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7:25 PM ET, May 27, 2011

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Sports Illustrated:
Giants must replace Posey (cont.)  —  Around the Majors  —  • David Einhorn's $200-million deal to become a limited partner with the Mets is expected to give him about 30 percent of the team once all the final details are negotiated, say people familiar with the deal.
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New York Post:
David no longer owes Wilpon his allegiance  —  Mets on Twitter  —  I love that Fred Wilpon portrayed Jose Reyes' potential free-agent search for Carl Crawford money as delusional.  —  Perfect.  That would be Fred Wilpon.  Who received continuous double-digit-percent profits from Bernie Madoff …
Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Pre-Game: Sandy Alderson talks Einhorn, Wilpon, etc.
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Sox finally have hit on the right formula  —  DETROIT — It is May 27, a few days before Memorial Day, and your Red Sox have been found.  —  They've been tattered, embarrassed, and beaten up along the way.  They have been called every name in the book as they took a circuitous route …
Discussion: YFSF, Over the Monster and joy of sox
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Carl Crawford's surge real three-for-all  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  DETROIT — For Carl Crawford, a triple is the purest reflection of the skill set he brings to the plate, an explosive mixture of line-drive power and speed.  —  Yesterday, he had two of them.
Associated Press:
Posey incident stirs collision debate … SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ray Fosse watched the crushing blow to Giants star Buster Posey and wondered why after all these years there are still few rules to protect catchers at the plate.  —  If there's anybody who knows about collisions, it's Fosse.
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
On a collision course  —  Should baseball do more to protect catchers and baserunners?
Discussion: MLB Rumors, ESPN and MLB
Joe DeLessio / New York Magazine:
David Cone on Advanced Stats, the End of His Playing Career, and Riding on David Wells's Motorcycle  —  David Cone won five World Series rings in his seventeen seasons in the majors — his career included time with both the Yankees and Mets — and this year, he returned to the YES broadcast booth …
Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Doctors tell New York Mets great Gary Carter that brain tumors are likely malignant  —  Stricken Mets great Gary Carter has received ominous news from doctors at Duke University, who say that they are “90% certain” that tumors on his brain are malignant, according to a Carter family website.
Discussion: HardballTalk and Baseball Nation
Associated Press:
Kevin Correia pitches Pirates past Cubs, 4-2  —  CHICAGO - Kevin Correia pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning before the Pittsburgh Pirates held on to beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 on Friday.  —  Correia (7-4) limited Chicago to four singles and a pair of walks in 7 1-3 innings.
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Tigers Acquire David Purcey For Scott Sizemore  —  The Tigers have acquired left-hander David Purcey from the Athletics for second baseman Scott Sizemore, the teams announced.  The move provides the Tigers with another left-handed relief option and gives the A's second base depth behind the struggling Mark Ellis.
Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Notes from Newman: Brackman, Sanchez, Heathcott and more  —  At the very top of the Yankees minor league system, two Triple-A starters — Andrew Brackman and Adam Warren — are top five in the International League in walks.  Down in Low-A, one of the Yankees best young catchers — Gary Sanchez …
Discussion: River Avenue Blues
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Player Q&A: Keith Hernandez talks to me about Bay  —  Last week, there was talk that Terry Collins considered batting Jason Bay second in the order, in an effort to ‘get him going.’ However, earlier this week, according to Newsday, Collins told reporters he is hesitant about such a move, saying:
Discussion: SNY Why Guys and Tedquarters
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Jose Reyes is No. 1 with 664 RS in Mets history  —  Last night, Jose Reyes passed Darryl Strawberry and David Wright to rank first on the team's all-time Runs Scored list with 664.  —  By the way, in case you were wondering, Wright and Reyes have the sixth- and seventh-most plate appearances in team history.
Discussion: Mets Merized Online
 
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