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Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
Stare Down — Nats, Potential Ace Strasburg Enter Final Day to Show Hands — Peel away the excess — the tangled story lines that have turned a single pitcher into a referendum on an organization's competence and an agent's ingenuity — and Stephen Strasburg is simply a 21-year-old with a decision to make.
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Yahoo! Sports:
For super agent Boras, it's money time — Buzz up! — Over the next 24 hours, the Photoshopping of Scott Boras' visage - devil horns are a popular accessory - will take up plenty of man hours and megabytes. The deadline for signing draft picks is upon us, and as much of a maestro Boras …
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:With Strasburg, It May Be the Years, More Than Money, That is the Focus
Rob Dibble / MASNsports.com:A message for Stephen Strasburg
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 118: Yankees at Mariners — YANKEES (74-43) — Pitching: RHP Joba Chamberlain (8-2, 3.85). — MARINERS (60-57) — Suzuki RF — Branyan 1B — Lopez 2B — Griffey DH — Gutierrez CF — Hannahan 3B — Johjima C — Langerhans LF — Wilson SS
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Jeter sets all-time shortstop hits mark — Veteran Yankee passes Aparicio with 2,674th knock at short — SEATTLE — For years, few have been as reliable as Derek Jeter has been at shortstop for the Yankees. And now, no one has been more productive. — With a three-hit performance …
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Milestone for Jeter in an Otherwise Lost Day for the Yankees — SEATTLE — Two of the first three hits Sunday belonged to Derek Jeter, and they were historic. Jeter tied and broke the record for hits by a shortstop, held by the Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio, who had 2,673 at the position.
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Church tells Wright not to rush back … Ryan Church, who arrives at Citi Field with the Braves tomorrow, exchanged text messages with David Wright on Saturday night. Church's advice to his former teammate: Don't hurry back, no matter what. — “He's going to need to rest,” said Church …
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Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Yankees Sign Cotham For $675,000 — The Yankees have signed Vanderbilt righthander Caleb Cotham for $675,000. His bonus is $5,000 short of the highest in the fifth round this year (Jeff Malm, Rays) and is more than four times MLB's $149,400 recommendation for his draft slot (No. 165).
Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs' Carlos Zambrano: 'I've been lazy' — Cubs ace says he'll get ‘serious’ about ab work to help back problems — Admitting “my problem is I've been lazy” about between-start workouts, Carlos Zambrano vowed to “be serious” about a prescribed routine that will strengthen his stomach muscles.
Associated Press:
Angels' Torii Hunter enjoys happy return from DL — BALTIMORE — After missing 32 games, Torii Hunter is ready to get back in the pennant race. — The Los Angeles Angels center fielder was activated from the 15-day disabled list late Saturday night and inserted in the starting lineup Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles.
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Associated Press:
Howard's two homers power Phillies past Braves 4-1 — ATLANTA (AP) — Ryan Howard (FSY) likes what he's seen so far from J.A. Happ (FSY). “He's not a rookie any more,” Howard said. “He's proven himself to be a very poised pitcher.” — GAME REPORT: Phillies 4, Braves 1
Andy Martino / Philly.com:
Witnesses confirm Myers wasn't in altercation — ATLANTA - Phillies pitcher Brett Myers said he was not involved in an altercation that occurred early Saturday morning while he was at a bar in Jacksonville, Fla., and multiple eyewitnesses confirmed his account.
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Haeger to make Dodgers debut vs. Cards — Los Angeles (70-48) vs. St. Louis (67-52), 7:10 p.m. PT — PHOENIX — Charlie Haeger said he loves a challenge, so he should be one happy guy on Monday night. — Haeger makes his Dodgers debut as the starting pitcher against the St. Louis Cardinals …
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Pence's homer overturned vs. Brewers — Ball ruled foul after replay review at Miller Park — MILWAUKEE — For the third time this season at Miller Park, Major League Baseball's instant replay system negated a called home run. — This time it was Houston's Hunter Pence …
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Katie Strang / Newsday:
Castillo gets first 2009 homer — into second deck! — long drought Sunday, hitting his first home run of the season. And it was memorable not only for being his first but for how far it traveled. — With the Mets trailing by a run in the fifth, Angel Pagan hit a two-out double that bounced …
