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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Derek Jeter, Yanks talk about Posada — Jorge Posada's decision to take himself out of the lineup turned into a major media conflagration over the weekend, but it appears that the New York Yankees have quickly worked through a brushfire with Derek Jeter. — Club officials were unhappy …
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Jorge Posada told Brian Cashman he wanted out of Yankees after learning he was batting 9th Saturday — In the heat of his anger and frustration Saturday night, Yankee icon Jorge Posada told general manager Brian Cashman that he not only wanted out of the No. 9 spot in the Yankee batting order …
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Brian Costello / New York Post:
Red Sox lower broom on struggling Yankees
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
A Day After a Prideful Outburst, Posada Apologizes
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Steven Krasner / ESPN:
Red Sox put Lackey on DL with strained elbow — BOSTON — About seven minutes before Monday night's game, the Boston Red Sox announced that John Lackey has been placed on the disabled list because of a right elbow strain and Scott Atchison has been called up from Pawtucket.
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Associated Press:
Drabek, Blue Jays end Tigers' win streak at 7 — DETROIT (AP) — Kyle Drabek (FSY) pitched seven strong innings as the Toronto Blue Jays snapped Detroit's seven-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory Monday night. — Drabek (2-3) allowed only one run despite walking six, and gave up three hits and struck out two.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Blue Jays Designate Robert Ray For Assignment — The Blue Jays designated right-hander Robert Ray for assignment to create 40-man roster space for Eric Thames, according to MLB.com's Gregor Chisholm (on Twitter). The Blue Jays placed Adam Lind on the 15-day disabled list and called on Thames to take Lind's 25-man roster spot.
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Get this: Albert Pujols is starting at third base tonight — Here's a good way to tell that Tony La Russa is back in the saddle: following a bad weekend, the Tinker-a-tron has been set to “ludicrous” and Albert Pujols is starting at third base. — Now, of course Pujols came up as a third baseman …
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Associated Press:
Tony La Russa's back, Cardinals beat Phillies 3-1 — ST. LOUIS — Jake Westbrook allowed a run in seven innings and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped a three-game losing streak in manager Tony La Russa's first game back from illness, capitalizing on Cliff Lee's career-high six walks to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 Monday night.
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Reds-Cardinals baseball's best rivalry
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Associated Press:
Marlins' Johnson leaves with bruised forearm — NEW YORK—Florida Marlins ace Josh Johnson has left Monday night's game against the New York Mets after the fifth inning with a bruise on his right forearm. — Johnson delivered a pitch with one on and one out that Carlos Beltran lined right back at him.
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David Waldstein / Bats:
Mets' Pelfrey Ready for Rematch With Marlins' Johnson
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Coffey plays catch day after getting hit — WASHINGTON — A day after being hit on the right elbow by a line drive off the bat of Marlins infielder Emilio Bonifacio, Nationals reliever Todd Coffey played catch and hopes to pitch in a game by Tuesday. It's a matter of getting all of the swelling down in the elbow.
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Spencer Fordin / MLB.com:
Ex-Reds COO Allen to aid Schieffer, Dodgers — John Allen, former chief operating officer of the Reds, has been selected to assist Tom Schieffer, recently appointed monitor of the Dodgers by Commissioner Bud Selig, in the oversight of the business, finances and day-to-day operations of the Dodgers and its related entities.
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Mark Sheldon / Mark My Word:
Chapman to DL — The Reds announced Monday that Aroldis Chapman went …
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Associated Press:
Yanks' skid reaches six — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Sam Fuld and B.J. Upton both hit two-run homers to help the Tampa Bay Rays rally and hand the New York Yankees ' their sixth consecutive loss with a 6-5 victory Monday night. — The New York slide includes a three-game sweep by Boston …
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Hinske comes up big as Braves defeat Astros — ATLANTA — Fredi Gonzalez wouldn't accept credit for bringing Eric Hinske and Joe Mather off Atlanta's bench to start against the Astros. — “That was the only option we had,” the Atlanta Braves manager said.
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Wright has stress fracture in lower back — David Wright has a stress fracture in his lower back, GM Sandy Alderson said. — Wright had an MRI on his ailing back Monday at the Hospital for Special Surgery. — Alderson said the team will get a second opinion from another back specialist …
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Tim Lincecum / Yahoo! Sports:
Santos proves a quick-change artist — The stories all start the same. They were out of chances and at dead ends and couldn't let go. Baseball does that. It sinks its hooks into a player and seduces him and convinces him that life without the game isn't much of a life at all. — And so Sergio Santos
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Joe Kay / Associated Press:
Gomes' HR rallies Reds over Cubs 7-4 — CINCINNATI—Jonny Gomes hit his first homer in nearly a month Monday night, completing a seven-run rally that swept the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs, ending Carlos Zambrano's long run of road success.
