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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Manny unable to carry Sox past Yanks — Ramirez's two home runs not enough to lift Boston to victory — BOSTON — It happens a few times every season. Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez gets ridiculously hot and carries his team on his back for a sizable stretch of games.
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Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:Sox all over the place: Actions, words fail to agree
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Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' Kinsler expected to return today — ARLINGTON - Rookie Ian Kinsler is expected to be in the lineup at second base when the Rangers open a four-game series against Oakland tonight at Ameriquest Field. — Kinsler has been out since dislocating his left thumb sliding into second base against the Angels on April 11.
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Notes: Kinsler expected Thursday — Left thumb healed, rookie nearing return to second base — ARLINGTON — Second baseman Ian Kinsler, sidelined since April 12 with a dislocated left thumb, is rejoining the Rangers, and he's expected to be activated before Thursday's game with the Oakland Athletics.
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Nats Get 4th Win in 5 Games — Players, New Owners Meet Before a Victory Over Astros: Nationals 5, Astros 1 — That the Washington Nationals are different than any other team in baseball has been apparent ever since they moved to town, what with players wondering when and if they would meet …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Two Nats leave game with injuries — Guillen has left eye injury; Gonzalez exits with mild concussion — WASHINGTON — In Wednesday's matchup with the Houston Astros, Nationals outfielder Jose Guillen left after two innings, because of a left eye abrasion, and catcher Wiki Gonzalez …
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Mets deal for El Duque — Reliever Julio sent to D'backs for struggling starter — NEW YORK (AP) — The pitching-thin Mets acquired Orlando Hernandez from Arizona on Wednesday, welcoming El Duque back to New York and hoping he can help them now — and maybe later, when even more is at stake.
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Mets acquire El Duque for Julio — Veteran righty joins rotation as reliever goes to Arizona — NEW YORK — Not content with simply leading the National League East, the Mets wanted to get a leg up on the rest of the division, too; so they have imported Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez from the Diamondbacks.
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Girardi uses 'abrupt' measures — MIAMI GARDENS — The Marlins defeated the Cubs in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday night, but the most memorable play wasn't Mike Jacobs' two-out, game-winning hit. — ESPN repeatedly showed manager Joe Girardi grabbing pitcher Scott Olsen by the jersey …
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Kevin Baxter / Miami Herald:
Girardi: Olsen lost focus — Marlins manager Joe Girardi shed some light on his Tuesday night confrontation with Scott Olsen, saying he grabbed the pitcher by the jersey and pulled him into the dugout tunnel to get his attention. — ''I'm going to do things different ways sometimes,'' he said.
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Associated Press:
Braves-Padres Preview — John Thomson and Chris Young look to continue the trend of strong starting pitching in this series when the Atlanta Braves meet the San Diego Padres in the finale of their three-game series at Petco Park on Wednesday. — Thomson (1-3, 2.76 ERA) …
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Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Notes: Carpenter scratched from start — Cardinals cautious with ace, injury believed to be minor — SAN FRANCISCO — The Cardinals scratched Cy Young winner Chris Carpenter from his scheduled start on Wednesday due to an inflamed bursa sac on his right side, below his shoulder.
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
McClung's readiness draws his team's ire … TORONTO - What Seth McClung did on the mound during the first three innings Monday against the Blue Jays was bad enough, allowing five runs in what turned out to be a 6-4 Devil Rays loss. — But it was his lack of preparation for the game that apparently …
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oursportscentral.com:
Golden Baseball League Suspends Nigel Thatch — (Pleasanton, CA. May 24, 2006) The Golden Baseball League announced today that RHP Nigel Thatch of the Fullerton Flyers has been placed on the Suspended List for failure to report to Spring Training. Thatch, better known as the actor who played …
Charles Elmore / Palm Beach Post:
Hialeah plan hinges on financial feasibility — HIALEAH — The Florida Marlins' hopes for a stadium rest on a mystery. — Can a square-mile box of "high prairie" — the original meaning of the Seminole name for this city — support a baseball stadium? — Not physically. Financially.
