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Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Repeat after me: Let's play two, Rangers — BOSTON - Mother Nature refuses to make it easy on the Rangers when they come to Boston. — A steady rain for most of Saturday forced the postponement of the second game of the planned day-night doubleheader against the Red Sox.
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Lone Star Ball
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Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Struggling Alfonseca on way out — Quick start at Frisco, Oklahoma gives Corey chance to prove himself — BOSTON - Antonio Alfonseca's tenure with the Rangers appears to be over. — Texas designated the 34-year-old for assignment Friday. Former Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Bryan Corey …
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Lone Star Ball
Tim Dahlberg / Associated Press:
Time for baseball to back off and let the pros go to work — There are few things in life worse than a scorned mistress who talks too much. — Barry Bonds knows that better than most. A woman named Kimberly Bell is a big part of the reason he may soon find himself in some serious trouble with the law.
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Lee Jenkins / New York Times:
Nuts-and-Bolts Ballplayer for a Space-Age Infield — PHOENIX, June 9 — In the city where Jason Grimsley lives, on the campus where Barry Bonds went to college, a new bionic ballplayer is fielding grounders. — The player is best described as a machine — cameras for eyes, tires for legs …
Joe McDonald / nysportsday.com:
Don't Blame Matsui For Stinking Up The Place — NEW YORK - Last Saturday, when Kaz Matsui took the field for the second game of the Mets' doubleheader against the Giants, the much-maligned second baseman received his usual greeting from the fans. — He was booed without mercy.
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Greg / Faith and Fear in Flushing:
We Didn't Deserve Each Other — Kaz Matsui shouldn't have been a New York Met. It was wrong for him, it was wrong for us. — This was not Reggie Jackson and George Steinbrenner, one of whom was a liar and the other was convicted, thus they deserved each other — as an overwrought …
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets say sayonara to Matsui — PHOENIX - Kaz Matsui arrived in December 2003 with a glitzy press conference at the Sheraton attended by Mayor Bloomberg, and with so much promise that the organization moved Jose Reyes to second base to accommodate him. — His disappointing tenure ended yesterday …
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Nationals Prevail in a Washington Marathon — The course of events took more than five-and-a-half hours. It all began with rain, continued with an offensive explosion, deteriorated into a colossal collapse and then dragged on as last night turned into this morning, as certain victory turned into near-defeat.
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Mike Kiley / Chicago Sun Times:
Wood on DL, says he's not injured — CINCINNATI — Just four starts into his comeback from right shoulder surgery last August, Kerry Wood was put on the 15-day disabled list Friday. Wood went there, however, emphasizing that he isn't injured, which is a unique way to land on the DL.
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Bruce Miles / Daily Herald:
Womack takes over as leadoff man — CINCINNATI — Cubs manager Dusty Baker made a switch at the top of his lineup Friday, putting Tony Womack in the leadoff spot and dropping Juan Pierre to the second slot. — "I put Tony at the top because Juan was having trouble getting on base," Baker said.
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The Cub Reporter
Associated Press:
Marlins-Padres Preview — Scott Olsen looks to win his third straight start when the Florida Marlins face the San Diego Padres in the middle game of their three-game series on Saturday at Petco Park. — Olsen (4-3, 5.60 ERA) had never previously won consecutive decisions over his two-season career …
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Ducksnorts
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Bob McManaman / Arizona Republic:
Grimsley no longer getting paid — Jason Grimsley will not receive the remainder of his $825,000 salary from the Diamondbacks this season, and if the players union wants to file a grievance, so be it, said Ken Kendrick, the club's managing general partner. — "It's the moral thing to do," Kendrick said Friday.
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AZ Snakepit
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Notes: DL delayed for Gagne — Closer likely will go on disabled list, but not until Tuesday — DENVER — By pitching into the ninth inning Friday night, Brad Penny bought the Dodgers a little time before they place Eric Gagne on the disabled list. — But manager Grady Little acknowledged …
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Dodger Thoughts
CBS SportsLine.com:
Former Yankee Leyritz admits he tried HGH — NY Post — The clock was ticking against Jim Leyritz, and he knew it. He had surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder after the 2000 season and he did not have the normal recovery time — about a year — left on his baseball calendar.
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers fall as Cardinals come back — De La Rosa placed on DL with blisters on his pitching hand — MILWAUKEE — The Brewers invited their No. 1 draft pick to take in a game at Miller Park on Friday night. They gave right-hander Jeremy Jeffress a uniform and seats next to the dugout …
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Steven R. Strahler / Chicago Business:
Ernie Banks eyes bid for Chicago Cubs — Mr. Cub, investors show interest in team; but are they for sale? — (Crain's) — Ernie Banks wants to buy the Chicago Cubs and said so during a half-hour meeting last month with Dennis FitzSimons, the embattled CEO of team owner Tribune Co.
Associated Press:
Umpire Gregg remembered as charismatic figure — PHILADELPHIA — Eric Gregg was remembered Friday as a charismatic figure who touched everyone he met. And every one, it seemed, had a story about the former umpire. — Son Kevin regaled a couple hundred mourners at his father's funeral …
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