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New York Post:
GIAMBI HOPING NECK GETS BETTER — May 16, 2006 — When Jason Giambi left Yankee Stadium last night, he walked like he had an iron board nailed to his back. — With Hideki Matsui gone for at least three months and nobody knowing when Gary Sheffield will return, the Yankees have their fingers crossed …
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
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Kit Stier / MLB.com:Sturtze's season could be over — MRI on ailing right-hander …
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Associated Press:
Padres-Diamondbacks Preview — Jake Peavy hopes to help the San Diego Padres defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks for the first time this season when the NL West rivals continue a three-game series at Chase Field on Tuesday. — Peavy (3-3, 3.61 ERA) is 2- with a 1.29 ERA over his last three outings …
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Ducksnorts
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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Padres turn to Peavy in Arizona — San Diego (22-17) at Arizona (21-17), 6:40 p.m. PT — Jake Peavy found a groove at PETCO Park in his most recent start against the Brewers, striking out 13 while giving up two hits in seven innings, and he hopes to keep his groove on Tuesday night at Chase Field against the Diamondbacks.
Jeff Gordon / Fox Sports:
Baseball's greatest showmen — It was a great made-for-TV moment. Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols took Pirates pitcher Oliver Perez deep, then flicked his bat high and deep to celebrate the homer and taunt his foe. — Jaws dropped in the Pirates dugout.
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Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
Future Shock — NL West Roundup — The Sidewinders roster is all about offensive prospects. As loaded as they are, their best hitter statistically has been outfielder Scott Hairston, who has seemingly worn out his welcome with the Diamondbacks but is hitting .301/.389/.559.
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¡Disfrute El Lefty Malo!
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Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:Prospectus Today — Road Game — I caught the Las Vegas …
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Dodger Thoughts
Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Avoiding fault line — Hendry says he supports Baker, doesn't blame injuries for team's current 2-14 tailspin — Cubs general manager Jim Hendry agreed to a question-and-answer session on Monday's off day, assessing a slumping team that has lost 14 of its last 16 games to fall to 15-22.
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USA Today:
Mets realize season is a marathon — The New York Mets made it look too easy the first two weeks of the season. They won all but two of their 12 games, Pedro Martinez and Tom Glavine never pitched better and the team was stealing headlines from their cross-town rivals, the mighty Yankees.
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Jay Jaffe / Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Hit List — Week of May 14 — It takes a real man to swing a pink bat. The sight of some of the game's most fearsome hitters—Adam Dunn, Jim Edmonds, Prince Fielder, Jason Giambi, Ken Griffey Jr., Jim Thome—among dozens of ballplayers wielding specially-painted Louisville Sluggers …
Chris Snow / Boston Globe:
It's a piece of cake for Beckett and Red Sox — BALTIMORE — Average would have been enough. Six innings, eight hits, four runs, something like that would have done the job just fine against a woeful Baltimore team outscored, 56-20, by the Sox in seven games this season, all Boston wins …
Scott / CardNilly:
Media Notes — This was going to be an intro for the Mets Preview going up later today, but it got a bit lengthy. So it gets its own post: — First — It feels like maybe the Retire 51 campaign might be getting a little traction. Rene Knott of Channel 5 asked Willie about it yesterday …
Brian O'Neill / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Stats Geek: Statistic sheds new light on Big Hit Theory — Jason Bay tripled with two outs and the bases loaded Friday night, getting the Pirates right back in the ballgame. In the radio booth, announcer Bob Walk all but fell to his knees. — "That triple is exactly the base hit …
Alan Schwarz / New York Times:
Baseball Is a Game of Numbers, but Whose Numbers Are They? — Like no other corner of American popular culture, baseball communicates in numbers. From .406 (Ted Williams's 1941 batting average) to 755 (Hank Aaron's record home run total) to countless digits bandied about water coolers every morning …
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Soriano Learns On the Fly — Move to Left Field Has Led to Some Awkward Moments — At times, when the action is slow, Alfonso Soriano turns to face the stands in left field, regardless of the park in which he is playing. Soriano flashes that broad, toothy smile and waves …
Maury Brown / Hardball Times:
Todd Radom and the Art of the Sports Logo — Chances are, you've never heard of Todd Radom. Chances are very good, you've seen his work. — Todd is a bit of an anomaly in sports business these days. He designs logos and brands for professional sport franchises as a single entity. No focus groups.
New York Post:
MAKE WAY FOR PELFREY — PROSPECT COULD GIVE METS JUNE JOLT — May 16, 2006 — Tuesday morning shortstop IN January, the Mets invested more than $5 million to lock up Mike Pelfrey. In February and March, the organization's top decision-makers were near unanimity that he had the best arm in camp.
Chicago Tribune:
Ask Paul Sullivan — The Tribune's Cubs writer answers readers' questions every week throughout the season — Always looking at the bright side, Cubs fans ask Paul about Dusty Watch, selling off players, curses, and whether it's OK to declare the team dead:
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Baseball Think Factory
