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Jon Tayler / SI.com:
Max Scherzer etches place in history with 20-strikeout performance — Max Scherzer strikes out 20 Tigers, ties nine-inning record … Add Favorite Favorite Added … Stop me if you've heard this one before: Max Scherzer has made history. The Nationals' ace and the author of two no-hitters …
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Vince Lara-Cinisomo / Baseball America:
What To Expect: Steven Moya — The Tigers, victims of Max Scherzer's 20-strikeout performance Wednesday night, on Thursday called up lefthanded-hitting slugger Steven Moya, he of the career 30.7 percent strikeout rate. — Moya's callup is likely a short-term one and is meant in part to give Justin Upton a day off.
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Bless You Boys
Fox Sports:
Astros-Red Sox Preview — There was hardly anything separating David Price and Dallas Keuchel last season, but in the end it was the Houston Astros left-hander who wound up beating out Price for the AL Cy Young Award. — BRETT HUSTON, STATS Senior Editor Stats LLC
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Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
Jake Arrieta: Worth more than Strasburg, won't give discount to Cubs — CHICAGO — Reigning Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta on Wednesday hinted that he's worth more than the $175 million deal given to Stephen Strasburg and said he's not ready to give a hometown discount to stay with the Chicago Cubs.
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Associated Press:
Gonzalez's Homer Lifts Astros Over Indians 5-3 in 16 Innings — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 11, 2016, 8:49 P.M. E.D.T. — HOUSTON — As inning after inning went by and Wednesday's game against the Cleveland Indians stretched into the 16th, Houston manager A.J. Hinch couldn't stop thinking …
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The Crawfish Boxes
Jeff Grabmeier / news.osu.edu:
When you take acetaminophen, you don't feel others' pain as much — COLUMBUS, Ohio - When you take acetaminophen to reduce your pain, you may also be decreasing your empathy for both the physical and social aches that other people experience, a new study suggests.
Benjamin Wittes / Brookings Institute:
2016 Election: Research Behind the Race › … It started with an email from an unknown sender with the subject line, “Read this and be smart.” [1] — When the victim opened the email, she found sexually explicit photos of herself attached and information that detailed where she worked.
Associated Press:
Nationals OF Bryce Harper Appeals 1-Game Suspension From MLB — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 11, 2016, 6:43 P.M. E.D.T. — WASHINGTON — Bryce Harper was suspended one game and fined Wednesday by Major League Baseball for his behavior following an ejection this week.
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Pirates Beat Reds 5-4 in Game Full of Plunkings, Ejections — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 11, 2016, 10:30 P.M. E.D.T. — CINCINNATI — Jordy Mercer singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning Wednesday night, rallying the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Angels Acquire Jhoulys Chacin — The Angels have acquired righty Jhoulys Chacin from the Braves, as first reported by David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (via Twitter). Lefty Adam McCreery is going to Atlanta in the deal. — Chacin is owed $1.1MM on the minor league deal he signed with Atlanta this winter.
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J.J. Cooper / Baseball America:
Trade Central: Angels Get Arm In Braves' Chacin
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Associated Press:
Perez Shines as Braves Beat Phillies 5-1, End Home Drought — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 11, 2016, 9:49 P.M. E.D.T. — ATLANTA — Williams Perez allowed only two hits and one run in eight innings, Freddie Freeman homered and the Atlanta Braves finally claimed just their second home win …
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Talking Chop and The Good Phight
Teddy Mitrosilis / Fox Sports:
Albert Pujols explains why he still roots for the St. Louis Cardinals — ‘I would love to get back to St. Louis’ — Albert Pujols will always be remembered for the first 11 years of his career, during which he built the foundation of a first-ballot Hall of Fame career with the St. Louis Cardinals …
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Associated Press:
Pomeranz Leads Padres to 1-0 Win, Doubleheader Sweep of Cubs — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 11, 2016, 11:12 P.M. E.D.T. — CHICAGO — Drew Pomeranz tied a career high with 10 strikeouts in six scoreless innings and Christian Bethancourt hit a long solo home run to give the San Diego Padres …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue and Gaslamp Ball
