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Mark Thompson / MLB.com:
Black: ‘Room to talk’ on moving PETCO fences — SAN DIEGO — For whatever reason, the Padres have struggled to hit since returning home after scoring 55 runs in an eight-game road trip. — The problem for the Padres is, they aren't quite sure what's causing the offensive deficiency.
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Tom Krasovic / MLB.com:
Boggs sent down to work as a starter — SAN DIEGO — Needing a roster spot, the Cardinals chose to option reliever Mitchell Boggs on Monday so that he could get regular work as a starter and thus develop his secondary pitches, manager Tony La Russa said. — “I expect him back this year …
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HardballTalk and Baseball Nation
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Schumaker activated; Boggs sent down
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Brew Crew Ball
Joe DiGiovanni / MLB.com:
Ankiel plays in Eastern League game — MILWAUKEE — Rick Ankiel went 0-for-4, striking out each time, for Harrisburg in a Monday night game on his rehab assignment. — Ankiel, on the disabled list with a sprained right wrist, batted leadoff in Double-A Harrisburg's 12-8 loss to Akron in an Eastern League contest.
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Joe DiGiovanni / MLB.com:
MLB disciplines Rizzo, fines Rodriguez
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NY Daily News:
Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista converts some doubters but not all in MLB drug-testing era — Nearly two months into the season, it seems safe to say that Jose Bautista is not Brady Anderson, the ultimate one-year wonder. But who is Bautista, exactly?
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It's About The Money
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Dave Caldwell / New York Times:
In Battle of Unlikely Sluggers, Jays' Bautista Bests Yanks' Granderson — Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson broke into a sprint to catch the latest fireworks display from Toronto's Jose Bautista, the only major league player with more home runs. Granderson made it only as far as the fence …
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Bluebird Banter, Pinstripe Alley and Yahoo! Sports
Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
The Jose Bautista smear campaign continues
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The Platoon Advantage and baseballmusings.com
Michael O'Keeffe / NY Daily News:
Fred Wilpon tells Sports Illustrated that Mets are ‘bleeding cash’ in article to appear this week — The Mets are ‘bleeding cash’ and could lose as much as $70 million this year, Fred Wilpon said in a story that will appear in this week's Sports Illustrated.
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David Waldstein / New York Times:
Mets, and Boras, Respond to Wilpon's Zingers — CHICAGO — The embattled co-owner Fred Wilpon's criticisms of his Mets players and the team published in the latest issue of The New Yorker were received with a mixture of surprise and disappointment Monday. — Scott Boras, the agent …
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ESPN, Subway Squawkers, Amazin' Avenue, New Jersey Online, Getting Blanked, Bleacher Nation, Mets Merized Online and HardballTalk
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Fred Wilpon to SI: The Mets are bleeding cash — “I think the club became in jeopardy when he filed (for) this billion dollars,” Fred Wilpon told Tom Verducci, for a detailed story in this week's Sports Illustrated. “That's when I decided to sell part of the club and maintain control …
John Shea / San Francisco Chronicle:
After A's lose, Brian Fuentes blasts Bob Geren — Brian Fuentes has been the A's closer all season. Now he doesn't know what he is. Thanks to manager Bob Geren. — “The games in San Francisco were unorthodox managing,” said Fuentes, who criticized Geren after Monday night's 4-1 loss …
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David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
More loose lips: Fuentes rips A's manager after picking up 7th loss
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Major Lee-ague, USA Today and baseballmusings.com
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Dice-K to get second opinion on right elbow — CLEVELAND — Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka went home to Japan to tend to some personal business, and on his way back, he will stop in Southern California to get a second opinion on his ailing right elbow from Dr. Lewis Yocum.
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joy of sox and ESPN
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Colin Fly / Associated Press:
Hart hits 3 HRs for streaking Brewers — MILWAUKEE—Corey Hart hit his first three home runs this season and drove in seven to tie both club records, lifting the surging Milwaukee Brewers past the Washington Nationals 11-3 on Monday night. — Hitless in his previous 11 at-bats …
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Associated Press:
Mariners Rally Past Twins in 10 for 6th Straight — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Luis Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and the Seattle Mariners rallied to win their sixth straight game, beating Jim Thome and the Minnesota Twins 8-7 on Monday night. — Carlos Peguero's single …
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Lookout Landing and Twinkie Town
Associated Press:
Indians Slip by Red Sox 3-2 — CLEVELAND (AP) — For the first time this season, a national TV audience finally experienced the Indians' late-inning karma. — Funny enough, Cleveland's manager watched it on the tube, too. — Asdrubal Cabrera's two-out RBI double in the eighth inning …
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Boston Globe and The House That Dewey Built
Associated Press:
Tigers rally late, hold on to beat slumping Rays — DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers leaned on two of their newest players to win a second straight game. — Charlie Furbush won in his major league debut and Andy Dirks hit his first career homer, helping Detroit beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 Monday night.
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Associated Press:
AL MVP Hamilton, Cruz Return to Rangers Lineup — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When the Texas Rangers were struggling to score runs, there was always the anticipation that AL MVP Josh Hamilton and slugger Nelson Cruz were close to coming back. — Finally on Monday, both big boppers were activated …
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