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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Cairo out 3 weeks; — Cano back — BALTIMORE - Yankees infielder Miguel Cairo is headed for the disabled list after straining his left hamstring Saturday and could miss up to three weeks, Joe Torre said. Luckily for the Yankees, Cairo will be replaced at second by the man he was filling in for, Robinson Cano.
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George King / New York Post:BOBBY LAUDS — Add Bobby Abreu to the list of Yankee hitters who adore Don Mattingly.
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Replacement Level …
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Wright's New Stats: 6 Years, $55 Million — David Wright and José Reyes achieved full-scale fame together this season and were named to their first All-Star Game together. So it seemed appropriate that only three days after the Mets locked up Reyes with a long-term contract extension …
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Long shots — Devil Rays cash in as Red Sox relievers fade at the finish — Winning pitcher Shawn Camp (left) was part of the welcoming party for Greg Norton (14), who ended things in the 10th with a one-out homer. (AP Photo) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — This Torture at the Trop …
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Bullpen is able to share the blame — Failure to protect lead a group effort — Rookie Ben Zobrist was a pest to Red Sox pitchers, hitting a solo homer in the third and a two-run double in the seventh. (AP Photo) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There they were, lined up in perfect order for the win.
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Club mark for errors threatened — MIAMI GARDENS - The young Marlins are making errors at a record pace. — Shortstop Hanley Ramirez muffed Rafael Furcal's grounder on the first play of the game in Sunday's 7-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. — Two outs later, Scott Olsen's pitch got away from catcher Paul Hoover.
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FishStripes
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Kevin Baxter / Miami Herald:
Marlins at a loss on and off field — The Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of Florida, which now is six games back in the wild-card race and might have lost reliever Logan Kensing because of an injury. — kbaxter@MiamiHerald.com — Chalk it up as a lost weekend for the Marlins.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Nationals tab Traber for callup — Left-hander to work out of bullpen until likely Aug. 12 start — SAN DIEGO — The Nationals recalled left-handed pitcher Billy Traber from Triple-A New Orleans on Sunday. He is expected to work out of the bullpen during the early part of the week …
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Maine extends streak, Mets take series — Rookie right-hander has not allowed a run in 23 straight innings — NEW YORK — The day in 1987 when the Cardinals experienced the Mets' newest acquisition, David Cone, slugger Jack Clark noted Cone's stuff and his presence in the Mets' stable.
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Metsblog.com
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Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Maine man is zero hero — John Maine's Met career got off to an inauspicious start. The 25-year-old righthander, whom the Mets acquired in January in the deal that sent Kris Benson and his outspoken wife Anna to Baltimore, felt the middle finger on his right hand pop as he was warming up for his first Mets start back on May 2.
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' Wells to miss a start — ANAHEIM, Calif. - Right-hander Kip Wells, the lone Rangers' pitching acquisition at the trade deadline, will miss at least one start with a right shoulder problem. — After feeling some soreness behind his right shoulder, Wells left the Rangers Sunday …
Discussion:
Lone Star Ball
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New York Post:
LO DUCA'S SEXY WIFE — MODEL RIPS HIS — 'ADULTERY' IN DIVORCE SUIT — By CARY CARDWELL in San Antonio and LARRY CELONA in New York — Met catcher Paul Lo Duca is having an All-Star season on the field - but his personal life is in shambles after his Playboy-model wife accused …
Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Despite Achilles pain, Floyd says heel be back — Cliff Floyd hopes he will be able to play tomorrow when the Mets open a three-game series with the Padres at Shea. His injured left Achilles hindered him badly enough that he was out of the starting lineup last night against the Phillies.
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Metsblog.com
Murray Chass / New York Times:
And Sometimes, Trades Do Work Out Best for Everybody — A PAIR of young first basemen forced their teams to make critical decisions last off-season, and neither the Philadelphia Phillies nor the Milwaukee Brewers have any reason to regret the decisions they made.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
From Small Field to Major Leagues — JUAN BARÓN, Dominican Republic, Aug. 3 — The town's only baseball field sits at the back of a dead end. Pigs, goats and chickens wander near a cement wall that surrounds the field. Small trenches mark the basepaths on the field, and rocks and trash are strewn on the grass.
