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David Picker / New York Times:
Mets' Glavine to Find Out if Condition Will End Year — Tom Glavine will be tested this week to determine if there is a blood clot in his pitching shoulder, a condition that could place his season and perhaps his career in jeopardy. — Glavine, a 40-year-old left-hander …
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Archie Bunker's Army
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Glavine's health, season in jeopardy — Test results pending on blood clot and artery in left shoulder — NEW YORK — Mets left-hander Tom Glavine will miss at least his next start and possibly the remainder of the season, pending the result of tests on a blood clot in his pitching shoulder.
Yahoo! Sports:
Mets LHP Glavine confirms clot in left shoulder — FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) - The strength of the New York Mets' rotation grew more tenuous Sunday when Tom Glavine confirmed that he has a blood clot in his left shoulder that will require tests and force him to miss at least one start and possibly much more.
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Betty's No Good Clothes Shop …
Newsday:
Wallace Matthews — No matter, October still in play — If you are a long-suffering Mets fan — is there any other kind? — it must freeze the heart and chill the spine to imagine this dream of a season going down in flames because of one cold fingertip.
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs acquire catcher for Perez — Tigers send Minor League backstop Robinson to Chicago — CHICAGO — In Spring Training, Todd Walker, Jerry Hairston Jr., and Neifi Perez all were battling for the Cubs' starting second base job. Now, all three are gone.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs' turnaround has Lee pondering — With Neifi Perez traded to Detroit on Sunday before the Cubs' 5-3 loss to St. Louis, all three players who competed for the Cubs' second-base job in spring training are gone. — Jerry Hairston was traded to Texas in May for Phil Nevin …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Soriano a fan of Phils' Howard — Nationals slugger trying to catch reigning Derby champion — PHILADELPHIA — Entering Sunday's action, Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard led the National League in home runs with 43, while Nationals left fielder Alfonso Soriano ranked second with 40.
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Washington Post
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Nats' Late Rally Falls Just Short — The last several innings of the Washington Nationals' nearly unwatchable 12-10 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies were just intriguing enough to force the simple question, based on an elementary move in which one man replaced another in the lineup.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Valiant comeback in finale not enough — Trailing by nine, Nats trim deficit to one, but fall to Phils — PHILADELPHIA — If one wants to find a goat on the Nationals in their heartbreaking 12-10 loss to the Phillies on Sunday afternoon, infielder Damian Jackson said to blame him.
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Just A Nats Fan
Associated Press:
Mets take chance on Mota, deal for Indians reliever — NEW YORK — Three years after Guillermo Mota brawled with the Mets, the reliever was traded to New York by the Cleveland Indians on Sunday for a player to be named. — Mike Piazza charged the mound after Mota hit him with a pitch on March 12, 2003.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Mets acquire Mota from Indians — Veteran right-hander adds depth to bullpen for stretch run — NEW YORK — Hoping to bolster their bullpen for September and beyond, the Mets acquired right-handed reliever Guillermo Mota from the Cleveland Indians on Sunday in exchange for a player to be named later.
Jimmy Golen / Associated Press:
Red Sox GM: 'We still have a chance' — BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein urged caution on Sunday, insisting "the big picture is pretty darn good" despite flops in the three straight games against the Yankees that left New York a season-high 4 1/2 games up in the AL East.
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Jimmy Golen / Associated Press:
Yankees 8, Red Sox 5, 10 innings — BOSTON —Twenty-eight years after the "Boston Massacre" set the stage for Bucky Dent and yet another Yankees championship, New York is snuffing out the Red Sox once again. — Changing the style — but not the outcome — of an epic series that's propelled …
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WasWatching.com
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Mulder returns this week — CHICAGO — Lefthander Mark Mulder will end a two-month stay on the disabled list Wednesday when he moves from a series of rehab starts to a confrontation with the New York Mets at Shea Stadium, the club confirmed Saturday. — "I'm ready to get back out there," Mulder said.
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Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Dumb luck? Rookie finally hitting — Anderson's swagger, sense of humor guide him to success after woeful start — As a close friend, Brandon McCarthy had a unique view of the desolation that should have left Brian Anderson depressed and despondent. — "For a lot of people, it would have dragged them under," McCarthy said.
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NY Daily News:
Bombers' best not buddies — It's big chill for Derek & A-Rod — BOSTON - This was back in 1998, the year the NBA All-Star Game was at Madison Square Garden, and suddenly you came walking around the corner to a concession stand upstairs and there were Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.
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Chad Finn's Touching …
Shawn / Cincinnati Reds Blog:
Little League, Big Dreams by Charles Euchner — I received a review copy of the book "Little League, Big Dreams" by Charles Euchner, and so I am writing a review. This is a fine book of a topic that is quite hot right now, as ESPN devotes much of their programming schedule to the Little League World Series.
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Red Hot Mama
Clark Spencer / Miami Herald:
Rare double play key to Marlins' win — The Marlins preserved their victory against the Braves with a rare double play in the ninth inning that was started by catcher Miguel Olivo's throw from home plate. — cspencer@MiamiHerald.com — The Marlins couldn't have diagramed it any better …
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FishStripes
Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
Seanez released from 'pen — Terry Francona hopes all you Rudy Seanez haters out there are happy, because he certainly isn't. — Desperate for a fresh arm in the bullpen following Friday's losses to the New York Yankees, the Red Sox reluctantly designated the veteran reliever for assignment …
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Empyreal Environs
