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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.
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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 …
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 …
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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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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Matt Winkeljohn / Baseball America:
Minor League Player Of The Year — Heyward is the future for Atlanta — ATLANTA—The parallels between players are impossible to miss, yet it doesn't take long for Braves officials to try and distance Jason Heyward from former Braves phenom Jeff Francoeur.
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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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 …
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 1/3 innings (nine hits and five walks …
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.
Associated Press:
Report: MLB won't punish A-Rod over steroid use — NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will not punish Alex Rodriguez after completing its investigation into whether he lied about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, the New York Times reported Saturday.
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 …
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 …
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 142: Orioles at Yankees — YANKEES (91-50) — Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (13-6, 4.10). — ORIOLES (56-83) — Roberts 2B — Izturis SS — Markakis RF — Reimold LF — Mora 3B — Scott 1B — Wieters DH — Pie CF — Moeller C — Pitching: RHP Chris Tillman (1-3, 4.66)
