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The King of Swing — The King of Swing — ST. LOUIS — The home runs are what everyone brings up first. The stratospheric blast off Houston closer Brad Lidge in last October's National League Championship Series with the Cardinals down to their last postseason breath is the first one that comes to mind.
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
New York pours it on — The Cardinals endured a 101-minute rain delay during Tuesday night's seventh inning. Waiting on the other side was the New York Mets' four-run eighth inning, a head-banging tumble by first baseman Albert Pujols on a slick on-deck circle and, finally, an 8-3 loss before a leftover Busch Stadium crowd.
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Fungoes
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 …
Steve Henson / Los Angeles Times:
Martin Has Earned Some Security — DENVER — Grady Little likes to give a cryptic answer when asked about upcoming roster moves. — "We'll do what gives us the best chance to win," the manager has said. — But when it comes to rookie catcher Russell Martin, the meaning is clear …
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Wakefield faces O's, aiming for sweep — Boston (23-14) at Baltimore (18-22), 7:05 p.m. ET — The Red Sox can't be thrilled that Wednesday is getaway day at Camden Yards. The Red Sox are 8-0 against the Orioles this season and hold a 13-game winning streak vs. Baltimore, dating back to Sept. 3, 2005.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
D-Backs bullpen to test - again — Orlando Hernandez grimaced and shook his head in the third inning on Tuesday night, and a moment later, he motioned to his catcher: Something wasn't right. — He had just thrown four consecutive pitches wide of the strike zone to San Diego's Geoff Blum …
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NY Daily News:
Plug not pulled on Lima time — ST. LOUIS - Jose Lima officially got a reprieve yesterday, when Willie Randolph confirmed the journeyman pitcher would start tomorrow against the Cardinals, followed by Jeremi Gonzalez on Friday against the Yankees. — Brian Bannister, who threw …
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Twins send struggling righty Lohse to Triple-A — DETROIT — The Twins sent right-hander Kyle Lohse to Triple-A Rochester on Wednesday, the latest move made by Minnesota to shake up a struggling rotation. — Lohse, whose salary this season is $3.95 million after beating the team …
Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
Kazmir, Rays topple White Sox — Starter strikes out eight over seven in fourth straight win — ST. PETERSBURG — Scott Kazmir just keeps getting better. — On Tuesday night, the Devil Rays' ace put together another solid effort to lead a 10-7 win over the White Sox in front of 11,566 at Tropicana Field.
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Kat O'Brien / Dallas Star-Telegram:
RANGERS NOTES — Hicks still on Clemens' trail — NEW YORK - Rangers owner Tom Hicks is in New York for the quarterly Major League Baseball owners' meetings, which take place today and Thursday, and include an official vote on the sale of the Washington Nationals.
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Bonds' chase gets a jolt from Springer … HOUSTON — Some day, once Barry Bonds' 714th and 715th homers are out of the way (assuming they ever are), no one will remember Russ Springer's role in this saga. — But on a crazy, history-free Tuesday evening in Houston, Springer vs. Bonds was your official DVR moment of the night.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Mets could clear way for Glavine's exit — Never mind that $12 million club option for 2007 that the Mets included in left-hander Tom Glavine's restructured contract: There is little chance the team will exercise it. — The Mets have agreed informally to decline the option if Glavine wants …
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Q&A with Dejan Kovacevic — Q: Well, Jim Tracy's defense of Jeromy Burnitz for not hustling in the second Diamondbacks game was certainly interesting. Is Tracy's rule going to be that loafing is OK as long as nobody can prove definitively that it cost the Pirates the game?
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Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
KC: Where the wild things are — CLEVELAND — A wild thing can make your heart sink. Just ask the Royals who, among their many other deficiencies, are on pace to set a modern record this season for wild pitches. — "They have come at bad times, too," pitching coach Bob McClure said. "Why so many?
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Red Hot Mama
Sports Illustrated:
Hot spots, cold spots — Where do the best sluggers do the most damage? — Since the start of the 2005 season, there have been nearly 900,000 pitches thrown, and Baseball Info Solutions (BIS) has tracked every single one of them. Whether it be the location, velocity or pitch type …
Lisa Winston / MLB.com:
Longoria tops list of corner infielders — Long Beach State third baseman projects as top-five pick — You know the old saying "Pitching, pitching, pitching and defense?" Well, the 2006 First-Year Player draft picture is more like "Pitching, pitching, pitching and ... pitching."
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Purple Row
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
New start for Hansen — BALTIMORE - Craig Hansen's four-inning stint for Triple-A Pawtucket Monday night may be the start of an interesting twist in the development of the 22-year-old right-hander. — Believed by most to be a closer in waiting, Hansen started Game 2 of a doubleheader …
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Dan O'Neill / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Visiting Mets still have the aroma of Pond Scum — HIT & RUN DAN O'NEILL — The New York Mets are in town, but it's not like the old days. Back in the 1980s, when the Cardinals and Mets were in the same division, it was easy to build a healthy hatred for the "Pond Scum."
Karen Guregian / Boston Herald:
Beckett blisters media over injury report — BALTIMORE - Josh Beckett growled yesterday at the first reporter inquiring about a blister on the middle finger of his pitching hand. — "I don't have (an expletive) blister," Beckett said. "Look at my (expletive) finger."
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
