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David Heuschkel / Hartford Courant:
Clement Pushed Back — Pena May Return In Four Weeks — BOSTON — Red Sox righthander Matt Clement may be headed to the disabled list. For the second time in a week, his start is being pushed back. — This time, however, manager Terry Francona would not say when the inconsistent Clement …
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
After 'school', Lester gets down to business — It had been just nine days since Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein shot down the notion of Jon Lester filling in for the injured David Wells in a prime matchup against the Yankees in New York. Epstein, loath to give in to the demands …
David Heuschkel / Hartford Courant:
Lester Soaks Up The Scene — But Sox Lose As Teams Play One — BOSTON — Rain or shine, there was no way Jon Lester could avoid getting his feet wet as he made his major league debut. The Red Sox's top prospect provided a glimpse of what the organization believes is a very bright future on a rather bleak day at Fenway Park.
Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:
Lester, Sox end up all wet in long day: Phenom labors in soggy MLB debut0-5697 — As the hours slowly passed, two games became one and day became night. And on another occasion under different circumstances, it might have been worth it. — But not on this day.
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Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:
Tito tweaks rotation: Pauley's in for Clement2-2170 — Just as Red Sox officials were devising a game plan to combat the relentless rain, manager Terry Francona was juggling his starting rotation yesterday to address an array of issues. — With the Sox and Texas Rangers now due to play …
Howard Kussoy / MLB.com:
Sox try to turn two vs. Rangers — Texas (33-28) at Boston (35-24), noon and 5:00 p.m. ET — Because of a seemingly endless rain that postponed the second half of Saturday's day-night doubleheader, Josh Beckett will pitch the matinee of a day-night doubleheader for the Red Sox against the Rangers on Sunday.
Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:Repeat after me: Let's play two, Rangers
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Associated Press:
Marlins-Padres Preview — No matter how the Florida Marlins fare in the finale of their three-game series with the San Diego Padres on Sunday at Petco Park, they'll finish with a successful road trip. — The Marlins (22-37) have gone 5-3 so far on the nine-game trip …
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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Peavy looking for fresh start — Florida (22-37) at San Diego (32-30), 1:05 p.m. PT — Hoping to regain his All-Star form, Jake Peavy takes the PETCO Park mound on Sunday, facing the Marlins' Brian Moehler in the finale of a three-game series. — Every Peavy start is an event …
Jay Mariotti / Chicago Sun Times:
Ozzie's stance on steroids indefensible — It doesn't matter today that Ozzie Guillen is a champion manager. Once again, he has embarrassed his profession with a senseless and irresponsible rant. At a time when baseball needs strong, honest leadership from all corners to restore …
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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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Tim Dahlberg / Associated Press:Time for baseball to back off and let the pros go to work
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New York Post:
UMP'S PASSING DESERVED BIGGER — June 11, 2006 — EQUAL TIME I DON'T know why - perhaps because they died on busy news days or because a few years removed from the public eye renders them less significant - but people who once played prominent roles in sports lately seem to be relegated …
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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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Associated Press:
Bonds wants to meet with Mitchell, drops lawsuit against Chronicle reporters — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Bonds wants to cooperate with special investigator George Mitchell, but will only talk to him if he is assured the information won't be given to federal prosecutors.
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.
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
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.
