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Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com:
Swisher's walk-off give Yanks 90th win — Jeter remains three hits behind Gehrig with latest hitless game — NEW YORK — With 47 home victories, just one shy of their total from last season, the Yankees have already ensured that the inaugural season at the new Yankee Stadium has witnessed a fair share of thrilling moments.
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Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Robertson to visit Andrews for elbow test — Becoming trusted in bullpen, reliever shut down by Yankees — NEW YORK — Working into a position of prominence in the Yankees' bullpen has apparently come at a cost for David Robertson. The team announced Tuesday that it has shut Robertson …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 140: Rays at Yankees (updated with Robertson injury news) — YANKEES (89-50) — Pitching: RHP Chad Gaudin (1-0, 4.08). — RAYS (72-66) — Bartlett SS — Crawford LF — Longoria 3B — Zobrist CF — Burrell DH — Richard 1B — Zaun C — Gross RF — Iwamura 2B
David Lennon / Newsday:
Beltran doubles, just misses slam in return — On a bruised right knee, — Carlos Beltran still made a giant leap forward last night, when he returned to the Mets' lineup after an 11-week absence and showed that he's not far away from regaining his All-Star form. Maybe just a few feet short.
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Rockies' Tulo still out, Stewart hurting — The wounded Colorado Rockies will sport a very different lineup when they host the Cincinnati Reds tonight at Coors Field. — Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, still hobbled because of back spasms, will not play tonight and there is no specific timetable for his return.
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Patrick Saunders / All Things Rockies:
Giants' Lincecum scratched; Rox depth tested — The Rockies aren't the only ones with injury issues. — The Giants, chasing the Rockies for the wild-card race, were supposed to have Cy Young candidate Tim Lincecum on the mound tonight. But he was a late scratch because of back spasms.
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NY Daily News:
Harper: Jeter's silent treatment speaks volumes — Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter strikes out in the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays. He goes 0-for-4 on the night with two more strikeouts as his chase of Lou Gehrig continues to stall. — In a world where the Yankees almost never lose anymore …
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Discovering Derek is scout's honor for Groch — Dick Groch still has the reports he filed as a scout watching Derek Jeter play in high school. They read: “Five-tool player, blue-chipper, a Yankee,” Groch says. Groch wrote that Jeter would “come into Yankee Stadium, compete at a championship level with high performance.
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Dustin Pedroia gets chatty with homers — Big talk by mighty mite — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — Last night's 10-0 laugher was finished early enough for the Red Sox [team stats] to enjoy a few yuks as the game progressed. — Dustin Pedroia [stats] …
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Sports Illustrated:
Ortiz ties for most HRs by DH in Red Sox's rout … BOSTON(AP) Dustin Pedroia was yapping so much after his first regular-season two-homer game that he might have forgotten he's still way behind David Ortiz . — Pedroia had two of Boston's season-high six home runs on Tuesday night …
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Shi Davidi / Globe and Mail:
McDonald unlikely hero for Jays — his has been a season of little action with few highlights for John McDonald, so Tuesday night was a rare chance for the popular infielder to bask in the spotlight. — McDonald's three-run homer just inside the foul pole in left field capped …
Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Lidge pulled in ninth, but remains closer — Manuel confident in veteran, but turns to Madson for save — WASHINGTON — Phillies manager Charlie Manuel had been fighting this move for weeks, but closer Brad Lidge forced his hand in their 5-3 win over the Nationals on Tuesday. — Manuel had no choice.
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Andy Martino / Philly.com:Manuel fumes after Phillies fall again
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Melanie Oudin / Yahoo! Sports:
Novitzky suspected of creating list of drug users — Buzz up! — Federal agent Jeff Novitzky has been widely criticized for what an appeals court ruled recently was an illegal search of the MLB testing records of approximately 100 players. But that probably wasn't his only transgression.
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MLB.com:
Moore answers questions online — Royals GM hosts monthly Royals Relay chat — Dayton Moore: Thank you for joining me today, let's get started. — adamb1969: What are the chances of Joakim Soria being moved to the rotation next year? — Moore: We are continuously evaluating our players …
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Associated Press:
Cubs tie record with 8 straight hits to open game … PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Chicago Cubs tied a major league record by beginning their game with the Pittsburgh Pirates with eight consecutive hits. — The Cubs took a 6-0 lead Tuesday night after the first five hitters all singled …
Tips / Philebrity:
No, Really: Now Will You Believe Us When We Tell You How Heidi Hamels Is Ruining Everything Beautiful That Was Once Cole Hamels? — Words can barely do justice to this ad for The Residences At Two Liberty Place, in the current issue of PhillyMag. First off, is Heidi really pimpin' that baby bump for rent credits?
Jack Curry / Bats:
Dwight Gooden to Work for Newark Bears — Dwight Gooden is returning to baseball, independent minor league baseball. The Newark Bears will name Gooden, the former Mets and Yankees pitcher, as their senior vice president in a news conference Thursday. — The Bears, who are seventh …
