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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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Brian Erni / MetsBlog.com:
Quote: Murph on the play at first
Quote: Murph on the play at first
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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
TMZ.com:
Macho Man Randy Savage Dies In Car Accident — Macho Man Randy Savage — one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time — died today in a car accident in Tampa, Florida ... TMZ has learned. — TMZ spoke with Randy's brother, Lanny Poffo, who tells us the wrestling legend suffered a heart attack …
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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Steve Popper / NorthJersey.com:
Subway Series: Buffalo vs. Bronx — Justin Turner, right, who spent part of this season with the Class AAA Buffalo Bisons, got the game-winning hit for the Mets on Thursday. — But confidence only goes so far when the biggest professional rivalry he — along with about a third of the Mets …
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Interleague play's greatest problem — For many teams, the schedule is unfair and makes almost no sense — Well, it's that time again. Take a deep breath. Here's the magic word for the weekend: — Interleague. — Yes sir, Season No. 15 in the life of interleague play arrives this weekend.
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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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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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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Rays Designate Dan Johnson For Assignment — The Rays have designated Dan Johnson for assignment according to a team press release. Rob Delaney was also optioned to Triple-A, and the moves free up roster spots for Justin Ruggiano and J.P. Howell. — Johnson, 31, hit just .115/.179/.167 in 84 plate appearances this year.
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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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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:
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 …
TSN.ca:
Blue Jays welcome Astros to Toronto for first time — The Sports Network — (Sports Network) - The Houston Astros pay their first-ever visit to Toronto this evening when they play the first of three interleague games against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
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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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