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Rob Bradford / WEEI:
ELLSBURY HEADED BACK TO CENTER — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Following the Red Sox' 6-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, Jacoby Ellsbury confirmed what was learned by WEEI.com earlier Monday night — that he is slated to be manning center field on a regular basis for the Sox, even with the return of Mike Cameron from the 15-day disabled list.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Reds beat Pirates, share first with Cardinals — Reds beat Bucs — Drew Stubbs had 3 hits Monday night, and righthander Aaron Harang singled home a run and scored another during Cincinnati's 5-run 5th inning, leading the Reds to a 7-5 victory over visiting Pittsburgh.
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Hardball Times
Associated Press:
Buchholz, Red Sox cool off Rays with 6-1 win — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Youkilis (FSY) and David Ortiz (FSY) homered to back the strong pitching of Clay Buchholz (FSY) and lead the resurgent Boston Red Sox to a 6-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.
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Boston Globe
David Waldstein / New York Times:
Bronx Zoo in Queens: Angry Words, and Wins — Like the Yankees of Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson, the Mets may just be a team that thrives on a little bit of turmoil. There have been two confrontations involving a player and a member of the team's staff in the last five days …
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NY Daily News:
Constructive criticism from Darryl Strawberry too tough for some New York Mets players to handle — It looks like Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter doesn't have any problems with former Met and Yankee Darryl Strawberry (l.). The same apparently can't be said for certain players on the Mets.
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MetsBlog.com
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
New York Mets aware of slide by Philadelphia Phillies, out to show they can top NL East leaders — As Jason Bay put it, “I'm not Googling them every day.” But the Mets' left fielder says he and his teammates are “well aware” of whatever's going on with the Phillies.
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Phillies Nation
Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Kazuo to join Rockies' Triple-A club — DENVER — The Rockies have reached a Minor League agreement with second baseman Kazuo Matsui, who will join Triple-A Colorado Springs provided he passes a physical on Tuesday, Major League sources said Monday. — The Rockies have yet to make an official announcement.
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Purple Row
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Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Brian Cashman, Joe Girardi not concerned by Yankees' sluggish April, want Mark Teixeira to heat up — It's not like Joe Girardi suddenly has replaced Jerry Manuel on the local baseball hot seat. But Yankees GM Brian Cashman undoubtedly has seen the same “multitude of problems” over the last week that his manager detailed Sunday.
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New York Times
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Ken Fidlin / Toronto Sun:
Jays beat the odds and Angels — The odds weren't in Toronto's favour. — First of all, the Blue Jays were facing a left-handed pitcher, which is never a good thing since they're hitting under .200 as a team against southpaws. — Second, they weren't just facing any left-handed pitcher.
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Breaking Down The Texas Rangers Move Into Voluntary Bankruptcy — In what can only be called a surprise move, Tom Hicks and the other current owners of the Texas Rangers Baseball Club, and Rangers Baseball Express, the local investor group led by team president Nolan Ryan and Chuck Greenberg …
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Dan Steinberg / D.C. Sports Bog:
Steve Phillips would trade Strasburg for Oswalt — Chatting at 11:30. Submit questions here. — By this point, just about everything sensible that could be said about Stephen Strasburg has already been said. So now it's time to turn to the nonsensical things.
Fox Sports:
Rosenthal: Imagining the Oswalt market — 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. — Fast forward to July ... Astros general manager Ed Wade walks into owner Drayton McLane's office …
Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Mauer leads AL in early All-Star voting — Longoria holds edge on A-Rod to prevent all-Yankees infield — One thing was evident when the first batch of American League voting results for the 81st All-Star Game were made public Monday: Winning yields votes.
