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Joe DiGiovanni / MLB.com:
Coffey gets warm welcome from Brewers — MILWAUKEE — Nationals reliever Todd Coffey was touched by the warm welcome he was given by the Milwaukee Brewers and their fans when he entered Wednesday's 6-4 loss in the seventh inning. — The crowd of 34,419 cheered loudly while Coffey sprinted …
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Joe DiGiovanni / MLB.com:
Reliever Rodriguez a late-inning option — MILWAUKEE — Despite getting saddled with a loss Tuesday night, Nationals manager Jim Riggleman likes using Henry Rodriguez in late-inning situations. — Riggleman knows that batters don't like having to face Rodriguez and his fastball, which is typically in the high 90-mph range.
Joe DiGiovanni / MLB.com:
Morse wielding a hot bat at Miller Park — MILWAUKEE — Nationals first baseman Michael Morse says he's just trying to be a consistently good hitter, but he's certainly been on a hot streak at Miller Park. — After hitting a three-run homer in the third inning on Wednesday, Morse had five homers …
Joe DiGiovanni / MLB.com:
Nationals coming together defensively — MILWAUKEE — The statistics show the Nationals are in the middle of the pack among National League teams when it comes to defense this season. Manager Jim Riggleman says the stats don't tell the entire story about how well his team has played in the field, particularly the last month.
Associated Press:
Orioles use 8-run 4th to beat Royals 9-2 — BALTIMORE — Adam Jones had two hits and two RBIs in an eight-run fourth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 Wednesday night for their fourth straight victory. — Baltimore sent 13 batters to the plate in the fourth …
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Blair Kerkhoff / Kansas City Star:
Royals great Paul Splittorff dies
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Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:
Dustin Pedroia dives in — Bad ankle and all, he kick-starts Red Sox bats — CLEVELAND — It took only five pitches for Dustin Pedroia [stats] to dispel any lingering concerns about his left ankle. — Pedroia twisted his ankle Monday night and briefly lost feeling in his surgically repaired left foot …
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Tom Withers / Associated Press:
Red Sox romp Indians 14-2
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Games of the Day — Boston fans get a lunch-time treat …
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Over the Monster, Boston Globe and Yahoo! Sports
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Rafael Soriano out 6-8 weeks — NEW YORK — Yankees setup man Rafael Soriano will be out another 6-8 weeks after being diagnosed with an inflamed ligament in his right elbow. — Dr. James Andrews, after seeing Soriano on Wednesday, prescribed rest for two more weeks and then a conservative throwing program.
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Fox Sports:
Mets' selloff coming, so who's going? — Perhaps you've heard: It's been a lousy week for the New York Mets. — On Monday, The New Yorker published a story in which embattled owner Fred Wilpon criticized three of his star players — outfielder Carlos Beltran, shortstop Jose Reyes and third baseman David Wright.
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Associated Press:
Towles breaks out of slump, leads Astros to victory Dodgers — HOUSTON — J.R. Towles broke out of an 0 for 32 slump with three hits, including an RBI single with two outs in the ninth that gave the Houston Astros a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.
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Lori Preuitt / NBC Bay Area:
Barry Bonds to Pay for Stow Kids' College
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Associated Press:
Young's bat, glove help Diamondbacks edge Rockies — DENVER — Ian Kennedy tossed eight crisp innings, centre-fielder Chris Young robbed Ty Wigginton of a game-tying homer and the surging Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 2-1 on Wednesday night.
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Jim Caple / ESPN:
The official MLB owner rankings — Fred Wilpon furthered his candidacy for worst owner in baseball this week when he ripped everyone but Mr. Met in The New Yorker, then told Sports Illustrated that the Mets are “bleeding money.” He thus violated two cardinal rules of ownership.
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HardballTalk and Cincinnati Reds
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
The gifts that keep on giving for Indians — Asdrubal Cabrera and Shin-Soo Choo, acquired from Mariners in '06, leading the way — The Cleveland Indians lack the financial wherewithal to compete for big-name free agents and their recent draft history is nondescript, to put it kindly.
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Seattle Mariners blog and MLB Rumors
Bradley Woodrum / FanGraphs Baseball:
Running and Runs: A Look at UBR Data — Yesterday, the great Mitchel Lichtmen gave us a look into how FanGraphs' latest toy, Ultimate Base Running (UBR). This nifty base-running stat is now on the player pages and a part of WAR. As Dave Appleman noted, UBR (or Bsr, short for base running …
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Amazin' Avenue, THE BOOK, Beyond the Box Score and Baseball Nation
Fox Sports:
Geren's time could be running out — Billy Beane isn't going to fire Bob Geren simply because of complaints from current players, former players or, heaven forbid, media critics. — But Beane, the Oakland Athletics' general manager, isn't tone deaf, either. — Yes, Geren was the best man in Beane's second wedding.
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John Shea / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's manager Bob Geren under spotlight now
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Gary Carter / Yahoo! Sports:
Red Sox in no-win situation with Dice-K — is back in Japan, and if Boston Red Sox brass were slipped a dose of truth serum, they'd love for him never to return. It's one thing to deal with a headache. It's another to pay $103 million for it. — With his right elbow pained …
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Associated Press:
Jays' Reyes Matches Record With 28th Winless Start — NEW YORK (AP) — The Blue Jays' Jo-Jo Reyes has matched a major league record by making his 28th consecutive start without recording a win. — Reyes was pulled after the third inning of Wednesday's game against the New York Yankees with Toronto trailing 5-0.
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Associated Press:
Headley, Latos pace Padres past Cardinals to end skid — SAN DIEGO — Chase Headley doubled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, leading Mat Latos and San Diego over the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 Wednesday and ending the Padres' season-worst five-game losing streak. — The Cardinals had won four in a row.
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Daryl Van Schouwen / Chicago Sun Times:
Adam Dunn on hitting slump: ‘This is ridiculous’ — ARLINGTON, Texas — June is around the corner, and Adam Dunn still is fighting his way through a prolonged slump. — Dunn, who had three hits in his last nine games before Tuesday and was 0-for-30 against left-handers this season …
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Associated Press:
Wilson Pitches Rangers Past White Sox
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