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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Notes: Boomer lands on DL — DiNardo likely moves to rotation, Van Buren called up — BOSTON — A durable workhorse for most of his career, left-hander David Wells is suddenly feeling his age. After coming off the disabled list and making one start, recurring woes in his right knee …
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Missed opportunity hurts Sox — Wakefield tosses complete game, but saddled with loss — BOSTON — As much as the Red Sox enjoy a wire-to-wire job from one of their starting pitchers, it doesn't feel quite the same when it comes attached to a loss. — Veteran knuckleballer Tim Wakefield went …
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Chris Snow / Boston Globe:Top to bottom — Schilling comes up aces; Gonzalez provides punch
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Ronald Blum / sports.yahoo.com:
Milwaukee 8, NY Mets 2 — Tony Gwynn: Brewers & Mets: Early season surprises — NEW YORK (AP) — Tomo Ohka came up to the plate with the score tied in the fourth inning and two on, just after Chad Moeller's bloop near the right-field line popped out of Xavier Nady's glove for a single.
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Mark Herrmann / Newsday:
Julio turns bad day into nightmare — Reliever just makes matters worse in front of record Shea crowd — Jorge Julio's bad day began almost two weeks ago, when the Mets got off to such a scorching start. They built the best record in the major leagues, they raised expectations and they drew 55,831 …
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Bonds threatens to quit if bone chips worsen — The problems continue to pile on for Giants outfielder Barry Bonds. The latest setback for the embattled slugger is bone chips in his left elbow. — Bonds told MLB.com that he has "10 to 12 bone chips floating" in his left elbow …
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Ted Brock / MLB.com:
Perez shines as Dodgers even series — Lofton triples home run in first start with Los Angeles — LOS ANGELES — The eighth-largest crowd in Dodger Stadium history — 55,132 paid — got a two-fer Saturday night. It got to see Odalis Perez corral the San Francisco Giants, 3-1, and also got ample opportunity to heckle Barry Bonds.
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Associated Press:
Casey out 6-8 weeks with back injury — PITTSBURGH (AP) — First baseman Sean Casey will be out of the Pittsburgh Pirates' lineup for six to eight weeks with two fractures in his left lower back. — Casey was injured during Friday night's game against the Cubs while he was stretching for a throw.
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David Briggs / MLB.com:
Notes: Bucs have strong sub in Wilson — Double the honor for Bay; club pays tribute to Robinson — PITTSBURGH — Craig Wilson has the everyday first-base job he wanted. But the way it came about — Sean Casey suffering two fractures in his lower back — curbs any excitement.
Pat Borzi / New York Times:
Yanks Cover for Wright, Then Rivera Blows Save — MINNEAPOLIS, April 15 — Mariano Rivera's cut fastball bored in to break Justin Morneau's bat, but a game-winning two-run single dribbled into right field, leaving Rivera as stunned as the Yankees behind him on the field.
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Associated Press:
Padres-Braves Preview — John Smoltz is familiar with starting a season slowly. — The hard-throwing right-hander looks to rebound from two difficult outings when the Atlanta Braves host the San Diego Padres on Saturday in the second game of a three-game series.
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Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Brazelton sent to bullpen; Hensley starter — MIAMI - Manager Bruce Bochy made it official yesterday, demoting Dewon Brazelton into a long-relief job and filling the No. 4 starting spot with Clay Hensley for Tuesday's game in Denver. — "Hopefully it'll be the best for both pitchers," Bochy said.
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GRAVE AGAIN — MLB'S ONCE A YEAR CHARADE — WHY ARE THE TOP 20 EXECUTIVES — IN BASEBALL ALL WHITE BUD — Glorifying Jackie Robinson on April 15th — Baseball is also secretly very secretly celebrating its Great Relief that the likes of Jackie Robinson are dead and buried.
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Wakefield to make Fenway debut — Seattle (5-6) at Boston (7-3), 1:20 p.m. ET — The Red Sox will try to break out their bats on Saturday afternoon when they meet the Mariners in the second game of a three-game series. Though Boston did win Friday's opener, it was by the slimmest of margins (2-1).
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The Joy of Sox
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David Heuschkel / Hartford Courant:A Sure Schilling — He's 3-0; Fifth Save For Papelbon
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The Joy of Sox
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Re-creating a classic — Before this story gets to the part where the kid lands his dream job because of a video game, some tired fingers and Bill Buckner, let's go back about 20 years. — On Oct. 25, 1986, Conor Lastowka was 5 years old. He lived in Virginia, and bedtime was long …
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' loss a four-gone conclusion for Padilla — OAKLAND, Calif. - Maybe it was blues legend John Lee Hooker, with an assist from Jimmie Vaughan, who put it best: — "Boom, boom, boom, boom." — That pretty much summed up Vicente Padilla's outing against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday in the Rangers' 5-4 loss.
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Olsen makes first start of 2006 — Washington (2-9) at Florida (3-6), 6:05 p.m. ET — Gaining some positive momentum is crucial for a young team like the Marlins. — Now that they've won back-to-back games for the first time this season, the squad with 11 rookies is looking to keep the momentum going.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Lefty just what pen needed — Wilson comes off DL to add some flexibility; Feldman sent down — OAKLAND, Calif. - Rangers manager Buck Showalter felt a little more comfortable Friday afternoon. — He had a second left-hander he could trust in the bullpen.
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2006 Power Rankings: Looking Amazin' so far — On paper the New York Mets entered the season looking like the National League's most loaded team. And only two weeks in, they're backing it up on the field. In fact, they're playing like the best team in the majors.
Tim Kurkjian / ESPN:
Maddux's success driven by his impeccable control … When Greg Maddux made his major league debut in 1986, he was 20 years old, then the youngest pitcher in baseball. — "I've always thought it would be cool,'' he said a few years ago, "to leave as the oldest.'' — Someday, he might get his wish.
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Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Sanchez cleans up Heilman's mess — It was pretty clear who would be starting the games. And with the addition of Billy Wagner, there was absolute certainty about who would be finishing them. The relief pitchers who would bridge the gap between a formidable rotation and a brilliant closer probably …
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