among the players who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the drug-testing results from that year.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Sosa reportedly tested positive for PEDs — Times article says slugger was one of 104 named on ‘03 list — CHICAGO — Sammy Sosa went from a skinny outfielder to a muscular home run hitter, chasing Roger Maris’ record and belting more than 600 home runs in his career.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Sosa report holds no surprises — The news of Sammy Sosa's positive drug test Tuesday was not met with anger or disbelief, but a yawn. — Did anyone who saw Sosa's body, or his prodigious home runs, really believe he was clean? — Did anyone who watched that magical home-run race in 1998 …
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Cards reliever wants drug list revealed
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MLB Rumors
Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
Stronger Link Than Most Think — The last person you'd ever expect to see in Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night walked into the visiting manager's office. Why, it's Manny Acta. What are you doing here? Weren't you fired yesterday? — “Haven't you heard?
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Ben Goessling / Washington Times:
Rizzo: Reports of firing Acta have ‘no basis’ — With uncertainty about his job status swirling around Manny Acta since reports first surfaced that the Washington Nationals manager was about to be fired, Acta has maintained his usual sense of calm, saying he doesn't read or listen to what's said about him.
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Market for starting pitchers could be shockingly thin; more notes … A potentially great pitching market is threatening to become almost nonexistent. — Roy Halladay has been declared untouchable, Jake Peavy has a serious ankle injury that could keep him out past the July 31 trade deadline …
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Maine, Perez throw selves into the mix — BALTIMORE - Oliver Perez and John Maine will oppose each other in a makeshift game in Port St. Lucie tomorrow involving extended spring training players, pitching coach Dan Warthen told the Daily News. Afterward, Maine should be ready to re-enter the Mets rotation …
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Adam Rubin / Surfing the Mets:
Mets 6, Orioles 4: Wright leads Mets in multiple ways — Say this about David Wright: He's becoming a leader in Carlos Delgado's absence. Wright was captured by cameras confronting Mike Pelfrey in the visitors' dugout at Camden Yards after Pelfrey departed in the sixth inning of what became a 6-4 Mets win Tuesday.
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:Mets See What It's Like to Benefit From Errors
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Camden Chat
Chad Finn / Boston Globe:
Francona sticks by Dice-K; move to 'pen unlikely — With a 7.55 earned run average and one victory in seven starts, Daisuke Matsuzaka has been a weak link on the Red Sox' deep pitching staff this season. And he knows it. — With John Smoltz set to make his season debut next Thursday …
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David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Break it up! It's a dog-eat-reliever world for KC's Kyle Farnsworth — In the past, Kansas City Royals pitcher Kyle Farnsworth — showed no fear of getting into fights on the baseball field. — These days, Farnsworth considers himself a peacemaker. At least among his pet dogs.
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Rany / Rany on the Royals:
Are The Royals In The Wrong League? — If you haven't listened to this week's show, please do so. Will Leitch stayed out of the range of bicycles only long enough to join us for 20 minutes, but we covered more material than you'd expect to hear in an hour-long show.
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Peter Abraham / The Journal News:
Wang hopes his delivery is as good as his wife's — NEW YORK - Yesterday was one of the most important days in Chien-Ming Wang's life, as wife Chia-Ling gave birth to their first child, a son they named Justin. — Today is one of the most important days in his career, as Wang could be pitching to keep his spot in the rotation.
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Pinstripes, Pa.
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Associated Press:
Pujols goes deep again as Cardinals crush Verlander, Tigers — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols hit his fifth home run in five games — and the longest homer at Busch Stadium this season — and Adam Wainwright worked seven strong innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals rout the Detroit Tigers …
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Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
Pudge ties Fisk for most games caught — In 2,226th contest behind plate, Astros catcher hits home run — ARLINGTON — For at least one day, two guys nicknamed “Pudge” share the distinction of having caught more games than anyone else. — Astros catcher Ivan Rodriguez donned a catcher's mask …
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
New Version of MLB.com's At Bat Will See Game Video Streamed Live — CORRECTION: We initially reported that live games would begin streaming today. That is incorrect. Games will begin streaming Thurs., June 18 — When MLB.com announced in March of this year that Gameday Audio …
