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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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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.
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Rangers out of Clemens sweepstakes — Astros deny report that a deal for Rocket is in place — ARLINGTON — The Rangers have been chasing after Roger Clemens through trade and free agency for the better part of 14 years, going back to when President Bush was still the managing general partner.
Discussion:
Baseball Time in Arlington
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 …
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 …
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Tom Withers / Associated Press:
Indians pitcher Sauerbeck arrested — CLEVELAND (AP) — Indians pitcher Scott Sauerbeck apologized Tuesday to his family and teammates following his early morning arrest, another distraction for a struggling Cleveland team. — Sauerbeck and a woman were taken into custody after fleeing …
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The Catbird …
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.
Discussion:
The Griddle
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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Idiots Write About Sports
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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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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
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 …
Discussion:
Brew Crew Ball
ESPN:
Bonds: Steroid allegations, asterisk possibility hurt — In his first exclusive interview since passing Babe Ruth as second on the all-time home runs list, Barry Bonds spoke to ESPN's Jim Gray on Tuesday. — Bonds told Gray that the steroid allegations hurt. — "I'm only human," he said.
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Only Baseball Matters
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
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.
Discussion:
Brew Crew Ball
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards Notebook: Edmonds will get injured area scanned — To determine whether he has a "sports hernia" that is causing him lower abdominal pain and gauge its severity, Cardinals center fielder Jim Edmonds will have a scan taken today of the injured area. — After Edmonds met with team doctors …
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St. Louis Cardinals Blog
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.
