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4:10 PM ET, May 17, 2010

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New York Post:
Last-place Mets must fire Jerry Manuel  —  Mets on Twitter  —  The game, and the Mets' season, was encapsulated by one inning yesterday, and it wasn't exactly the kind of thing you want to put in a time capsule.  There were two errors (and should've been three).  There was indifferent pitching.
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Kranepool / Kranepool Society:
ZZZzzzzzz WHAT?  THE METS LOST?  UHH THANKS!  ZZZzzzzzz  —  With all the talk of canning Jerry Manuel, isn't that just a smoke screen to cover up the inactivity of the Mets front office?  I use the term “front office” instead of just signaling out Omar Minaya who in my opinion has been de-nutted by ownership.
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Niese aggravates right hamstring, exits game
Discussion: FishStripes and Yahoo! Sports
Andy Martino / Surfing The Mets:
Sources: Mets have payroll for pitching, not for Pedro  —  Oliver Perez has been banished to the bullpen.  Jon Niese is injured.  John Maine began his start Saturday by throwing 12 consecutive balls.  The Mets know they need pitching and, according to sources, they will have the payroll flexibility …
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Around The Horn Baseball:
Dodgers (not Mets) Interested in Roy Oswalt  —  There has been so much talk lately about Roy Oswalt and the fact that he's likely NOT going to be traded to the Mets.  I guess this is news (it's being printed everywhere as news) because for it was assumed by most that this is where he was going.
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and hotstove.com
Mark Simon / ESPN:
The MVPs of the Yanks-Red Sox rivalry  —  Here's our list of the most clutch hitters and pitchers when these two teams tangle  —  We were looking this week for a discussion topic that would stir up both Yankees and Red Sox fans, as the two teams prepare to clash this week.  We think we found one.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Rare Rivera blown save leads to loss
Jay Cohen / Associated Press:
Kubel's slam off Rivera powers Twins past Yankees
Discussion: AaronGleeman.com and Boston Herald
Associated Press:
Mariano Rivera blows save as Twins clobber Yankees 6-3
Discussion: Twinkie Town
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Storen will get call to join Nats in St. Louis  —  Tenth overall pick in '09 Draft to replace Bruney in 'pen  —  DENVER — Nationals manager Jim Riggleman announced after Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Rockies that reliever Brian Bruney will be designated for assignment and the team will purchase …
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Fox Sports:
Source: Nats to call up first-round pick
Discussion: hotstove.com and MLB Daily Dish
Fox Sports:
Sorry Lou, but Cubs might need a change  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  The Cubs, 5 1/2 games out in the National League Central, are just one hot streak away from jumping into serious contention.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
D'Backs Acquire Saul Rivera, Release Howry  —  The Diamondbacks have acquired reliever Saul Rivera from the Indians for cash and released Bob Howry, tweets Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse.  —  Rivera, 32, has a 0.53 ERA, 5.8 K/9, and 3.7 BB/9 in 17 Triple A innings so far this year.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Sabernomics:
Team PrOPS  —  How are teams over- and under-performing their OPS?  The Twins and Nationals appear to be over-performing, while the Astros, Angels, and Marlins have been a bit hit-unlucky to start the year.  —  Team OPS PrOPS Diff.  MIN .788 .770 -.018 WSN .769 .758 -.012 SFG .739 .730 …
Discussion: The Crawfish Boxes
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Sabernomics:
2010 PrOPS Over- and Under-Performers
Discussion: Hardball Times
Fox Sports:
This time, Reds might be for real  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  Their ERA is the fourth-worst in the National League.  Their run differential suggests that they should be 17-19 rather than 20-16.
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Tony Jackson / ESPN:
Dodgers' Achilles' heel strengthens  —  L.A.'s pitching, once in dire straits, has become the reason for its success … SAN DIEGO — If we have learned nothing else from these Dodgers over the years, from all the times they have started quickly, started slowly, gotten hot at the right time …
Discussion: MLB.com, Walkoff Walk and Purple Row
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Associated Press:
Dodgers beat Padres 1-0 for seventh straight win
Discussion: Gaslamp Ball
Jon Paul Morosi / Fox Sports:
BoSox need production from Martinez  —  DETROIT  —  Want to read about Big Papi?  Sorry.  You've come to the wrong place.  —  That story is so April.  —  Now, David Ortiz looks like a lot of designated hitters in baseball: aging, occasionally productive, and on his way to a one-year contract.
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds jump into first behind Arroyo's gem  —  Righty hurls first complete game of season in win vs. Cards  —  CINCINNATI — Sure, it's only mid-May and 37 games into the season, but if the door to first place is opened by the team occupying it, why not go through and take it?
Jay Mariotti / FanHouse:
Media Have No Business Voting for Sports Honors  —  We, the media, are entrusted to report the news and comment on the news.  We are not supposed to be making the news, unless, of course, you're Ron Burgundy summoning the News Team for a back-alley gang brawl with knives and tridents.
Discussion: HardballTalk
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Pujols ‘uncomfortable’?  —  CINCINNATI — Reds starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo knows there probably will be a day of reckoning.  —  But for now, he sees Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols as an uncomfortable hitter.  —  “Right now, Albert looks a little bit more uncomfortable at the plate …
Discussion: HardballTalk
Joey Matschulat / Baseball Time in Arlington:
The Julio Borbon Dilemma  —  It's too soon to commence panicking, but not too soon to begin drawing up contingency plans ... even if they're not very good ones.  Because this simply cannot — and will not — go on forever.  And if you're of the Billy Beane-inspired mindset that you use …
Discussion: ESPN
Tod Palmer / Kansas City Star:
Royals option Ka'aihue back to Omaha, bolster bullpen  —  Fan favorite Kila Ka'aihue was optioned back to Omaha after Sunday's 5-3 series-clinching win against the Chicago White Sox.  He will be replaced on the 25-man roster by pitcher Bryan Bullington.  —  The Royals made the move to bolster …
Discussion: HardballTalk
 
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