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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
'Winning' clearly on Clemens' mind … There has never been a team in history that had a seven-time Cy Young award-winner drop by in June to rescue its season. So only your friendly neighborhood psychics know what kind of impact Roger Clemens is going to have on the 2006 Astros.
Discussion:
Nice Guys Finish Third
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Rocket's reentry set for Houston — Boston can't make Clemens splash — TORONTO — The Red Sox' pitching rotation is no better now than it was early yesterday morning when Roger Clemens agreed to a prorated $22 million, one-year deal to rejoin the Houston Astros, but if there's …
Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:
Best pitch just not good enough to catch Roger — TORONTO - The silver lining, if there can be such a thing, is that Roger Clemens regarded the Red Sox as the best team vying for his services. But in the end, the Houston Astros simply had too much to offer. — And on too many levels.
David Heuschkel / Hartford Courant:
Pena To Miss At Least 6 Weeks — TORONTO — Wily Mo Pena, who was placed on the disabled list Sunday with a left wrist sprain, will have surgery today to remove the hamate bone and is expected to miss six to eight weeks. — "That bone doesn't serve a whole lot of a purpose, except when the …
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Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:Wrist surgery may sideline Pena two months
Discussion:
The Joy of Sox
Associated Press:
Sheffield sent back to New York — DETROIT — Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield traveled to New York early Wednesday for further evaluation of his sore left wrist. — Manager Joe Torre said Sheffield left Detroit after trainer Gene Monahan was able to schedule an appointment with hand specialist …
Discussion:
Can't Stop The Bleeding
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Jim Baumbach / On the Yankees beat:Winning ways — Amazing they got this game in.
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WasWatching.com
Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Today — Perspective — Memorial Day, the first third of the season, the first of June...all of these things are used as markers to take stock of what's happened, to evaluate teams and players. You'd think that two months of baseball would be enough to reach conclusions …
Discussion:
Dodger Math
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Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
Under The Knife — By June, Our Brook's Run Out of Song and Speed — June already? Changing the calendar is usually a good time to look back and see if we learned anything from the previous month or whether an extra month gives us enough data to make bigger trends more apparent.
Baseball America:
Cubs Seek Nevin To Fill Void — Despite all his winter wheeling and dealing, Jim Hendry never thought to create a back-up plan at first base. Derrek Lee, coming off a career season, had not played less than 155 games in six years. As Derrek Lee went down with a wrist injury, so did the Cubs, losing 26 of their next 37 games.
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Fox Sports:
Top 10 players who could lose their jobs — The 2006 baseball season is beginning its third month, and patience for the underachievers is running thin. — With that in mind, let's turn our attention to those regulars who are in grave danger of losing their jobs.
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Maroth to undergo elbow surgery — Lefty to have bone chips removed, could be out until late July — DETROIT — Mike Maroth will undergo arthroscopic surgery Friday to remove bone chips in his left elbow, dealing a major blow to the Tigers' rotation. — The bone chips were discovered …
Discussion:
Bad Altitude
Yahoo! Sports:
American League All-Star picks — American League All-Star picks — This year's All-Star ballot, the paper one that they give out at every major league ballpark, has 240 names on it, with 240 red dots next to each. The ballot begins, in the upper left-hand corner, with "J. Giambi YANKEES …
Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
Rockies: Hey, we aren't the angels — 'Christian-based code of conduct' disputed — SAN DIEGO - Colorado Rockies players and management say the team enjoys a healthy, positive attitude in its clubhouse but is anything but a bunch of choirboys. — "We look for players with character and ability …
Jay Posner / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Next Peavy start in doubt due to shoulder concerns — Unless Jake Peavy wakes up this morning with his right shoulder feeling better than it has in three weeks, the Padres' ace right-hander likely will have his next start delayed by three days. — Instead of pitching as scheduled Saturday in Pittsburgh …
Kevin Hench / Fox Sports:
How things fell apart in Kansas City — Young flamethrower Mike MacDougal delivered the pitch, pinch-hitter Brian Daubach grounded to second, where Desi Relaford fielded the ball and flipped to first baseman Ken Harvey for the final out of the Royals' 83rd victory of the season. — The date was Sept. 25, 2003.
