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12:45 PM ET, April 5, 2016

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Elyssa Kirkham / GOBankingRates:
Ranked: Most and Least Expensive Stadiums for MLB Fans to Watch a Baseball Game  —  The 2016 Major League Baseball season opened April 3 with exciting matchups including a 2015 World Series rematch between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Mets and some not-so-exciting costs for fans.
Discussion: WCTX-TV, FOX31 Denver and WPRI-TV
fda.gov:
Snyder's-Lance Announces Voluntary Recall of a Limited Number of Emerald® Cashew Roasted & Salted Halves & Pieces Due to Potential Presence of Glass … For Immediate Release  —  Consumers  —  Snyder's-Lance, Inc. is initiating a voluntary recall for a limited amount …
Discussion: CBS Dallas, WLNS-TV, WSPA-TV and WCBD News 2
Paul Lukas / ESPN:
Fan buys Edinson Volquez's ‘wrong’ cap from Royals' opener  —  The Kansas City Royals wore special uniforms, Edinson Volquez put on the wrong cap, and a die-hard Royals fan got himself a one-of-a-kind Opening Night souvenir.  —  That's the odd storyline that unfolded Sunday at Kaufman Stadium.
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ESPN:
Opening Day postponed to Tuesday for Astros-Yankees, Red Sox-Indians  —  Opening Day has to wait for fans of four Major League Baseball teams, as unexpected wintry weather led to a pair of postponements Monday.  —  The Houston Astros' opener at Yankee Stadium against the New York Yankees …
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Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Yankees face nemesis Dallas Keuchel in opener against Astros … Meet the 2016 Yankees … Yankees  —  Scouting the 2016 Yankees … Yankees  —  Yankees Opening Day fun facts
Yahoo Sports:
Source: Gregory Polanco, Pirates agree to five-year extension  —  Gregory Polanco and the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed on a five-year contract extension with two club options that locks in the prime years of the young outfielder, something with which the Pirates have found significant success in recent years …
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Texas Rangers turn to big-game starter Cole Hamels for 2016 opener  —  Teammates say they will have true ace on mound Hamels' big-game legacy started in 2007 playoffs Left-hander finished spring with his best outing  —  ARLINGTON  —  With all due respect to the Texas Rangers pitchers …
NBC Bay Area:
California Highway Patrol Officer Rescues Wayward Chihuahua After Chasing It Across Bay Bridge  —  Highway patrol officers noticed the small dog on the bridge's north side catwalk heading toward San Francisco  —  California Highway Patrol officers gave chase to an unlikely suspect early Sunday — a Chihuahua.
Associated Press:
Nick Markakis called out via Utley Rule after wide slide into 2nd  —  ATLANTA — Major League Baseball's new “Chase Utley Rule” has cost the Atlanta Braves a baserunner in their opening game against the Washington Nationals.  —  Max Scherzer walked Nick Markakis to lead off the seventh inning Monday.
Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Cuban Second Baseman Jose Miguel Fernandez Cleared To Sign  —  Jose Miguel Fernandez took another step closer to starting his major league career today, with Major League Baseball declaring the Cuban second baseman a free agent.  —  Fernandez, 27, ranked as the No. 3 player …
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
J.J. Cooper / Baseball America:
Padres, Phillies, Brewers Double Up As 10 Rule 5 Draft Picks Stick  —  A few years ago, there seemed to be some logic to the argument that the Rule 5 draft was an obsolete anachronism.  Year after year, very few players stuck and those that did made very little impact.
Discussion: Minor League Ball
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Offseason In Review: Washington Nationals  —  This is the latest entry in MLBTR's Offseason In Review series.  The full index of Offseason In Review posts can be found here.  —  The Nationals missed on several major free-agent targets, but added multiple veteran pieces to a still-talented core.
Discussion: TalkNats.com and Federal Baseball
Click2Houston.com:
United Airlines flight attendant opens emergency door, deploys slide after plane lands at Bush IAH  —  HOUSTON - A United Airlines flight attendant intentionally opened a plane door and inflated the emergency slide after the aircraft landed Monday at Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Discussion: WFLA-TV and WCMH-TV
 
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Zach Links / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nationals Release Reed Johnson
Discussion: Federal Baseball
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