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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Beckett hit hard in loss to Yankees — Right-hander has short night as Red Sox drop series opener — NEW YORK — The Red Sox found themselves on the wrong end of a Bronx bashing Monday night at Yankee Stadium, suffering such an early knockout punch in a 13-5 loss that Jason Varitek …
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Keep Your Sox On In Brooklyn
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Jack Curry / New York Times:
Phillips Finds His Stroke, and a Foothold at First — Andy Phillips hitting a three-run home run in the second inning off Boston's Josh Beckett. Phillips has three homers in his last four games. — Andy Phillips had 48 major league at-bats sprinkled across the last two seasons …
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Off the Facade
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
MILL LOW AFTER FANS' HIGH-FIVES — June 5, 2006 — Willie Randolph reprimanded Lastings Milledge for celebrating his first major-league homer - a dramatic game-tying solo shot in yesterday's 10th inning - by taking a detour to high-five fans on his way out to right field to start the next inning.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Notes: Baker feels Pujols' pain — Cubs manager has seen his share of injured starters this season — ST. LOUIS — The Chicago Cubs know how tough it is to be without an MVP caliber first baseman. Now, the St. Louis Cardinals have to deal with the loss of Albert Pujols.
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The Baseball Zealot
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ESPN:
Pujols lands on DL with 'moderate to severe' injury — ST. LOUIS — This is a much larger challenge for the St. Louis Cardinals: Albert Pujols will be out indefinitely with a strained muscle on his right side. — Pujols, last year's NL MVP and this season's major league leader in home runs and RBI …
Associated Press:
Padres-Brewers Preview — The Milwaukee Brewers have picked the worst time to meet one the hottest pitching staffs in the major leagues. — The Brewers will try to halt an eight-game losing streak when they take on the San Diego Padres in the start of a four-game series at Miller Park on Monday.
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Ducksnorts
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Jamey Newberg / MLB.com:
Going Deep: Late picks can pay off — Rangers make the most of some draft-and-follow choices — Third baseman Steve Marquardt played baseball at a junior college. He was drafted by Texas in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft, but not until the 23rd round.
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Fox Sports:
All you need to know about the MLB draft — So let's talk baseball draft. — For two days beginning at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, June 6, Major League Baseball will hold its annual First-Year Player Draft. This draft is more commonly — and incorrectly — known as the amateur draft …
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d.a. humber
Bryan Smith / Sports Illustrated:
MLB Mock Draft — Royals will avoid p.r. nightmare, take UNC's Miller — Tuesday's Major League Draft may have a shortage of hitters, but what it lacks in talent it makes up for in intrigue as uncertainty has lingered at the top for months. When the selections are announced, here are the 30 names you should expect to hear first.
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Gordon Wittenmyer / TwinCities.com:
Morneau told to practice as catcher — OAKLAND, Calif. — Even though he didn't get the extra catcher he wanted from the minors this past week, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said he still plans to use both of his catchers in the same lineup as often as he thinks he can risk it.
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Batgirl
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Zachary Levine / MLB.com:
A-Rod earns Player of the Month honors — Yankees third baseman wins award for seventh time of career — Alex Rodriguez has already missed two games in June with a stomach flu. His torrid month of May must have taken a lot out of him. — The Yankees' third baseman was named …
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Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Nationals hold off Braves — Hernandez hurls six innings for first win at Turner Field — ATLANTA — Livan Hernandez's luck at Turner Field was bound to change. — Coming into Monday's game at Turner Field, Hernandez had never won in the Atlanta stadium in 10 starts.
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Notes: Players remain calm — McCann set for short rehab stint, could be ready this week — ATLANTA — Braves manager Bobby Cox addressed his team before they took batting practice on Monday afternoon at Turner Field. But holding true to form this wasn't one of those closed-door intense meetings …
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Talking Chop
Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Sizing up a showdown — It's only June and 106 games remain, but there's plenty at stake in Sox's 3-game series vs. Tigers — This is what is know as a "statement series," this Detroit Tigers-White Sox three-game showdown starting Tuesday night at U.S. Cellular Field.
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Exile in Wrigleyville
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Yankees look within to solve injury woes — As the Yankees are linked to every high-salaried player on the planet, it's worth remembering that right-hander Shawn Chacon and left-hander Al Leiter were the team's biggest trade acquisitions before the July 31 non-waiver deadline last season.
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Deals or no deals? — Beat reporter T.R. Sullivan answers fans questions — Before we get started, a shameless plug. — If you get a chance, check out Postcards from Elysian Fields, my MLBlog. The address is http://trsullivan.mlblogs.com. The blog is modeled after …