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Associated Press:
Agent: Grimsley to fight team's decision not to pay him — PHOENIX — Jason Grimsley plans to fight the Arizona Diamondbacks' decision to withhold the remainder of his $825,000 salary, prompting an angry response from the team's managing general partner. — "This guy did no less than steal from us," Ken Kendrick said Saturday night.
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Obstructed Seats
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Baltimore Sun:
Throwing off players association, Grimsley hurls hGH into spotlight — Welcome to the worst nightmare of the Major League Baseball Players Association. — Former Orioles relief pitcher Jason Grimsley might have created a portal to a new era of enforcement in baseball's battle to eradicate illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
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Baseball Musings
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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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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 …
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
A little blood must be spilled — Baseball is in their blood. But what else is? — That's the question the sport must answer as it manages its human growth hormone crisis. If players are serious about eradicating HGH, they must agree to blood testing in the next collective bargaining agreement.
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Purple Row
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Tomko's struggles continue at Coors — Right-hander loses fourth straight start as Dodgers fall — DENVER — It's not the baseballs or the humidor that decides games at Coors Field. It's the pitching, as the Dodgers proved Saturday for the second consecutive night.
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6-4-2
Bill Ordine / Baltimore Sun:
O's Series hero was prankster, too — Former pitcher Moe Drabowsky, a fun-loving prankster who became an Orioles World Series hero, died yesterday at the University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock of complications from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow.
NY Daily News:
This Goose is still cookin' — Goose Gossage paid a visit to my office last Tuesday. The big man is still sporting that upside-down handlebar mustache, only now it's completely white. At 54, this is about the only noticeable physical change you'll find in him.
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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Glenn Rabney / MLB.com:
Angels stung by Seattle slam — Lackey surrenders big blast in fifth to Sexson — ANAHEIM — In this season of inconsistency, one of the few things the Angels can count on is John Lackey. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case Saturday night as the Seattle Mariners bludgeoned Lackey and the Angels, 12-6.
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6-4-2
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
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Guillen activated from DL — Outfielder will start in Sunday's finale; Vento sent down — WASHINGTON — The Nationals activated right fielder Jose Guillen from the 15-day disabled list and optioned outfielder Mike Vento to Triple-A New Orleans before Saturday's game.
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
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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