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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
These performances difficult to watch — You've heard of the twi-night doubleheader and the day-night doubleheader? Say hello to the day-night-morning doubleheader. — Make that day-night-mourning doubleheader. — In one of the ugliest and most painful twin bills in the long history …
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Mark Feinsand / MLB.com:
Notes: Doubleheader forces moves — Farnsworth getting better; Clippard throws no-no for Trenton — BOSTON — With their bullpen drained following Friday's grueling day-night doubleheader, the Yankees made a couple of roster moves to help get them through the rest of the weekend at Fenway Park.
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Howard Kussoy / MLB.com: Beckett to take on Johnson — New York (72-48) at Boston (69-52), 1:20 p.m. ET
MLB.com:Red Sox recall right-hander Jermaine Van Buren from Triple-A Pawtucket
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Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Giants honor retired lefty Rueter — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Giants honored former pitcher Kirk Rueter on Saturday night, paying tribute to the winningest left-hander in San Francisco history who retired before this season. — Rueter received a standing ovation during a pregame ceremony …
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Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Frandsen placed on disabled list with broken jaw — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Backup Giants infielder Kevin Frandsen had his broken jaw wired shut Saturday and went on the 15-day disabled list only five days after being called up from Triple-A Fresno. — San Francisco was counting on giving …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Dye uses old-fashioned method to raise power — MINNEAPOLIS — Jermaine Dye attended Cosumnes River College in California, but now the White Sox right fielder is earning his master's degree in slugging. — Dye tied his single-season high for home runs Friday night when he slugged his 33rd …
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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.
Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Notes: Rotation in double digits — Lineup to stick through set; Guillen comments on suspensions — MINNEAPOLIS — Mark Buehrle apparently realized he was the last member of the White Sox starting rotation to reach double-digit victories this season, judging by his humorous response to the topic Friday evening.
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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Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Edmonds returns, but all isn't well — Outfielder had been out since Tuesday in Cincinnati — CHICAGO — Jim Edmonds returned to the field on Saturday, but that doesn't mean he's ready to get back in the Cardinals' starting lineup. — Edmonds walked as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning …
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
A-Rod needs to lighten up in Big Apple — The solution for Alex Rodriguez isn't that complicated. — Play great. — Play great, and everything else will go away. — Rodriguez alone can silence his critics and restore his reputation as the best player in the game.
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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Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Rodriguez recalled; Backe sent to DL — Left-hander returns to Astros to make start against Brewers — MILWAUKEE — Wandy Rodriguez, not Dave Borkowski, will start for the Houston Astros on Saturday against the Brewers at Miller Park. — Rodriguez was recalled when right-hander Brandon Backe …
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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 …
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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Associated Press:
Police: L.I. teen posed as journalist to get into stadium — NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Leli loves the Mets. — The Suffolk County teenager loved the Mets so much that authorities say he posed as a reporter to get into Shea Stadium and talk with players. — Police arrested the 18-year-old …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
After Shea, Life Diverges for Two Mets — Twenty years ago, Lenny Dykstra and Wally Backman were the pesky twins at the top of the Mets' championship lineup. They wreaked havoc on the basepaths, and like many of the other players on that team, partied hard off the field.
