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Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Draft Blog: Day One — Throughout the first day of the draft, Baseball America's reporters will keep you updated with an ongoing draft day blog. — Last Second Top 10 Projection — 12:57 p.m.: Our last-second projection for the Top 10 . . . 1. KC—Luke Hochevar — 2. Col—Greg Reynolds
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Dodger Thoughts, 6-4-2, The Journal News, Royals Review, Red Reporter, 12eight and Purple Row
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Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
Future Shock — 2006 Draft, First Round Recap — The date is fitting, as late last night everything we knew about who was going where in today's draft went to hell, and stayed there all morning. Properly assessing a draft takes two, three, even four years to do properly, but where's the fun in that?
David Kravets / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Feds search house of Arizona reliever — SAN FRANCISCO — Federal investigators searched Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Jason Grimsley's house Tuesday as part of their investigation of steroid use in baseball. — Thirteen agents searched Grimsley's house in Scottsdale, Ariz., for six hours …
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The Catbird …
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Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks' Grimsley implicated in steroids probe — Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Jason Grimsley admitted taking illegal performance-enhancing drugs and said that amphetamines were used "like aspirin" in major league clubhouses, according to an affidavit filed by the lead federal investigator in baseball's steroid investigation.
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
A Break for the Bullpen as Mets' Soler Steadies Himself — LOS ANGELES, June 5 — The first proof of Alay Soler's command Monday night arrived early. Soler got Rafael Furcal, the Dodgers' leadoff hitter, to ground out to shortstop, a simple 6-3 in the scorebook but a commendable feat …
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The Eddie Kranepool Society
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Associated Press:
Dodgers pick Mattingly's son No. 31 — NEW YORK (AP) — Preston Mattingly of Evansville Central High School, the son of former New York Yankees star Don Mattingly, was the 31st player taken Tuesday in the major league baseball draft. — The 6-foot-3 shortstop was the first player from Indiana selected …
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.
Discussion:
Boston Herald, Hartford Courant, New York Times, Boston Sports Media Watch and The Joy of Sox
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals draft pair of preps — Team uses first-round picks on Marrero, Willems — WASHINGTON — There's a new philosophy in the Nationals organization when it comes to drafting players. Unlike the past four years, in which they worked with a limited budget, the Nationals were told …
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Brian J Oliver / Nationals Farm Authority:Liveblogging the 2006 Draft — 10th round draft pick #301 …
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Just A Nats Fan
Jason Place / Boston Globe:
Red Sox 2006 draft tracker — Check back often for updates every time the Red Sox make a pick in the first five rounds. — ROUND — OVERALL PICK — SELECTION — Position: CF Bats: Right Vitals: 18 years old, 6-foot-3; 205 pounds — The skinny on Place: "Jason Place is an athletic …
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Yanksfan vs Soxfan
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Associated Press:
Padres-Brewers Preview — The San Diego Padres will welcome back ace Jake Peavy on Tuesday. Given how they fared against him last month, the Milwaukee Brewers may not feel so hospitable. — After missing a start with tendinitis in his shoulder, Peavy and the Padres will face the Brewers …
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Ducksnorts
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Sub-stantial victory — Cintron's 3-run HR in 8th helps Sox rally past Tigers — Alex Cintron hit a three-run homer off reliever Fernando Rodney in the eighth inning to lead the White Sox to a 4-3 victory over the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.
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Exile in Wrigleyville
CBS SportsLine.com:
Full Play-by-Play Chicago vs. Detroit — GameCenter · Full Play-by-Play · Box Score · Recap · Game Chart · Photos · Live game log (Glog) — TIGERS 1ST — Freddy An. Garcia pitching: — Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Granderson walked.
Dallas Morning News:
Good catchers are keepers — A draft day lesson for you: The Rangers value catchers. — It's something that Jon Daniels mentioned to me months ago, but he keeps hammering it home with one illustration after another. — Just last weekend, Gerald Laird, who could have been sent to San Diego …
Discussion:
Lone Star Ball
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Braves again load up with pitching — Atlanta takes 17 hurlers among 22 first-day draft picks — ATLANTA — Going into this year's First-Year Player Draft, there were many people indicating there wasn't a very deep talent pool. But it was certainly vast enough for Braves director …
Mychael Urban / MLB.com:
A's select prep righty at No. 66 — Hard-throwing San Diego pitcher makes huge impression — OAKLAND — Last spring, Trevor Cahill's fastball couldn't crack 84 mph, and he couldn't crack his high school team's starting rotation. — Little more than a year later, he's a second-round pick …
