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9:55 PM ET, August 15, 2009

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Jim Baumbach / Newsday:
Mets finally bringing team history to Citi Field  —  Photo credit: Freelance/Photo by David Pokress |  Flushing, NY - Friday, August 14, 2009.  N.Y. Mets vs. San Francisco Giants at Citi Field. the Mets have installed a large video screen in right field at Citi field.  Photo by David Pokress
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Mark Hale / New York Post:
NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO RETIRE PIAZZA'S NUMBER
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Citi starting to feel like home for Met fans
Discussion: New York Mets Blog
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Mets blank Giants at Citi Field
Jim Baumbach / Newsday:
Mets' Wright hit in head, suffers concussion  —  A Mets season that already  —  has spiraled out of control because of injuries turned scary on Saturday when David Wright was hit in the head by a 93-mph fastball and suffered a concussion.  —  Lying face first on the ground for more than a minute …
Discussion: Mets Merized Online
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Associated Press:
New York Mets 3B David Wright hit in head, leaves game  —  NEW YORK — David Wright has left the New York Mets game against San Francisco after being hit squarely in the helmet by a 94 mph fastball from Giants starter Matt Cain.  —  Cain's -2 pitch with none out in the fourth inning …
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and Fox Sports
Sports Illustrated:
Lidge errors open door to Phillies' loss to Braves … ATLANTA(AP) Brad Lidge is still confident in his abilities, even as he continues to accumulate blown saves.  —  Lidge committed two errors on one play to help set up Omar Infante 's game-ending single and the Atlanta Braves rallied …
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and The Good Phight
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Braves done in by homers, Phils' defense  —  Atlanta falls six back after Soriano allows dinger in ninth  —  ATLANTA — Ryan Howard hadn't homered against the Braves all season and his success rate against Rafael Soriano was nonexistent.  But with one mighty swing of his bat …
Thomas Boswell / Nationals Journal:
Nats Offer Strasburg Record-Setting Contract  —  The Nationals have offered No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg the largest contract ever for a pitcher taken in the amateur draft, according to industry sources.  Their proposed deal is worth more than Mark Prior's $10.5-million contract …
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Associated Press:
Nationals president Stan Kasten: ‘Very real possibility’ …
Discussion: Federal Baseball
Joe Posnanski:
Mauer Power 8.15  —  Joe Mauer with a 3-for-3 day against Cleveland and the batting average is now .375.  He has to go 81 for 181 the rest of the way to hit .400.  —  I don't know how long I'm going to keep this Mauer update going ... but this might become a daily thing for the rest …
Discussion: Bats
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Dusting themselves off, Sox rally in 9th  —  ARLINGTON, Texas - Covered in dirt, Clay Buchholz walked back into the dugout, his awkward, facefirst belly flop into home plate having yielded nothing more than an out.  The slow-footed Jason Varitek had just beaten out an infield single and advanced to second …
Discussion: Surviving Grady, Texas Rangers and MLB
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Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Mariners Sign Franklin For $1.28 Million  —  The Mariners have signed No. 27 overall pick Nick Franklin for $1.28 million.  He's the 17th of the 32 first-rounders to sign and the fifth to get more than MLB's recommendation for his slot.  The commissioner's office's guideline was $1,161,000.
Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Reds Sign Leake, Boxberger  —  The Reds have signed their top two picks in the draft, Arizona State righthander Mike Leake (first round) for $2.27 million and Southern California righthander Brad Boxberger (supplemental first) for $857,000.  —  Leake becomes the 16th of the 32 first-rounders …
Discussion: Mark My Word and MLB Rumors
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 117: Yankees at Mariners (with Marte update)  —  YANKEES (73-43)  —  Pitching: RHP Sergio Mitre (1-1, 7.04).  —  MARINERS (60-56)  —  Suzuki RF  —  Gutierrez CF  —  Lopez 2B  —  Griffey Jr. DH  —  Branyan 1B  —  Hannahan 3B  —  Johnson C  —  Wilson SS  —  Langerhans LF
Associated Press:
Gorzelanny pitches Cubs to 3-1 win over Pirates  —  Tom Gorzelanny pitched five effective innings against his former team, Jeff Baker homered and drove in two runs, and the Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 on Saturday.  —  Gorzelanny, who grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago …
Troy Renck / All Things Rockies:
Game postponed, DH tomorrow against the Marlins  —  MIAMI — Tonight's game has been postponed.  There will be a doubleheader tomorrow, with Aaron Cook going against Chris Volstand in the opener (that's a switch), followed by Jorge De La Rosa against Rick VandenHurk.  —  Leave a comment - No registration required
Discussion: Purple Row
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Drew out until Wednesday  —  J.D. Drew's sore left groin struck again last night.  In the eighth inning, Drew told manager Terry Francona he might not be able to finish the game.  This was at a point when Clay Buchholz had been pressed into service as a pinch runner.  —  “I said, 'Look at the the scorecard.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Scott Lauber / Philled In:
MYERS HIT IN EYE (UPDATED)  —  ATLANTA — So, Brett Myers won't pitch tonight at Class A Clearwater, after all, because he was hit in the eye by a baseball while playing catch with his 4-year-old son Kolt.  No word yet on the severity of the injury, but according to a team spokesman …
Discussion: MLB FanHouse
Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Marlins Ink James For $1.7 Million  —  The Marlins have signed No. 18 overall pick Chad James for $1.7 million.  The 18th first-rounder to sign, James exceeded MLB's slot recommendation of $1,422,000 as well as its 2008 guideline of $1,580,000.  —  A lefthander from Yukon (Okla.) High …
Discussion: MLB Rumors
 
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