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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Missed call ends Galarraga's perfect bid — Tigers righty loses perfect game on 27th hitter — DETROIT — Tigers right-hander Armando Galarraga nearly made history, and might have anyway. He fell one batter and a disputed call shy of a perfect game, settling for a one-hitter …
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Keitholbermann / Baseball Nerd:
You're (Blankin') Out! Give Him The Perfect Game! (Updated) — SECOND UPDATE: The Detroit News posts a very unusual story about the possibility that the Tigers have contacted, or will contact, MLB to in some way protest or seek to reverse Jim Joyce's mistaken “safe” …
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Jeff Riger / Detroit's 97.1 The Ticket:
Jim Joyce Right After He Robbed Armando Galarraga Of A Perfect Game — Listen To Jim Joyce After The Game..http://bit.ly/axl01b 3 hours ago
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ESPN, Sports Illustrated, lenNY's Yankees, The Big Lead, BronxBanterBlog.com, The Biz of Baseball and Uni Watch
Joe Posnanski:
The Lesson of Jim Joyce — There was something beautiful lost in the Jim Joyce fiasco, something that I hope I remember for as long as I remember the blown call. Yes, it's hard to think about beautiful things when you have just watched one of the most absurd injustices in the history of baseball.
Ben Walker / NBCSports.com:
Selig won't overturn call that cost perfect game — Joyce greets Galarraga at home plate after mistake botches feat — Home plate umpire Jim Joyce, left, shakes hands with Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga while getting the lineup card Thursday. — Bad call costs perfect game
Curt Schilling / ESPN:
Missed perfection hurts pitcher and umpire … Baseball Tonight Live … Touch 'Em All
Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Instant. Replay. Now.
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NBCSports.com, Purple Row, NESN.com, Halos Heaven, Pinstripe Alley, Hardball Times and Lone Star Ball
Fox Sports:
Griffey felt pressured by Wakamatsu? — 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. — Read his statement. — Ken Griffey Jr. chose his words carefully, saying " …
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Baseball America:
The BA Draft — Three of our experts take their own turns picking talent … 1. NATIONALS (Conor). Well, this is a no-brainer. He was the wire-to-wire favorite and obviously I'm going with JC of Southern Nevada catcher Bryce Harper here. Having the No. 1 overall pick is obviously bittersweet …
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Dan Connolly / Orioles Insider:
Is this Trembley's last game? — When the Orioles take the field today at Yankee Stadium, there is a growing likelihood that Dave Trembley will be managing the team for the last time. I know you've heard that before. It's maddening for everyone involved, especially Trembley …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Bryce Harper ejected, and suspended, perhaps ending amateur career — GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—Bryce Harper, the 17-year-old wonderboy who raised questions with his immaturity, may have let his temper prematurely end his amateur career. — Harper, expected to be the first selection Monday …
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B3: Big, Bald and Beautiful, HardballTalk, The Nationals Enquirer, The Big Lead and Angels blog
Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:
Recap: Red Sox 6, Athletics 4 — Another roll of Dice — THE BIG PICTURE — The question, posed only half-seriously to Red Sox [team stats] manager Terry Francona before last night's game, drew a frank response. Asked what may be expected from right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka [stats], Francona said, “I don't know.”
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Mike Harrington / Buffalo News:
Bisons lose; Mets may be thinning the Herd — The Buffalo Bisons are in line for plenty of roster shuffling in the next couple of days. — The Herd could use some relievers, as another bullpen blowup led to Wednesday's rain-delayed, 6-3 loss to the Syracuse Chiefs in Coca-Cola Field.
New York Post:
Thibodeau nixes Hornets, but Nets not top choice — Throughout the Nets' coaching search, some names have been constant: former Mavs coach Avery Johnson and Boston assistant Tom Thibodeau. Johnson appeared the front-runner based on head-coaching experience. — And now his position is even stronger.
Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Mickey Mouse statues arrive in So. Cal — All-Star-themed versions of icon displayed in 36 locations — In celebration of All-Star Week festivities, Major League Baseball Properties and Disney Consumer Products began populating key locations throughout Southern California with 36 varieties …
Rob Parker / ESPN:
It's time: Posada should be full-time DH — Yanks' soon-to-be 39-year-old catcher must give up his beloved perch behind the plate — NEW YORK — You already know a final decision will come with some resistance. — There's no way catcher Jorge Posada wants to be a full-time designated hitter and give up his perch behind the plate.
