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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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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
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Notes: Guzman gets Major shot — Prospect gets opportunity with Kent landing on DL — LOS ANGELES — The Dodger youth movement was accelerated a little more Thursday when 38-year-old Jeff Kent was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained wrist and replaced by 21-year-old Joel Guzman …
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Notes: Chipper looking for power surge — Veteran hoping to pick up his homer pace after slow start — ATLANTA — When Chipper Jones came off the disabled list on April 25, he homered in his second at-bat and gave an indication that the two weeks he had missed with a sprained right knee and ankle hadn't affected his swing.
Discussion:
Talking Chop
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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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
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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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Ozuna honing his skills in center — CLEVELAND — White Sox utility player Pablo Ozuna started working out in center field before Thursday night's game at Cleveland. — The move was made in preparation for some upcoming games against left-handed starters once center fielder Brian Anderson begins …
Discussion:
Exile in Wrigleyville
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.
Mychael Urban / MLB.com:
Notes: Harden likely to pitch Sunday — Favorable report on Loaiza's rehab; A's look ahead to draft — OAKLAND — A day after Rich Harden declared himself ready to pitch in the big leagues for the first time since leaving an April 21 start with a strained back muscle …
Discussion:
At Home Plate
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 …
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
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.
Dave Murray / Mets Guy in Michigan:
Forget Kazmir, I'd rather have Pedro, Delgado and first place — I'm going to say something loud and bold: I'm glad the Mets traded Scott Kazmir. — I firmly believe that the much-maligned deal is the reason the Mets are in first place today. — And stories like this one by Lee Jenkins …
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 …
