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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
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 …
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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Associated Press:
Red Sox to place Wells on DL with sore right knee — TORONTO — Boston left-hander David Wells will be placed on the 15-day disabled list because of a sore right knee, Red Sox manager Terry Francona said Tuesday night. — Wells left his last start after taking a line drive off his knee.
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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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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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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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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 …
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
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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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
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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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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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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