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Mark Newman / MLB.com:
MLB announces master 2010 schedule — Opening of Twins' new Target Field one of many highlights — Major League Baseball announced its master 2010 regular-season schedule for all 30 clubs on Tuesday, meaning you can start dreaming ahead now. — You just might see Stephen Strasburg …
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New York Yankees to open and close 2010 season at Boston Red Sox — NEW YORK — The Yankees will open and close the 2010 season against the Red Sox at Fenway Park, just the fifth time in 50 years the rivals both start and finish against each other. — Most openers are set for April 5, Major League Baseball said Tuesday.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yanks open, close 2010 vs. Red Sox — Bombers' home opener is April 13, face Torre in LA in June — NEW YORK — The Yankees will both open and close the 2010 Major League season with one of the game's classic rivalries, meeting the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on both April 5 and Oct. 3.
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
2010 schedule released — Major League Baseball released the 2010 schedule today, and the first series of the season jumps out most: The Red Sox will open at Fenway Park for the second straight year — and this time they'll face the New York Yankees, on April 5, 7, and 8.
Ian Browne / MLB.com:Dice-K's back, but which version? — Red Sox eager to see new-and-improved pitcher
John Tomase / Boston Herald:'09 starts anew for Sox righty Daisuke Matsuzaka
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 146: Blue Jays at Yankees (Updates with Pettitte being skipped — YANKEES (93-52) — Pitching: RHP Sergio Mitre (3-2, 7.02). — BLUE JAYS (65-79) — Scutaro SS — Hill 2B — Lind DH — Wells CF — Overbay 1B — Encarnacion 3B — Barajas C — Bautista RF — Snider LF
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
“Unsportsmanlike” Posada could be suspended by MLB for role in brawl — Joe Girardi was not real thrilled with his team and held a meeting after the game to tell them that. — “We've already had a discussion,” he said. “I told them there is a lot at stake here and we can't afford …
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Sparks fly in Bronx as Jorge hits back — You can't accuse the Yankees of not caring. — Getting blown out in the eighth inning, the Bombers went down fighting. Jorge Posada and Toronto lefthander Jesse Carlson were at the center of a wild bench-clearing brawl in the bottom of the eighth …
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
Joe Morgan And The A's — At the risk of digging up the carcass of a dead horse just to kick it again, I want to take a second and point out something Joe Morgan said about the A's in his his most recent chat on ESPN.com. Yes, I know, highlighting things from a Joe Morgan chat isn't exactly a new idea …
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds release 2010 schedule — Slate highlighted by April 5 opener, trips to Oakland, Seattle — CINCINNATI — It's never too early to start looking ahead to next year. And that's a bit easier after the Reds released their tentative 2010 season schedule on Tuesday.
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:Cincinnati (65-79) vs. Houston (70-74), 7:10 p.m. ET
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Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Pettitte to miss start with shoulder fatigue — Andy Pettitte is suffering from shoulder fatigue and will miss his scheduled start Wednesday against the Blue Jays. The Yankees believe he will only have to miss the one start. He is still slated to pitch next Monday against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim.
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Cubs beats Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 — Ryan Dempster superb on mound; Derrek Lee homers — Derrek Lee watches his home run against the Brewers in the fourth inning. (Paul Beaty, Associated Press / September 14, 2009) — When the Cubs began their season on April 6 in Houston …
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Enrico / The700Level.com:
Phillies May Have Found Their New Closer — In one of the funnier instances of fans behaving badly, a Phillies fan made a great snag on a pop up behind the plate only to hand the prized ball to the young lady sitting with him and WHOOPS! there goes the ball. Both of their reactions are pretty money.
Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
Perry's 8th-inning Journey — (09-14) 20:20 PDT — Steve Perry, the former lead singer for Journey, will be at Dodger Stadium wearing his Giants cap as usual when the team plays there this weekend and he will leave before the eighth inning, as usual, but not to beat the traffic.
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Youkilis, Martinez unavailable — The Red Sox will be without both Kevin Youkilis and Victor Martinez, perhaps their two best hitters, for at least tonight and likely for tomorrow, too. Youkilis is out with back spasms, and Martinez is in Cleveland attending to a family matter.
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Posnanski on ‘The Machine’ — Some people root for baseball teams. I root for baseball books, for two reasons. One, a fair number of my friends have written baseball books, so rooting for a book is like rooting for a friend. And two, I've written a few books myself …
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Associated Press:
West, Marlins tame Wainwright, Cardinals 2-1 — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookie Sean West (FSY) had a season-high nine strikeouts to outpitch 18-game winner Adam Wainwright (FSY) and Dan Uggla's (FSY) two-run homer in the sixth was the go-ahead hit in the Florida Marlins' 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.
MLB.com:
Jeter deserving of AL MVP Award — Yankees captain's campaign more than simply numbers — If Albert Pujols is a slam-dunk to win the National League Most Valuable Player Award, Derek Jeter is not too far behind to take the American League MVP Award. — When Jeter passed Lou Gehrig's record …
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