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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Clemens signs with Astros — Roger Clemens is making yet another comeback with the Houston Astros, Newsday has learned. An announcement is expected as soon as today. — Clemens, 43, has signed a one-year deal that is believed to be worth about $3.5 million per month …
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ESPN:
Astros GM says Clemens situation is 'status quo' — Houston Astros general manager Tim Purpura denied a report on Tuesday that Roger Clemens had picked a team for 2006, saying the situation was "status quo." — Clemens' agent, Randy Hendricks, and Astros' owner Drayton McLane also denied the report.
Yahoo! Sports:
Report: Clemens agrees to one-year deal with Astros — MELVILLE, New York (Ticker) - "The Rocket" apparently will launch once again. — Newsday reported Tuesday that righthander Roger Clemens has ended his prolonged absence from baseball and agreed on a one-year deal with the Houston Astros.
Jim Molony / MLB.com:
Astros: Clemens not a done deal — Purpura says club waiting for Rocket to make decision — A report of a Rocket re-entry in Houston on Tuesday was news to the Astros. — A Newsday report claiming seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens had signed a one-year deal with the Astros …
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Yet Again, a Final Swing From Wright Settles It — With Endy Chávez on second base and no outs in the ninth inning and the Mets trailing the Arizona Diamondbacks by a run, José Reyes was asked to do something he rarely does: lay down a sacrifice bunt.
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Amazin' Avenue
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Associated Press:
Sauerbeck arrested — Pitcher fled police, let drunk woman drive his car — SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Indians pitcher Scott Sauerbeck was arrested early Tuesday after he and a woman fled from his vehicle and were found hiding behind bushes, police said.
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The Griddle
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newsnet5.com:
Indians Pitcher Arrested After Being Found In Bushes — SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio — Indians relief pitcher Scott Sauerbeck was arrested early Tuesday in Sheffield Village, police said. — Officers said they followed a 1966 Lincoln Continental that was being driven erratically northbound …
Associated Press:
Rockies-Padres Preview — Petco Park is starting to become the Colorado Rockies ' favorite place to visit. — The Rockies (27-24) look for their fifth straight win at the home of the San Diego Padres when the teams meet on Tuesday. — Colorado has gone 14-9 at Petco Park since it opened in 2004 …
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Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Delgado can't snap 1st slump — It happened with Alex Rodriguez and others with the Yankees, and it happened in a big way with Carlos Beltran last season with the Mets. — Carlos Delgado has had no such problems adjusting to his first year in New York, but the slugging first baseman …
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Associated Press:
Tampa Bay keeps name for '07; changes in '08? — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay will still be known as the Devil Rays next season. That may change in 2008. — Tampa Bay was facing an end-of-the-month deadline to submit proposals to Major League Baseball for any name, uniform or related changes for 2007.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Johnson Shows He Can Still Play the Ace — DETROIT, May 29 — In the bottom of the second inning at Comerica Park on Monday, Randy Johnson tried to throw a fastball off the plate. It sailed over the middle. Chris Shelton laced a bullet to the gap in right-center field.
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Bronx Banter
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Baseball America:
Daily Dish: May 30 — Brewers second baseman Hernan Iribarren burst onto the prospect scene in 2004, grabbing attention when he won the Rookie-level Arizona League batting title and went on to have a red-hot 15-game stint at low Class A Beloit. — Now in the high Class A Florida State League …
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Brew Crew Ball
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Notes: Eveland must show improvement — Yost said he would stick with the lefty in the starting rotation — PITTSBURGH — With roster moves being made all around him, young Brewers left-hander Dana Eveland may be running out of chances to put together a quality start.
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Brew Crew Ball
Baseball America:
Prospect Q&A: Brandon Moss — A lefthanded hitting outfielder in the Red Sox organization, Brandon Moss is trying to re-establish himself as a top prospect. Moss had a breakout season two years ago, winning the batting title in the South Atlantic League and earning a late-season promotion to high Class-A at age 20.
John Perrotto / Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times:
Players, GM, yes, and Tracy responsible for Bucs' woes — Jim Tracy says the fact that the Pittsburgh Pirates have struggled to win one-third of the games with the season at nearly the one-third point of the season is his players' fault. — He is only one-third right about that.
Discussion:
Bucs Dugout
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Deep outfield makes Crawford expendable for Rays — The Dodgers, targeting the Devil Rays' outfield surplus, are one of several teams expressing interest in Rays left fielder Carl Crawford. — Rival clubs can do the math: The pending return of center fielder Rocco Baldelli from the disabled list …
Discussion:
Can't Stop The Bleeding
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
New pitch is born out of compromise … BALTIMORE - When Doug Waechter was warming up to pitch in Boston on Thursday, he didn't have a good feel for the split-finger fastball he had debuted in his previous start. — He fidgeted with his grip until it felt comfortable and ended up somewhere between …

