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Metstradamus / The Musings and Prophecies …:
Showoff — Alay Soler got the Mets a much needed victory...and convincing victory at that...tonight at Dodger Stadium. Soler went seven innings, striking out seven and giving up six hits and only one run in a 4-1 Mets victory over Los Angeles. It was only their second victory …
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David Lennon / Newsday:
Milledge: No regrets about high fives — LOS ANGELES — Any remorse that Lastings Milledge was feeling after high-fiving the fans along the rightfield line Sunday apparently had vanished by the time the Mets boarded their cross-country charter to the West Coast later that night.
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Metsblog.com
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Soler-powered — Rookie's gem lifts Mets in L.A. — LOS ANGELES - Alay Soler had a three-run cushion before he even took the mound. Nine innings later, the Cuban defector had his first major-league win. — Jose Reyes and Carlos Delgado homered in the first inning …
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Baseball Musings
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.
Chris Snow / Boston Globe:
Battery Park — Yankees unload on Sox, Beckett in Stadium rout — NEW YORK — When Josh Beckett walked off the mound last evening, the sky was still a soft blue, the lingering sun illuminating the Bronx courthouse that looms beyond Yankee Stadium in right-center.
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The Soxaholix
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Classic case of bombing in the Bronx — NEW YORK — Ex-major league pitcher Bob Tewksbury insists he was summoned for one reason, and one reason only: to pitch batting practice, because manager Terry Francona needed a fresh arm. — Just because Tewksbury is the organization's sports psychology coach …
Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
Beckett collapses — Yankees apply pressure
Beckett collapses — Yankees apply pressure
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Boston Sports Media Watch
Baseball America:
Tuesday Morning Mock Draft — For the first time since 1999, when the Devil Rays deliberated between Josh Hamilton and Josh Beckett, scouting directors will wake up on draft day without knowing for sure who will go No. 1. The Royals own that pick, and if they've finalized their decision, they've kept it closely guarded.
Discussion:
mlb.mlb.com, 12eight, Sports Illustrated, Royals Review, Purple Row and The Orioles Warehouse
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David Andriesen / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Mariners expected to take college pitcher
Mariners expected to take college pitcher
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U.S.S. Mariner
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' GM faces old dilemma in 1st draft — Daniels deciding between 'best player' vs. 'best fit' at No. 12 — Shortly before noon today, Jon Daniels will sign off on the first draft pick he'll make as the Rangers general manager. But until then, he wrestles with the same, age-old issues that dogged his predecessors.
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Lone Star Ball
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Alfonseca's return boosts Rangers' bullpen — IF Jimenez expected to be odd man out; move adds flexibility — Rangers manager Buck Showalter said he expects right-handed reliever Antonio Alfonseca to be activated from the disabled list today, giving the club an eight-man bullpen for the foreseeable future.
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USA Today:
Former prep prospect now creating heat in the kitchen after shoulder surgeries — Persistent shoulder injuries early this decade prevented Ryan Anderson from throwing 100-mph heat in the major leagues. Now out of baseball, Anderson is ready to turn up the heat in a new career.
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Mariner Minors
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Doug Padilla / L.A. Daily News:
Angels: The object of ire — Figgins' play angers Scioscia in loss — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Already at odds with teammates this season, Chone Figgins finally tapped into the ire of his manager during Monday's 4-0 lackluster defeat to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Dylan Hernandez / Contra Costa Times:
Giants roll as Bonds rocks — Slugger gets homer No. 716 and will get additional support with Alou's return — SAN FRANCISCO - The Giants had crushed the Florida Marlins, Moises Alou was about to be activated, and the clubhouse was theirs again. — Gone were the scores …
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Baseball Musings
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Clark Spencer / Miami Herald:
Rotation is on the rise — SAN FRANCISCO - They're young, but they're durable. — The Marlins have eight rookies (three starters and five relievers) on their staff, but they're getting mileage out of those arms, not to mention solid performances. — On May 18, the Marlins had a staff earned-run average of 5.72.
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FishStripes
Paul Meyer / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates likely to select a pitcher in first round — Player they are projected to get might stir up memories of former star Pirates pitcher from early '90s — If the teams ahead of them behave as expected, the Pirates almost certainly today will select University of Houston right-hander Brad Lincoln …
David Heuschkel / Hartford Courant:
Pauley Moves To Bigger Stage — NEW YORK — His first start in the big leagues was considered a huge step because David Pauley had never pitched above Double A. His second start will be even bigger. — "He's not climbing Mount Everest," Curt Schilling said. "He's playing a baseball game at Yankee Stadium."
NY Daily News:
Kids are all right to Brian — In the spring, Brian Cashman says, he and Joe Torre spent a fair amount of time talking to the Yankee kids, to the guys off the bench. The message, Cashman says, was the same, from the first time all the players were together in one room.
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New York Times
Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:
Former umpire Gregg, 55, dies after stroke — Eric Gregg, the fun-loving West Philadelphia native who became a popular Major League Baseball umpire, died last night at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood after suffering a massive stroke at his Ardmore home Sunday morning. Mr. Gregg was 55.