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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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Baseball Time in Arlington
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 …
Baltimore Sun:
What would enhance RFK? Nats fans are full of ideas … WASHINGTON // Eager to improve the game-day experience for Washington Nationals fans, the club's new owners plan to soon solicit fans' advice on what's working and what's not. — The owners had better be ready for an earful.
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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.
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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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Padres ride Young's gem past Rockies — Right-hander delivers eight innings of one-hit ball, K's eight — SAN DIEGO — With late life on his fastball, and curveballs, sliders and changeups that kept hitters off balance, Chris Young put it all together on Tuesday night …
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Gaslamp Ball
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Next up? A platoon in right ... maybe — Could Jeromy Burnitz and Craig Wilson platoon in right field? — On April 4 in Milwaukee, Pirates manager Jim Tracy was asked that question and answered authoritatively: "Make sure you're aware of this: This is not a platoon situation with Jeromy Burnitz.
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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 …
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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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Can't Stop The Bleeding
Sports Illustrated:
Sinking feeling — D'backs ace Webb needs only one pitch to dominate — One pitch. It is arguably the filthiest pitch in baseball. Brandon Webb's devastating sinker dives like a swimmer off a high board. Like Mariano Rivera and his cutter, Barry Zito and his curve and Brad Lidge and his slider …
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Out in the Desert
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
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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