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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Nationals GM doesn't regret wooing Sosa — The Washington Nationals' trip to Wrigley Field this week could have been a lot livelier with the presence of a certain power-hitting right-fielder with a taste for salsa music. — But former Cub Sammy Sosa declined to sign with the Nationals this winter …
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Proper grip eludes pitcher — BALTIMORE — Because the Red Sox won, Curt Schilling said, he was assured of getting some sleep last night. ''An hour or two, anyway," he said. — But the stuff that keeps Schilling up at night — and Sox fans wondering what happened to the guy who was so dominant …
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Baseball Musings
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Sox shoo away Orioles — Win, though Schilling struggles — BALTIMORE - Hard to say what was more surprising last night, the sight of the Orioles playing a close game against the Red Sox or Curt Schilling having a bad night against a weak lineup. — The two were related, of course …
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The Soxaholix
Sports Illustrated:
Baby blues — Dodgers getting boost from vaunted farm system — The Los Angeles Dodgers' roster has been like a runway at LAX, with players flying on top of each other in ways only an air-traffic controller could love. The past hasn't left yet, but the future is arriving.
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Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
Rockies use arms and hammer to beat Dodgers — Jittery Kim settles, Hawpe's throw, big hits add up to victory — Right-hander Byung-Hyun Kim was 19 pitches and three batters into Tuesday night's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies catcher Danny Ardoin was puzzled.
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Baseball Musings
Julian Garcia / NY Daily News:
Sturtze's year could be over — Scott Proctor could tell something was wrong. Before the Yankees' 4-2 loss last night to the Texas Rangers, he saw fellow reliever Tanyon Sturtze emerge from Joe Torre's office with a look on his face that made it clear he needed to be alone. So Proctor kept his distance.
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Sean Brennan / NY Daily News:Playing it safe — Giambi day-to-day for neck
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New York Times
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Hermida homers, poised for return — Jeremy Hermida appears ready to return to the Marlins this weekend after playing pain-free in his second consecutive extended spring game. — "It's been a long time waiting,'' Hermida said Tuesday in Jupiter after he went 1-for-2 with a home run. "
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FishStripes
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Clark Spencer / Miami Herald:
Nolasco set for first start — Ricky Nolasco's family rooted for John Smoltz and the Atlanta Braves when the Marlins pitcher was growing up in California. But loyalty only goes so far. — When Nolasco makes his first big-league start tonight, he'll take on Smoltz. And the Nolascos won't be pulling for the Braves.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards Notebook: Reyes might get call — The Cardinals' top prospect, righthanded pitcher Anthony Reyes, is expected to skip his next scheduled start for Class AAA Memphis so he can be ready to start Saturday for the Cardinals in Kansas City. — With Sidney Ponson on the disabled list …
Jim Street / MLB.com:
Jays drop Molina's well-rounded return — Former Angels catcher gets first steal; plunked Glaus day-to-day — ANAHEIM — If nothing else, catcher Bengie Molina's return to Angel Stadium on Tuesday night had its moments. — Several of them, actually. — The first came when he emerged …
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6-4-2
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Posada Ends a Long Night With a Long Ball — On a frenzied night in the Bronx, Jorge Posada took one devastating hit and delivered another. The result matched the greatest comeback in Yankees history. — Knocked to the dirt in a collision with the Texas Rangers' Mark Teixeira in the sixth inning …
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Bronx Banter
John Delcos / The Journal News:
Mets' pitchers face challenge from Pujols — ST. LOUIS — Those four fingers the Mets showed Barry Bonds last month? — Well, they'll show them to Albert Pujols this week. And as Bonds twice did when the Mets went after him in San Francisco, don't be surprised to see similar results …
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Willis takes another loss; Ramirez hurt — ATLANTA — After winning 22 games last season, Dontrelle Willis might wonder now whether he'll get even two wins this season. — And the Marlins might wonder if they'll ever hold a lead again. — Two outs away from nailing down that elusive second win …
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FishStripes
Dan Wetzel / Yahoo! Sports:
Unsympathetic figure — HOUSTON - Victim Barry is tired. He said he sleeps all the time, and occasionally a mistress isn't even involved. — Victim Barry is haunted. He said the ghost of Babe Ruth is hovering over him, shaking his concentration as he tries to hit his 714th home run …
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The Baseball Desert
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Field-and-scream effort — Rookie Logan has a nightmare night in an ugly Sox defeat — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Brandon McCarthy suffered from a high pitch count Tuesday night and lasted only four-plus innings. — That paled in comparison, however, to the embarrassing outing …
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Exile in Wrigleyville
John Hickey / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
A's smack Felix around — OAKLAND, Calif. — The Mariners came into the season fairly confident that Felix Hernandez wasn't in over his head, pitching in the big leagues at 20. — It would be no surprise if that confidence had been shaken some in the first six weeks of the 2006 season.
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Baseball Musings
Sports Illustrated:
Showing his age — Johnson's woes reveal his best days are behind him — For much of the last two seasons the Yankees have excused the decline of Randy Johnson with some creative thinking. See, it never could be just that Johnson was getting hit and getting old.
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Off the Facade
