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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.
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Kit Stier / MLB.com:
Mets promote top prospect Milledge — Nady placed on disabled list after undergoing appendectomy — NEW YORK — Another piece in a puzzle that the Mets hope one day will lead to years of long lasting success arrived at Shea Stadium in unexpected fashion Monday evening.
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Lee Jenkins / New York Times:
Kazmir Deal Is a Debt the Mets Still Owe — Four out of every five days, the Mets are a resurgent franchise, flush with charismatic leaders and bankable stars, hailed for their progressive thinking and bold strategy. — But on the fifth day, when Scott Kazmir takes the mound for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays …
Hal Bock / Associated Press:
Mets call up Milledge, place Nady on DL — NEW YORK (AP) — Top prospect Lastings Milledge was called up by the New York Mets on Tuesday after starting right fielder Xavier Nady was placed on the disabled list following an appendectomy earlier in the day. — Milledge was in the starting lineup …
Bob Klapisch / ESPN:
Injuries make AL East a three-team race — NEW YORK — Of all the turning-point moments built into a season, the Blue Jays officially added Monday's 7-6 win over the Red Sox to the list — and not because of how they scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, or that it inched …
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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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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Soriano fifth in All-Star voting — Washington outfielder on pace for 55 homers, 107 RBIs — PHILADELPHIA — The latest National League All-Star voting results are out, and Nationals slugger Alfonso Soriano ranks fifth among outfielders behind Andruw Jones, Carlos Beltran, Jim Edmonds and Ken Griffey with 273,373 votes.
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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.
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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 …
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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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Richard Griffin / Toronto Star:
Short-sighted Jays rush Hill into fray — Club's fifth different SS in last five games — May 30, 2006. — After all the buildup surrounding the Jays' newest double-play combination, shortstop Aaron Hill and second-baseman Edgardo Alfonzo, the duo combined for exactly …
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Glenn Rabney / MLB.com:
Notes: Twins confident in Kubel — Injured Stewart progressing slowly; White on the rise — ANAHEIM — The Twins have liked everything they've seen about Jason Kubel, with the exception of the devastating knee injury at the end of the 2004 season. With Kubel back on the field and seemingly recovered …
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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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