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Wallace MatthewsESPN / ESPN:
Hal Steinbrenner says family has no intention of selling Yankees — TAMPA, Fla. — The New York Yankees are not for sale. Not now and, if the Steinbrenner family has its way, perhaps not ever. — Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees' managing general partner, says that despite …
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Rustin Dodd / Kansas City Star:
Royals outfielder Jarrod Dyson to miss six weeks because of oblique strain — Dyson is likely to start the season on the disabled list — He was to have been in a platoon in right field with Paulo Orlando — Manager Ned Yost said others will have chance to play in right — SUPRISE, ARIZ.
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JP Morosi / Fox Sports:
WBC helped MLB build bridges with Cuba — Ten years later, Paul Archey remembers the fax from Havana. — The inaugural World Baseball Classic was a little more than two months away, and yet Cuba's involvement was in doubt. The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control had refused to grant …
Skagit Valley Herald / Goskagit.com:
Man accidentally kills himself while taking photos with gun — A 43-year-old Concrete man died Sunday after accidentally shooting himself in the face with what he thought was an unloaded gun. — The man and his girlfriend were at a residence in the 46000 block of Baker Loop Road taking photos …
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Terrell Suggs / TMZ.com:
For Suspended License — 7:28 AM PT — Suggs' rep Denise White just issued an official statement saying, “This morning Terrell Suggs was in a single car collision, no one was injured. … 7:11 AM PT — A rep for Suggs tells us Terrell had gotten into a minor 1-car traffic accident earlier in the night …
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Associated Press:
Giants' Peavy Gives Up 6 Runs in 1 2/3 Innings vs Brewers — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Jake Peavy allowed six runs and nine hits, including a two-run homer to Chris Carter, over 1 2/3 innings in the San Francisco Giants' 8-7 loss to a Milwaukee Brewers split squad on Thursday.
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Floyd Solid, Smoak Homers as Blue Jays Beat Pirates — BRADENTON, Fla. — Finally healthy after a three-year battle with injuries, right-hander Gavin Floyd turned in a solid start for the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday in a 10-8 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates. — Justin Smoak hit a towering solo home run for the Blue Jays.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cameron Maybin Out Four To Six Weeks With Fractured Hand — Tigers outfielder Cameron Maybin will be sidelined for the next four to six weeks due to a non-displaced hairline fracture in his left hand, manager Brad Ausmus told reporters, including Anthony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press (Twitter link).
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Associated Press:
Murphy Faces Mets for 1st Time as Nationals Top New York 9-4 — VIERA, Fla. — Facing his former team for the first time, Daniel Murphy walked and scored on Anthony Rendon's two-run single in a four-run first inning against Rafael Montero in the Washington Nationals' 9-4 win over the New York Mets on Thursday.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brett Anderson To Undergo Back Surgery, Out 3 To 5 Months — Dodgers lefty Brett Anderson is set to undergo surgery today on a bulging disk in his back, MLB.com's Ken Gurnick reports (Twitter links). Anderson is expected to miss three to five months. — The news comes as a major blow …
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Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Mets staff has an ace, or three, up its sleeve — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Season on the line, one game, winner take all, which Mets pitcher gets the ball? It's a different question than who has the best arsenal. I'm talking about the big-moment gene that defines an ace. — You're the manager; who do you like?
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Ron Borges / Talk Of Fame Radio:
Marvin Harrison rips T.O.: “My jacket's gold. He can get his ass in whenever he gets in, if he gets in!” — Talk of Fame Network — Add Hall-of-Fame wide receiver Marvin Harrison to the list of people sick of listening to Terrell Owens. — Harrison is quiet by nature and inclination …
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