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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats go with Johnson, Corrales as Draft reps — NEW YORK — For the second year in a row, Davey Johnson and Pat Corrales will represent the Nationals, who have the sixth pick, during the 2011 First-Year Player Draft on June 6. — Johnson, who was a Major League manager for 14 seasons …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Frustration mounts for Nats after call in ninth
Frustration mounts for Nats after call in ninth
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Pudge's pro attitude as backup helps Nats
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats to stand pat without Minors reinforcements
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Long-toss debate shakes up MLB draft — Prep right-hander Dylan Bundy, perhaps the top talent in one of the most loaded Major League Baseball drafts in years, has informed several teams not to select him because of fears they'll try to change his throwing program, a source close to Bundy told Yahoo! Sports.
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Yahoo! Sports:
Reminders of attack are everywhere in L.A. — LOS ANGELES - When the San Francisco Giants left here seven weeks ago, they left one of their own behind. — Bryan Stow, since airlifted to a Bay Area hospital, opened his eyes this week. I wonder what he saw. — His children, I hope. His family.
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Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
Aubrey Huff willing to play 3rd
Aubrey Huff willing to play 3rd
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Joe Posnanski / Joe Blogs:
The Yankees in 2013 — We don't know a lot about 2013. We know that Donald Trump will not be President of the U.S. — Arnold Schwarzenegger won't either. We know that Apple will release a new iPad that will look cool and cost a lot of money but only be available in theory.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Red Sox acquire Morales from Rockies — A Major League source said tonight the Red Sox were close to completing a trade for lefthanded reliever Franklin Morales of the Rockies — The 25-year-old has a 3.86 ERA in 14 appearances this season. Lefthanders have hit .185 against him in 135 career at-bats.
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New York Times:
Answers to Readers' Baseball Questions, Part 2 — The following are responses from Tyler Kepner, David Waldstein and Ben Shpigel, the Times's baseball writers, who took questions from readers this week about the Mets, Yankees and the game overall through the first quarter of the 2011 season.
Associated Press:
Giambi homers first 3 times up — PHILADELPHIA—Colorado's Jason Giambi has homered in his first three at-bats against the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night. — Giambi hit a three-run drive into the second deck in right field in the first inning off Kyle Kendrick.
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Serge F. Kovaleski / New York Times:
Mets Looked at Fraud Coverage for Madoff Stakes — In 2001, Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, the owners of the Mets, decided to explore a fairly novel way of protecting the hundreds of millions of dollars they, their families and their businesses had invested with Bernard L. Madoff: they considered buying something called fraud insurance.
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Associated Press:
Gavin Floyd's strong outing leads Chisox — CHICAGO — Gavin Floyd pitched seven solid innings and Carlos Quentin homered as the Chicago White Sox rocked Fausto Carmona for the second time this season and beat the first-place Cleveland Indians 8-2 on Thursday night.
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Let's Go Tribe
Associated Press:
Teammates, family honor Hall of Famer Killebrew — PEORIA, Ariz.—Teammates, family and friends will gather Friday for funeral services for Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, who died Tuesday of esophageal cancer. He was 74. — Several family members, former Minnesota Twins teammates …
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Braun exits finale with left shoulder soreness — SAN DIEGO — Ryan Braun left Thursday's game against the Padres after a seemingly innocuous fifth-inning popup. A Brewers spokesperson said Braun had left shoulder soreness. — Braun singled and stole second base in the first inning …
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Brian Erni / MetsBlog.com:
Quote: Murph on the play at first — In the ninth inning of today's game, Justin Turner made a diving stop and threw out Jayson Werth at first for the second out of the inning. The play preserved the Mets' one-run lead. Replays showed, however, that Daniel Murphy's foot came off the bag.
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Amazin' Avenue and Mike Silva's …
Evan Drellich / MLB.com:
Sox to don throwback uniforms Saturday — BOSTON — The Red Sox and Cubs are going to recreate the visual on Saturday. — Slated for a three-game series at Fenway Park this weekend — the teams' first meeting in Boston since the 1918 World Series — both clubs will wear replica throwback uniforms.
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