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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Mirabelli unaware of error of his ways — MIAMI — Catcher Doug Mirabelli, whose throwing error on Hanley Ramirez's first-inning stolen base ended the team's major-league record of consecutive errorless games at 17, was asked if the streak had reached the point where no player wanted to be the one to end it.
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Lester set to face Johnson in finale — Boston (49-29) at Florida (35-42), 1:05 p.m. ET — As entertaining as it was to watch Curt Schilling face Tom Glavine at Fenway Park earlier this week, Sunday's Red Sox-Marlins contest offers the opposite kind of intrigue.
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Moehler's sore foot worsens, lands him on DL — · Brian Moehler's right big toe problem went from manageable to debilitating in less than an inning Saturday. — What was termed toe soreness two starts ago turned into a sprained right foot that forced him out of the game and onto the disabled list.
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FishStripes
Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
DH faces classic injustice — DH should be part of All-Star Game every year — Maybe this is a sacrilege, but would it really kill baseball to have the designated hitter at the All-Star Game every year? — I mean, who really wants to watch some scared American League pitcher try to bunt …
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Don't sell farm for one plum — Seattle - They are delightful delusions of supremacy. — For the better part of a decade, Rockies fans have watched their team struggle to be competitive. Now, with their team panting down first-place San Diego's neck, they want upgrades.
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Purple Row
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Irv Moss / Denver Post:
Jimenez walks on wild side — Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs manager Tom Runnells is much more apt to make judgments based on what he sees firsthand instead of what he might read in the newspaper. — That's why he wasn't ready to commit on the impact of the addition of right-handed pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez on the Sky Sox.
Winter Olympics / Chicago Sun Times:
Baker's time getting short in already long season — Ozzie Guillen blustered on May 21 when the White Sox and Cubs last met that pitcher Rich Hill was going to get Dusty Baker fired. Ozzie left out quite a few names in that assessment, although he was quite perceptive in seeing that Baker's job status was teetering clear back then.
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Tough loss to KC may spur shake-up — The "we're-still-in-first-place" Cardinals encountered another (false) bottom Saturday night against the going-nowhere Kansas City Royals. — What might have passed for inspiration instead became another installment of a division leader's six-week slide.
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards stumble early, late in tough loss — The "we're-still-in-first-place" Cardinals hit another (false) bottom Saturday night against the Kansas City Royals. What might have passed for inspiration instead became another installment of a first-place club's six-week slide.
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' Matthews hopes for All-Star call — ARLINGTON - Gary Matthews Jr. won't find out if he's an All-Star for the first time in his career until this evening, but he earned an All-Star's ovation Saturday. — With the Rangers down 5-, Matthews went at least three feet above …
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Sam Borden / NY Daily News:
Do you hate this man? — Seems like everybody despises A-Rod — Is Alex Rodriguez the most-hated man in sports? — Short answer: No way. Not when Barry Bonds and Terrell Owens and Kobe Bryant and Isiah Thomas are still masquerading on courts and fields wearing their own personal costumes of evil.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Nats introduce first-round picks — Zimmerman on hand to welcome Marrero, Willems — WASHINGTON — Outfielder Chris Marrero and right-hander Colton Willems, the Nationals' first-round picks in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft, were introduced in a joint press conference on Saturday afternoon.
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Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
Notes: Webb can't explain struggles — Right-hander doesn't know why he was winless in June — OAKLAND — Brandon Webb can't explain it. — The right-hander picked up win No. 8 on May 26 tossing a seven-hit shutout in Cincinnati in front of friends and family and seemed on top of the baseball world.
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AZ Snakepit
Spencer Fordin / MLB.com:
Ortiz, Orioles overcome Braves — Righty allows three runs in 4 1/3 innings, but drives in two — ATLANTA — When you're a starting pitcher, it's hard to be proud of a night where your batting line is the best part of your box score. Russ Ortiz singled twice and drove in two runs Saturday …
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New York Post:
TOUCHABLE — LASTINGS COULD MOVE FOR RIGHT PRICE — July 1, 2006 — OMAR Minaya made a very personal, very public goodbye to Lastings Milledge yesterday, sending the Mets' top position prospect back to the minors. As Milledge wrapped his arm around the GM in the late afternoon …
