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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Comments are not a hit with Kazmir — Tampa Bay lefthander Scott Kazmir didn't care for comments Curt Schilling made this week on WEEI radio, when Boston's ace said the reason the Red Sox and Devil Rays have had numerous bench-clearing incidents is because of Kazmir ''hitting multiple batters every time he threw against us.
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The Sports Frog
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Notes: Stern sent down after game — Harris expected to join the Red Sox on Thursday — BOSTON — The day after Adam Stern made what might have been a game-saving catch to close out Tuesday's win over the Devil Rays, the outfielder was again a hot topic of discussion.
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Reb Sox
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Stern catches some attention on way out — Adam Stern, fresh off his absurd snow-cone catch to end Tuesday night's game and save Jonathan Papelbon, sat on the black leather couch facing the clubhouse's flat-screen television, as ESPN's Web Gems feature played.
Discussion:
The House That Dewey Built
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Pitcher show — Schilling still perfect with romp over Rays — They have the best record in the majors (11-4), which after 15 games of a baseball season is like saying winning the New Hampshire primary means you're the next president of the United States. — Yet the positive story lines keep developing and emerging.
Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:Perfectly bad baseball: Sloppy Rays aid Schilling, Sox
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Surviving Grady
Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Zambrano looks clueless in defeat — NEW YORK — Welcome to Victor Zambrano's world, where winning streaks and early April optimism go to die. — Gone, in five miserable innings, was the Mets' perfect aura, the one that turned a midweek series with the Braves into a miniature October showdown.
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David Picker / New York Times:
Wright's 3 Errors Spoil Glavine's Sharp Outing — Tom Glavine and Tim Hudson pitched as if yesterday's game at Shea Stadium would determine the division title. Through five innings, Glavine allowed only two singles to Jeff Francoeur. Hudson, with his slider dancing in a strong wind, was perfect.
Mark Herrmann / Newsday:
Never Wright off Braves — Hudson, three errors by third baseman lift rival Mets can't beat — The Mets just didn't have enough health, enough hitting, enough fielding or enough luck to get through three days against the Braves. That only made the Mets realize how amazing it is that a team can go 14 years without letting up.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Mets edged in pitchers' duel — Glavine impressive vs. former team, but Mets drop finale — NEW YORK — No matter how much you coax it out, September refuses to appear in April. In that, the Mets can gather some consolation. — The Mets dropped two out of three to the Atlanta Braves …
Glenn Rabney / MLB.com:
Cubs 5, Dodgers 4 — Rookie Sean Marshall did everything he could to put his team in a position to win on Wednesday. But it took an eighth inning rally, sparked by back-to-back RBI singles from Michael Barrett and Ronny Cedeno, to tie the game then put the Cubs ahead for good.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Injuries mar Cubs' win — The Cubs have suffered some heartbreaking injuries the last few years, to Mark Prior, Kerry Wood, Nomar Garciaparra and several others. — But having two players go down on the same play, as Derrek Lee and Scott Eyre did during the seventh inning of Wednesday's 5-4 win …
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:Cubs rally past Dodgers despite injuries
Discussion:
Bleed Cubbie Blue
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Livan homers, but Nats fall in extras — Bullpen unable to preserve late lead against Phillies — PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Howard's single in the bottom of the 10th inning helped the Phillies edge the Nationals, 7-6, in front of 27,913 at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday night.
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Wright Thompson / Kansas City Star:
Greinke takes step toward mound — For Zack Greinke, there's no schedule or projected return date. Just hope. — SURPRISE, Ariz. — Zack Greinke is alone, something that seems to both comfort and frighten him. The normally busy baseball facility has gone silent.
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Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Kaz gets second chance — Kaz Matsui's return to the Mets - and to their starting lineup - has arrived faster than the team anticipated. Rookie replacement Anderson Hernandez was placed on the 15-day disabled list after an MRI yesterday revealed he has a bulging disk in his lower back.
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Associated Press:
Yanks' Acosta dies in accident — NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees minor league manager Oscar Acosta and team official Humberto Trejo were killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic, the New York Post reported Thursday. — Acosta, the manager of the Gulf Coast Yankees of the Rookie League …
Chris Haft / Contra Costa Times:
Bonds' day off no real concern — PHOENIX - Barry Bonds didn't play Wednesday night in the Giants' 10-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, but there was no cause for alarm, according to manager Felipe Alou. — Alou said that he and Bonds agreed to the rest before Tuesday's game.
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Baseball Musings
