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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Starling Marte crushes emotional home run on first pitch he sees since grandmother died — DENVER — Baseball can be poetic, and for Starling Marte, this was one of those moments. — Marte, on the first pitch he saw since returning from the bereavement list following his grandmother's sudden death …
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Orange County Register
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Associated Press:
Marte homers to lead Mets over Rockies, 5-1 — DENVER — Starling Marte homered in his return to the lineup, and the New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 5-1 in the first game of a split doubleheader on Saturday. — Friday's game was postponed when wintry weather blew into Colorado …
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Purple Row, Amazin' Avenue and New York Post
Joon Lee / ESPN:
New York Mets' Max Scherzer out 6-8 weeks with oblique strain
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FanGraphs Baseball and New Jersey Online
Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Max Scherzer diagnosed with oblique strain; Buck Showalter reveals pitcher also dealing with blister
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Boston Herald
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Max Scherzer pulls himself out of his start with left side discomfort in Mets win over Cards
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NBCSports.com, Boston Herald and New York Post
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Remembering Roger Angell, Hall of Famer — In the course of a well-lived century, he established himself as the most exacting of editors, the most agile of stylists, a mentor to generations of writers, and baseball's finest, fondest chronicler. — In recent years, as his odometer headed …
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The Athletic, Sports Illustrated and Bluebird Banter
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Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News:
Iconic New Yorker baseball writer Roger Angell dead at 101 — Colorful New Yorker baseball writer Roger Angell, who covered balls and strikes with elegance and panache for more than seven decades, is dead at 101. — The New Yorker reported that the veteran wordsmith died Friday after a lifetime of covering America's pastime.
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Orange County Register
Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Roger Angell, Who Wrote About Baseball With Passion, Dies at 101 — In elegantly winding articles for The New Yorker loaded with inventive imagery, he wrote more like a fan than a sports journalist. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Roger Angell, the elegant and thoughtful baseball writer …
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Sports Illustrated, BaltimoreBaseball.com and True Blue LA
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees still waiting on injury update on righty reliever Chad Green: 'It's definitely a concern right now' — After years of having their pitching depth tested by injuries, the Yankees came into this season feeling they were fully stocked for the rotation and the bullpen. That stockpile will likely be tested.
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Orange County Register
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankee prospect Luis Gil heading to team doctor for reported elbow issue
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees lose to Orioles, still have best record in baseball
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Boston Herald
Nathan Ruiz / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles promote top prospect Adley Rutschman to majors in most significant move of rebuild thus far — From the moment he was selected with the first pick of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, Adley Rutschman was the face of the Orioles' rebuild. Starting Saturday, he'll finally be the face of their major league roster.
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Orange County Register and Boston Herald
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Nathan Ruiz / Baltimore Sun:
WATCH: Adley Rutschman learns he's headed to Orioles: 'We're not looking for a hero. Be Adley Rutschman.' — When Buck Britton was promoted to the manager of Triple-A Norfolk, among the duties he was most looking forward to was telling players they were heading to the majors for the first time.
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Orange County Register and Sports Illustrated
Ian Browne / Red Sox News:
Gomes corrals Story's slam in Monster Seats, goes nuts — BOSTON — You know the good times at Fenway Park are rolling again when the hottest hitter on the Red Sox hits a grand slam that just happens to be caught in the Monster Seats by a 2013 World Series hero.
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NBCSports.com
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Dave Hyde / Sun-Sentinel:
After being put in a deep, dark hole, how will humbled Heat respond in Boston? — Erik Spoelstra said the following about how his Miami Heat should react to their looking outmatched and overcome in their staggering playoff loss: — “Don't listen to the noise,” he said. “There's no excuses, no blame, inside our room.
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Boston Herald
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Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Celtics load up, tie East finals 1-1 with 127-102 pounding of Heat
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Boston Herald
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Josh Donaldson accused of racial taunt by White Sox's Tim Anderson; Yankee claims it was a joke between them — White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson said that Yankees designated hitter Josh Donaldson made a racist and disrespectful remark to him on the field Saturday, sparking the benches to clear …
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Orange County Register, New Jersey Online, Sports Illustrated, MLB Baseball News … and The Athletic
Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Chris Paddack's medical red flag killed Mets-Padres deal — MORE FROM: — The Post's Jon Heyman delivers news and notes from around MLB. — Now it can be told. The Mets-Padres deal was canceled after Mets doctors raised a red flag over right-hander Chris Paddack's medicals.
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MLB Trade Rumors, New Jersey Online, Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Nation, NBCSports.com and Amazin' Avenue
