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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Source: Einhorn has path to majority Mets stake — NEW YORK — David Einhorn, who has been selected to join the New York Mets ownership group as a minority partner, has a path to majority ownership, a source familiar with the still-not-finalized terms told ESPNNewYork.com. — Einhorn
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New York Times:
Minority-Stake Sale Could Stabilize Mets' Finances Through Next Year
Minority-Stake Sale Could Stabilize Mets' Finances Through Next Year
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MetsBlog.com
Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Pre-Game: Sandy Alderson talks Einhorn, Wilpon, etc.
Pre-Game: Sandy Alderson talks Einhorn, Wilpon, etc.
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Amazin' Avenue
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Gorzelanny heads to DL with elbow issue — WASHINGTON — Following Friday's 2-1 victory over the Padres, the Nationals placed left-hander Tom Gorzelanny on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 24, because of left elbow inflammation. — In his last two starts …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Reports good on Zimmerman's progress — WASHINGTON — Nationals manager Jim Riggleman spoke to third baseman Ryan Zimmerman on Thursday. Zimmerman, who is on the disabled list after surgery to repair an abdominal injury, is performing baseball activities — taking batting practice …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Werth, Riggleman have productive meeting — WASHINGTON — Two days after saying that changes needed to be made, Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth had a meeting with manager Jim Riggleman on Friday. — The skipper said Werth's comments in Milwaukee were not directed at him.
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.
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Baseball Prospectus, Baseball Nation, Bless You Boys and Athletics Nation
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Associated Press:
Ellsbury, Crawford homer as Boston beats Detroit
Ellsbury, Crawford homer as Boston beats Detroit
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Boston Globe, Boston Herald and Yahoo! Sports
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Carl Crawford's surge real three-for-all
Carl Crawford's surge real three-for-all
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Boston Globe, Red Sox Monster, Getting Blanked and Associated Press
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Sox finally have hit on the right formula
Sox finally have hit on the right formula
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Over the Monster, joy of sox and YFSF
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.
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HardballTalk, Baseball Nation and MetsBlog.com
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Fox Sports:
Gary Carter's tumors likely malignant — Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter has a brain tumor that is likely cancerous. — Doctors performed biopsies on a tumor in Carter's brain on Friday morning and Duke Medicine says in a release that preliminary results show it “appears to be malignant.”
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
On a collision course — Should baseball do more to protect catchers and baserunners? — ESPN.com — It always takes something like this — something like the horrifying sight of Buster Posey lying there, face in the dirt, writhing in pain — to get folks talking. Why is that, anyway?
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MLB Daily Dish, ESPN and MLB Rumors
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Andrew Baggarly / Extra Baggs:
Buster Posey says he's likely out for the year but “100 percent” …
Buster Posey says he's likely out for the year but “100 percent” …
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Fish Tank
Jim McLennan / AZ Snake Pit:
Buster Posey and Schadenfreude
Buster Posey and Schadenfreude
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Mercury News, MLB.com, Purple Row, Baseball Nation and HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Price has 12 strikeouts in Rays' 5-0 win — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—David Price struck out a career-high 12 over seven innings, Casey Kotchman and Sam Fuld both homered, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Indians 5-0 on Friday night. — Price (6-4) scattered four hits and walked two.
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Let's Go Tribe and DRaysBay
Associated Press:
Seattle Rallies to Top New York 4-3 — SEATTLE (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki and Brendan Ryan each hit run scoring grounders in the sixth inning, Franklin Gutierrez robbed Nick Swisher of a home run and the Seattle Mariners scored all four runs on groundouts in a 4-3 win over the New York Yankees on Friday night.
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Associated Press:
Escobar Drives in Tiebreaking Run for Blue Jays — TORONTO (AP) — Yunel Escobar doubled home the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Friday night. — Right-hander Casey Janssen (2-0) pitched one inning of relief for the win as Toronto snapped a three-game losing streak.
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Bluebird Banter and Associated Press
Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:
Domonic Brown a star sub, Phillies beat Mets 6-4 — NEW YORK—Domonic Brown grounded a tiebreaking single under the glove of first baseman Daniel Murphy in the ninth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies scored three runs off star closer Francisco Rodriguez to beat the sinking New York Mets 6-4 on Friday night.
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The Good Phight
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.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue, Bucs Dugout and Yahoo! Sports