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Zam: Elbow's been hurting since I got here — The Mets are expected to promote Jeremi Gonzalez from Triple-A Norfolk to take a start in Milwaukee this weekend, but that figures to be only a temporary plug for Victor Zambrano's rotation spot. — Zambrano, who tore the flexor tendon …
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Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:
Wagner tosses verbal fire at the Phils — The Mets closer says it was "24 against one" in the clubhouse last season. — NEW YORK - Three days before returning to Citizens Bank Park in a New York Mets uniform, outspoken former Phillies closer Billy Wagner yesterday painted a grim picture …
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Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:
Glare galore: Phils, and their fans, did well in the spotlight. — It isn't often that Philadelphia finds itself the focus of the baseball world. That's just the way it is when the home team hasn't been to the playoffs since the days when the mullet was a cool hairstyle and Barry Bonds was skinny.
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Chacon Bends but Does Not Break, and the Yankees Win — ARLINGTON, Tex., May 6 — "I'm not an idiot," Shawn Chacon said after Saturday's game, and a sequence in the fourth inning showed why. — The Yankees and the Texas Rangers were tied, and Phil Nevin had led off with a double.
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Sam Borden / NY Daily News:
Torre attains prime number — Win 1,000 puts Texas to sweep — ARLINGTON - Joe Torre was introduced at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 2, 1995, and he was the 21st manager to work under George Steinbrenner during The Boss' 22 years of ownership. Clearly, longevity was not one of the reasons he took the job.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Tavarez doesn't want any trouble — Julian Tavarez doesn't want to be considered a bad guy. — He knows his numerous past incidents have earned him a reputation as something of a hothead. And after hitting Orioles outfielder Luis Matos in the left hip last night on a 1-and-2 pitch …
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Jumping at chance to face NY — The standings will look familiar when the Red Sox take the field at Yankee Stadium tomorrow night. The Sox and Yankees will be sitting on top of the American League East, separated only by a few percentage points. — It'll be a homecoming of sorts for 25-year-old Josh Beckett.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Robinson says season not lost — Manager says Nationals can rally like Astros did last season — WASHINGTON — Nationals manager Frank Robinson saw the 2005 Astros start the season at 15-30, but then rally to finish the season with an 89-73 record and win the National League Wild Card.
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Muffled Nats Make Some Noise — Guillen Homers to Help Beat Pirates, Win Series : Nationals 5, Pirates 4 — The clubhouse is quiet now, not yet a morgue, but more of an office, a workplace. The giant television that sits in the middle of the Washington Nationals' small locker room …
Sam Borden / NY Daily News:
Playing with wrist injury no longer on Sheff's menu — ARLINGTON - Gary Sheffield has played hurt many times during his career - including last year with an ailing left shoulder - but the Yankee right fielder says he isn't going to do it anymore and it seems likely that he's headed for the disabled list with a bruised left wrist.
Chris Constancio / Hardball Times:
Are the Minor League Replacement Umpires Biased? — When Delmon Young was called out on strikes and launched his bat at an umpire in Pawtucket nearly two weeks ago, his anger was directed towards a replacement umpire. Young's actions were foolish and reckless, but he is certainly …
Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
Fielding miscues lead to another KC road loss — CHICAGO — This is how a team walls its way into the basement. — The Royals managed to work around one misplay Sunday by center fielder Kerry Robinson. A second one, though, led to the winning run in a 3-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field.
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Peña could become very big attraction — He says his mother is kind of short. His father, sister, and brother are big, just like him. — And we mean big. Has anybody ever seen a guy in center field bigger than Wily Mo Peña? — It's an odd sight.
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Who's on first? Doumit sparks Pirates' victory — Bay's home run in 11th, perfect bullpen beats Nationals, 5-4 — WASHINGTON — It took 31 games and 23 losses, but the Pirates finally found that panic button. — And, at 7:11 p.m. yesterday, they pushed it with both hands.
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Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Notes: 'Super Joe' back in the bigs — Versatile utilityman gets the call after Burke is injured — DENVER — The turnaround time between Joe McEwing finding out that he was called up to the big leagues and his arrival in the visitor's clubhouse in Denver on Sunday morning was only about eight hours …
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Associated Press:
Wood strikes out 12 in five-inning rehab start — PEORIA, Ill. — Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood struck out 12 in five scoreless innings during a rehab appearance Sunday with Chicago's Class A affiliate, the Peoria Chiefs. — In Peoria's 5-3 win over Lansing in 10 innings, Wood …
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Associated Press:
Rox wrap up 4-1 homestand — Cook yields two runs and six hits in eight-plus innings — Rockies starter Aaron Cook, above, delivers a pitch to Houston's Lance Berkman during the first inning on Sunday at Coors Field in Denver. The Rockies won 5-3 to complete a 4-1 homestand. (AP / David Zalubowski)
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