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Associated Press:
Royals owner vows 'significant changes' — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An angry David Glass vowed Friday that "significant changes" are coming soon to the woeful Kansas City Royals. — "I'm not willing for us to sit and wait to see if it gets better," the Royals owner told The Associated Press on Friday.
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Baseball Musings
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Joe Posnanski / Kansas City Star:
At the end of their ropes — Even the eternally hopeful have a breaking point — You never know what will make you snap. After all these years of horrendous Royals baseball, I never expected a nice Australian kid named Justin Huber to break me. But so it goes. Consider me broken.
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Finally, relief for a Royal pain — For the first time in my years of eBay bidding, I lost an auction and was legitimately bummed. A man's loyalty was for sale, and I wanted it. — Chad Carroll is 34 years old. He lives in Maryland. He is a computer tech with the Air Force.
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Glavine enjoys smooth sailing — Sinks Pirates for win No. 279 — Don't get Tom Glavine wrong. He appreciated the run support, even if he did quip: "It would've been nice the first couple of innings." — Glavine retired the first 12 Pirates he faced last night and nursed a one-run lead until …
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The Sports Frog
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Jon Heyman / Newsday:
Amazin's are best team in town — Almost every other day it seems, the Mets break out in song. — Tonight, we'll hear for the first time a jazzed-up version of that old standard, "Meet the Mets." There's also that funky new tune they play at Shea, "Our Team, Our Time." (Or is it "Our Time, Our Team"?)
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Hot Foot
Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Kendall suspended four games, Lackey fined — Fantasy Baseball: Best pickups for May — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Athletics catcher Jason Kendall has been suspended four games for charging the mound and Los Angeles Angels pitcher John Lackey was fined Friday for his actions in the altercation.
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Associated Press:
Cubs-Padres Preview — Two teams headed in different directions meet for the first time this season when the streaking San Diego Padres welcome the stumbling Chicago Cubs on Friday in the start of a four-game series at Petco Park. — San Diego (13-15) looks to extend its season-high winning streak …
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ESPN:
Power Rankings: Reds, Tigers finally getting their due — Ranking all 30 teams since the beginning of the season, we admit that preseason reputations have hurt some teams and helped others along the way. But now that we're nearly 30 games into the 2006 season, reputations are starting to carry much less weight.
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Angels 7, Tigers 2 — DETROIT - Vladimir Guerrero, Mike Napoli and Casey Kotchman homered, and the Los Angeles Angels stopped their longest losing streak since 2002 at six games with a 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. — Napoli, a 24-year-old catcher brought up from Triple …
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
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Associated Press:
'Game of Shadows' authors subpoenaed over leaked court documents — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters who wrote a book about Barry Bonds' alleged steroid use were subpoenaed Friday to testify before a federal grand jury regarding court documents they used in their articles, the newspaper reported.
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The Catbird …
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Notes: Wilkerson feeling better — Rangers starters set a new club mark — ARLINGTON — Outfielder Brad Wilkerson was back in the Rangers lineup on Friday, one day after slamming into the left-field wall in the fifth inning of Thursday's game against the Baltimore Orioles.
Amy K. Nelson / ESPN:
At an early age, Calabrese learned lifelong lesson … The hardest part of Kelly Calabrese's job comes not when she has to walk through a clubhouse full of undressing men, or when she's enduring the grind of a 162-game season, or even when a Mets broadcaster publicly mocks and criticizes her for being a woman in a man's game.
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Gaslamp Ball
Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
Notes: Lieberthal hits disabled list — Catcher has bone bruise; Santana recovered from virus — PHILADELPHIA — Judging from his morning of pain, Mike Lieberthal knew he wasn't going to be wearing catching gear any time soon. — For at least two weeks, to be exact.
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The Good Phight
Associated Press:
Nationals SS Guzman to have season-ending surgery — WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Nationals shortstop Cristian Guzman will miss the entire season after the team decided Friday his right shoulder needs surgery. — Guzman has been out since early in spring training.
