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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Dustin Pedroia returning to Boston tomorrow; knee surgery possible — NEW YORK — Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia will return to Boston tomorrow to have his right knee examined and is facing the possibility of surgery that would sideline him for at least a month.
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Fox Sports:
BOW TIE OF THE WEEK — See what this bow tie represents, have a look at some of the others Ken Rosenthal has worn this season and find out what this all means. — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.
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Boston Globe
Mike Mazzeo / ESPN:
A.J. Burnett sick of hearing about past — NEW YORK — New York Yankees right-hander A.J. Burnett is sick of hearing about all the success he had against the Boston Red Sox when he was with the Toronto Blue Jays. — In fact, he thinks it's “retarded.” — “I'm not in Toronto (anymore) …
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Pinstripe Alley, Red Sox Monster, HardballTalk, Over the Monster and New York Times
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
The possibilities for Dustin Pedroia and how that affects the Red Sox right now — NEW YORK — You don't need to be a scout to see that something is wrong with Dustin Pedroia this season. He is hitting .247/.361/.338 and it's not getting better. There are times when is seems Terry Francona's loyalty …
ESPN:
Ortiz to Girardi on bat flip: Take it like a man — NEW YORK — David Ortiz on Wednesday night had a message for New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who had said he didn't care for the way the Boston Red Sox slugger had flipped his bat after hitting a home run Tuesday: “Take it like a man.”
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Pinstripe Alley
Ben Shpigel / Bats:
Yankees Put Chamberlain on D.L. With Elbow Injury
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CBS New York, Yahoo! Sports and baseballmusings.com
Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Red Sox 's Saltalamacchia in hospital; Jenks DL
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Boston Globe, Over the Monster, joy of sox and Projo Sox Blog
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Posada out vs. Red Sox due to son's surgery
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Yankees Daily and The LoHud Yankees Blog
Bob Melvin / Associated Press:
A's fire Geren as manager … OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics fired manager Bob Geren on Thursday in the midst of a nine-game losing streak that has sent them tumbling to the bottom of the AL West standings. — Former Arizona manager Bob Melvin will take over for the rest …
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Washington Post, baseballmusings.com and AZ Snake Pit
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Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Even rally can't get monkey off Angels' backs — Manager Mike Scioscia grows more frustrated after Angels waste chances and lose fifth in a row. — The longer the postgame interview went on, the more Mike Scioscia's voice filled with ire. — The Angels manager has stressed patience during …
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Lone Star Ball and HardballTalk
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Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
Jim Northrup career highlights — Yesterday, sad news broke in the baseball world: Former Tigers outfielder Jim Northrup died at age 71 of Alzheimer's disease. — Though he was no one's idea of a Hall of Famer and never an All-Star, he did have a rather impressive career.
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Detroit Free Press:
Jim Northrup, hero of 1968 champion Tigers, dies at 71 — Jim Northrup was a Michigan native who grew up to become a hero to millions of Tigers fans. — Northrup, who tripled in the winning run in the Game 7 of the 1968 World Series, died today at 71. According to a family spokesman …
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Yahoo! Sports and baseballmusings.com
JSOnline:
Morgan didn't know he won game — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Does it count as a walk-off if you don't know you won the game? — The answer is yes but Nyjer Morgan wasn't sure at first why his teammates were running onto the field to mob him.
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David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Nyjer Morgan doesn't realize it's 9th inning until he wins game
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Deadspin and Patrick Flood
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Frank McCourt will make next Dodgers' payroll — Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt will meet his club's June 15 payroll obligations, according to a baseball official with knowledge of the situation, but not authorized to speak publicly on it. — McCourt was also in danger of missing …
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True Blue LA and 6-4-2
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Associated Press:
Rangers beat Tigers, avoid being swept — ARLINGTON, Texas — Alexi Ogando scattered six hits over 7 2-3 innings to remain unbeaten, Adrian Beltre homered, and the Texas Rangers avoided a three-game sweep by Detroit with a 7-3 victory over the Tigers on Wednesday night.
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TigerBlog and Bless You Boys
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Anthony Andro / Foul Territory:
Bosley out as Rangers hitting coach
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Rangers Blog, Lone Star Ball, HardballTalk, Baseball Time in Arlington and Yahoo! Sports
Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Never too early to look ahead to Class of 2012 — College pitchers, high school hitters look to be strengths of Draft — Now that the 2011 First-Year Player Draft is over and done with, it's time to look ahead to the Class of 2012. — It might seem too far in the future …
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MLB Rumors and Minor League Ball
Christine MacDonald / Detroit News:
$4M in Harwell memorabilia put at risk by Detroit library — He envisioned tourist draw, but security, access are a problem — Detroit — The doors are locked and the lights are usually off where the Detroit Public Library houses Ernie Harwell's life passion.
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HardballTalk
Meghan McCarthy / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks announcer Mark Grace arrested in DUI in Scottsdale … Former Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago Cubs first baseman Mark Grace was arrested in Scottsdale on Memorial Day on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, according to a police report.
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Baseball Nation, HardballTalk and Deadspin
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Associated Press:
Tulowitzki's double in 9th lifts Rockies to win over Padres — SAN DIEGO — Troy Tulowitzki hit a two-run double off closer Heath Bell with one out in the ninth inning and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 on Wednesday to take two of three in the series.
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The Crawfish Boxes and Purple Row
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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Rizzo prepared to take on big league challenge
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Ducksnorts and Minor League Ball
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Werth still hurting with ankle injury — SAN FRANCISCO — Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth was in the lineup Wednesday afternoon against the Giants, but he was a late scratch for the second day in a row because of a right ankle injury. — Werth hurt the ankle Monday in the eighth inning …
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