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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Double dipping — Damon-led Yankees rip sorry Red Sox — Manny Ramírez pulled one of his occasional disappearing acts into the left-field scoreboard during a pitching change last night. Given the exhibition of sorry pitching he was required to endure throughout the day …
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Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:Yanks swing mighty bats in day-night power binge: Sox pitch disaster in NY sweep
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MLB.com:Red Sox recall right-hander Jermaine Van Buren from Triple-A Pawtucket
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Associated Press:
Diamondbacks-Padres Preview — The Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres are locked up in races for the NL West and the wild card, but neither team seems to playing as if they want to go to the postseason. — The rivals continue a three-game series at Petco Park on Saturday.
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Amanda Branam / MLB.com:
Padres send Hensley to battle Snakes — Arizona (61-61) at San Diego (61-61), 1:05 p.m. PT — The Padres knew they had no choice but to open this current series with the Diamondbacks in a big way. — They were swept in a four-game series by the Giants, and Friday's series opener with Arizona was the time to respond.
Jan Hubbard / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Opportunity awaits Tejeda — DETROIT - Robinson Tejeda is aware the Rangers did not trade David Dellucci for 19 1/3 innings, a 1-3 record and a 9.78 ERA. — But he also believes the adversity he has encountered this year and the time he has spent at Triple A Oklahoma will help him rediscover …
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Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Feldman appeals to common sense — Reliever: If guy charges, 'I'm not going to stand with arms crossed' — DETROIT - Reliever Scott Feldman has decided to appeal his six-game suspension. — Feldman said his understanding is the league gave him four games for hitting Angels second baseman Adam Kennedy and two games for fighting.
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Soriano and Zimmerman Are Driving Force for Nats — Ryan Zimmerman was in the dugout preparing for his first at-bat Friday night when Alfonso Soriano blasted a gargantuan home run on to the concourse in center field at Citizens Bank Park. "He's an amazing player," Zimmerman said hours later.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Jeter's Secret? It's Simple: Play to Win — Derek Jeter was the host of "Saturday Night Live" in 2001, and he was nervous about it all week. He had no acting or comic background, and certainly had never performed on live television at Rockefeller Center.
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Greg Stoda / Palm Beach Post:
Commentary: Girardi unable to speak above Loria's silence — MIAMI GARDENS — Joe Girardi is twisting in the South Florida breeze. — It's no fun to watch, and almost certainly going to get worse. — That it has come to this ridiculousness in Girardi's first season as a baseball manager at any level …
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Richard Griffin / Toronto Star:
Ricciardi blogged down by Wells rumour — GM says ex-aide is `officially an idiot' — Aug. 19, 2006. — BALTIMORE—Clearly it is not as easy as it looks, leaving the employ of a major-league ballclub to become a baseball columnist. Ask Keith Law. — In last night's blog posting on ESPN.com …
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NY Daily News:
Williams takes Pedro start — Dave Williams will make his Mets' debut tonight, taking Pedro Martinez's spot in the rotation. The lefthander was acquired May 25 from the Reds, along with $500,000 to cover half of his remaining salary, for minor-league pitcher Robert Manuel.
Patrick Reusse / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Twins confound logic in a buckle-up-and-hang-on run to contention — Can someone, anyone, explain how this hurting, haggard and hard-luck team is so relentless in its overachievement? — This comes to you from a guy who was in attendance as a fan when the Twins played their first game at Met Stadium on April 21, 1961.
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Eckstein will be out indefinitely — Shortstop David Eckstein will be lost for at least the rest of this weekend's series after suffering a strained muscle in his left side in a third-inning collision at the plate with Cubs catcher Michael Barrett. — The injury occurred …
Greg Wagner / MLB.com:
9 and oh: Weaver's a perfect match — Rookie ties Ford's AL record for wins to start a career — ANAHEIM — Is there anything this kid can't do? — Jered Weaver won his ninth straight decision, becoming only the second American League rookie in history accomplish such a feat.
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Bob McManaman / Arizona Republic:
Rookie Young gets call to spell Byrnes — SAN DIEGO - When Chris Young got called into his manager's office Thursday afternoon in Tacoma, Wash., he wasn't sure what to expect. Then the blood rushed from his face when Triple-A Tucson manager Chip Hale said he wouldn't be in the lineup because he hadn't paid a past fine that was due.
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Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
Sanders might be tradable — If he indeed cleared waivers, outfielder might draw interest from contenders. — The word around baseball is that outfielder Reggie Sanders cleared waivers earlier this month but pitcher Mark Redman did not. Teams are prohibited from openly discussing the matter.
Craig Barnes / Sun-Sentinel:
Jacobs doesn't let injured ankle stop him — · First baseman Mike Jacobs has played the majority of the season with a borderline stress fracture in his right ankle, and it won't completely heal until the season is over. — "They told me it was a stress reaction," Jacobs said, "and it was very close to being a fracture.
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Pierzynski, Alomar KO rift over story — MINNEAPOLIS — White Sox catchers A.J. Pierzynski and Sandy Alomar quickly settled their differences Friday over a recent story they firmly blamed on ESPN the Magazine. — "I wasn't happy with the article," Pierzynski said Friday night …
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