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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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USA Today, Mets Merized Online, HardballTalk, Baseball Nation and New Yorker
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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 …
New York Post:
Mets, Bartoszek group close to deal — The New York Mets' beauty contest is almost ready to crown a winner. — Team ownership has chosen a preferred bidder — the group led by former commodities trader Ray Bartoszek and investor Anthony Lanza — and have been in advanced talks since …
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HardballTalk and MetsBlog.com
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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HardballTalk
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Dan Hayes / North County Times:
PADRES: Venable demoted before latest loss — The shakeup began Monday afternoon. Padres general manager Jed Hoyer said he hopes further moves aren't necessary. — One day after manager Bud Black and his team held a postgame get-it-together meeting, Hoyer demoted outfielder and leadoff hitter Will Venable to Triple-A Tucson.
Tom Krasovic / MLB.com:
Boggs sent down to work as a starter
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HardballTalk and Baseball Nation
MLB.com:
Padres select OF Blake Tekotte from Double-A San Antonio and option OF Will Venable to Triple-A Tucson
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Ducksnorts
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Schumaker activated; Boggs sent down
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Brew Crew Ball
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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Baseball Nation, HardballTalk, Getting Blanked and It's About The Money
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
The Jose Bautista smear campaign continues
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The Platoon Advantage and baseballmusings.com
Dave Caldwell / New York Times:
In Battle of Unlikely Sluggers, Jays' Bautista Bests Yanks' Granderson
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Bluebird Banter, Pinstripe Alley and Yahoo! Sports
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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HardballTalk, The Knobler Blog and MLB Rumors, News, Opinion
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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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USA Today and baseballmusings.com
Jane Lee / Major Lee-ague:
Fuentes criticizes “unorthodox managing”
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Athletics Nation and Baseball Nation
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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HardballTalk, Washington Post and Yahoo! Sports
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Pedroia's injury considered minor — Terry Francona makes the call to remove Dustin Pedroia, who injured his left leg in the eighth inning when he rounded second base and fell awkwardly. Pedroia limped back to the dugout. (Aaron Josefczyk/Reuters) — CLEVELAND — For a few moments last night …
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Coke placed on 15-day DL with foot injury — Wilk recalled from Triple-A; prospect Oliver to slide into rotation — DETROIT — Phil Coke's ill-fated step coming off the mound Monday night will cost him at least the next couple weeks. It will also push prospect Andy Oliver into the Tigers' rotation.
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HardballTalk
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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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Yahoo! Sports, Associated Press, DRaysBay and Bless You Boys
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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boston.stats.com, Brew Crew Ball and HardballTalk
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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
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Cubs: Synder awaits something new as hit streak ends in loss — Oh, baby. — Iowa Cubs outfielder Brad Snyder is anxiously awaiting the day his wife, Susan, delivers their first child. The couple is having a son, due June 4, and they're going to name him Gavin.
Discussion:
MLB Rumors and Chicago's Inside Pitch
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
