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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Red Sox Activate Brock Holt, Move Dustin Pedroia To 60-Day IL — The Red Sox have activated infielder Brock Holt from the 10-day injured list and transferred second baseman Dustin Pedroia to the 60-day IL, per a club announcement. The team also optioned left-hander Darwinzon Hernandez to Double-A Portland.
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Bill Buckner dies at 69 after battling dementia — Bill Buckner, the longtime major leaguer whose error in the 1986 World Series for years lived in Red Sox infamy, died Monday. — “After battling the disease of Lewy Body Dementia, Bill Buckner passed away early the morning of May 27th surrounded …
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MLB Baseball News …, UPI, MLB Trade Rumors, Bleed Cubbie Blue and WPIX 11 New York
Cassandra Negley / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Key figure in World Series lore Buckner dead at 69
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CBS News, Lone Star Ball and baseballmusings.com
Michael McMahon / NESN.com:
Red Sox Notes: Rafael Devers Anchoring Boston Lineup Through May
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Over the Monster, NBCSports.com and Boston Herald
Associated Press:
Chirinos pulled after 5 no-hit innings, Rays beat Blue Jays — Tampa Bay's plan to use an opener was derailed by recent heavy bullpen use. — Yonny Chirinos showed that fill-in starters, even on a pitch count, can be an excellent replacement. — Chirinos was pulled after five no-hit innings …
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McCovey Chronicles
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Blue Jays commit breathtaking act of fielding butchery
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Nick Piecoro / Associated Press:
Diamondbacks' bullpen blows late lead in walk-off loss to Rockies in 11 innings — DENVER - Raimel Tapia singled in the winning run in the 11th inning to give the Colorado Rockies another dramatic victory, 4-3 over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday. — It was Colorado's third walk-off win in four games.
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Purple Row and AZ Snake Pit
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rockies Place Charlie Blackmon On Injured List — The Rockies have placed outfielder Charlie Blackmon on the 10-day injured list, Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post reports. Blackmon hasn't played since May 23 because of a right calf problem. His roster spot is going to outfielder Yonathan Daza …
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MLB Baseball News … and Purple Row
David Wilson / Miami Herald:
On Memorial Day, Marlins' Adam Conley remembers his favorite game he ever pitched — Adam Conley is almost certainly not going to be in the Hall of Fame. He might never even be an All-Star or start another game. He does, however, have a unique place in MLB history because of a midsummer win in 2016.
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Associated Press:
Yankees' Paxton expected to return Wednesday — NEW YORK — Left-hander James Paxton is likely to rejoin the New York Yankees' rotation Wednesday against San Diego, followed by CC Sabathia this weekend against Boston. — On a day of updates for many of the Yankees' 15 players on the injured list …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees pitchers slowly returning to health — James Paxton has been cleared to come off the injured list and will slip back into the Yankees rotation this week. — “He is cleared. We'll talk and make sure, but we're probably looking about Wednesday,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said of Paxton's first start after being activated.
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals' May malaise drags on with 10-inning loss that ‘stings a little more than most’ — The Cardinals already were mired in a May malaise of historic proportions. It had been precisely 100 years, since 1919, that the Cardinals had waited this deep into the month of May before winning two successive games.
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers sluggish, sloppy on Memorial Day in loss to Orioles, 5-3 — BALTIMORE — The Detroit Tigers should've showed themselves better than this. — After losing a weekend series against the Mets, they arrived in Baltimore on Sunday evening, many hours before the Orioles returned home from a trip to Colorado, past 2 a.m.
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Check out Detroit Tigers' Zac Reininger's custom Memorial Day cleats
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Camden Chat and Bless You Boys
Kristie Rieken / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Cole fans 12 as Astros down Cubs 6-5 — Gerrit Cole tied a season high with 12 strikeouts in six solid innings and the — Cole Hamels early and held on for a 6-5 win over the — Chicago Cubs in the opener of an interleague series on Monday. — Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer in the first inning …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
ESPN:
Power Rankings: Can the Twins rise past AL elite to reach No. 1? — The more the Twins keep piling up wins, the more they get their due. After spending two weeks perched at No. 5, this week they've risen up to No. 2 on the strength of two first-place votes.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Woodward thought Pence might retire in 2018. Now, the outfielder's career has been reborn — The Los Angeles Dodgers were the final opponent last season for the San Francisco Giants, who turned their season finale into an unofficial Hunter Pence Day. — They were saying goodbye …
Steve Gardner / USA Today:
MLB's best nicknames: From ‘Thor’ through ‘El Mago,’ we pick the top ones in the game — To make the big-time in major league baseball requires natural talent, the right opportunity and ... eventually, a nickname. — Yes, just making it to The Show is an accomplishment in itself.
ABC News:
Profar, Phegley homer to lead A's to 10th straight win — Jurickson Profar and Josh Phegley homered off former Oakland starter Trevor Cahill and the Athletics rolled to their 10th straight win, 8-5 over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. — Profar tied the game with a two-run homer …
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Halos Heaven
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Montgomery (finger) exits before throwing pitch — HOUSTON — Chicago Cubs left-hander Mike Montgomery exited Monday's game against the Houston Astros before even throwing a single pitch after possibly popping a blood vessel in his finger, but he thinks he'll be OK.
Phil Miller / Star Tribune:
Garver leaves early for Florida as Twins open series with Brewers — After a steady afternoon rain, the weather has cleared up enough downtown to allow the Twins and Brewers to open their brief two-game series on schedule tonight. Mitch Garver won't be here to see it, though.
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Twinkie Town
