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Associated Press:
Derek Jeter stands alone as New York Yankees' all-time hit king — NEW YORK — Derek Jeter broke the New York Yankees' hit record held by Lou Gehrig for more than seven decades Friday night. He did it with a single to right field in the third inning. — That gave Jeter 2,722 hits …
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Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com:
Torre, Jeter form mutual admiration society — Yankees' ex-skipper ‘tickled’ by milestone accomplishment — Together, Joe Torre and Derek Jeter won four World Series titles during a glorious span of 12 years in pinstripes. — Together, they became the biggest stars on the biggest stage …
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Jeter passes Gehrig with 2,722nd hit — Single in third inning puts current captain atop club's list — NEW YORK — What's important to note — what's astonishing, even — is that Derek Jeter remains one of the best players in baseball. He is batting .331, better than all but three players in the American League.
George Vecsey / New York Times:
Applause Is Appropriate Response — Clap hands for Derek Jeter. — Clap hands, the way he does when he pulls into second base in the bottom of the ninth, staring into the dugout with that grin of his. — Clap hands for Derek Jeter, breaking the record of Lou Gehrig for most hits by a Yankee.
Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Post Game: Phillies 4, Mets 2 — The Phillies defeated the Mets by the score of 4-2 at Citizens Bank Park tonight. — For a full recap and box score, click here. — The Least You Should Know: — Nelson Figueroa allowed 15 base runners in just 5.1 innings, including nine hits …
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Schneider knows he's gone, Mets lose to Phillies — PHILADELPHIA - Brian Schneider knows he has three weeks remaining as a Met. — “I won't be back,” Schneider told the Daily News, accepting that the Mets don't plan to re-sign him. “I'm okay with that. I'll easily get a job next year.
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Globe and Mail:
Jays' Tallet tames Tigers — Toronto starter allows three hits in 6-4 victory over AL Central leading Detroit — Weather - Video - Blogs - RSS Feeds - Globe Books - TV listings - Globe on Twitter - Columnists - TIFF 2009 — Brian Tallet has bounced back and forth between Toronto's rotation and bullpen all season.
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Baseball Is Said to Choose Not to Discipline Rodriguez — The commissioner's office has decided not to discipline Alex Rodriguez in light of its investigation into whether he lied about his use of performance-enhancing drugs in a meeting with baseball officials in March, according to people in baseball with knowledge of the matter.
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Jon Weisman / Dodger Thoughts:
Dodgers, Kuroda cruise, 10-3 — Casey Blake is greeted at the plate by James Loney after Blake's two-run home run off San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain during the sixth inning Friday in San Francisco. Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP. — Almost everything came together …
New York Post:
3UP: Jeter, Castillo and Cano — Yes, I am on Twitter. — 1. In today's Post I wrote a — columndetailing the incredible journey that Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera have taken through the Yankee system. Just consider that Jeter, Pettitte and Posada played …
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Book it: Yaz hit mark tough to top — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — Derek Jeter deserves every bit of the attention being showered upon him for his passing of Lou Gehrig atop the all-time Yankees' hit list. — It's a remarkable accomplishment for the ultimate …
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Game postponed — The Red Sox and Rays will proceed no further and will be made up Sunday at noon, and the 1:35 game already scheduled for that day will be played at 5 p.m. When this game resumes, the Rays will have the bases loaded with one out in the first inning.
Baseball Think Factory:
3 Decades of Minor League Translations — Attached is the current fruit of a long-term project I've been working on. Namely, a large reference of minor-league-to-major league translations (zMLE or ZiPS MLE). We get back into the late 70s here as going back to then, there's always some source that has the statistics required.
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Rogers Cadenhead / Watching the Watchers:
ESPN Spikes Rob Neyer's Post about Mark Whicker — The web site for ESPN spiked a blog post today by acclaimed baseball writer Rob Neyer in which he appeared to call for Orange County Register sports columnist Mark Whicker to be fired for his widely criticized column making light …
Associated Press:
Saunders shuts down White Sox as Angels win 4th straight — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Now that he's healthy again, Joe Saunders (FSY) is starting to look like the same pitcher who got off to such a terrific start last season. — And the timing couldn't be better for the Los Angeles Angels.
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Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
Time to Make Most of This Horror Show — A horrible season is a terrible thing to waste. — So as the Nats' losses mount, with 10 defeats in their last 12 games and a current pace of 106 beatings, the biggest issue, from ownership on down, is to focus on how bad this team still is …
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:Cristian Guzman and Position Changes
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