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Bob Ryan / Boston Globe:
Latest blow may be the lowest of all — How could it get worse? — Here's how it could get worse. The Red Sox can't hold a 5-3 lead entering the eighth. Derek Jeter fists a two-out game-tying single to right in the ninth. The Red Sox can't score after getting the first two men on in the ninth.
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Bad to worse to ugly — NY one win away from 5-game sweep — After three straight humiliating, one-sided losses to the Yankees, the Red Sox were in no mood to suffer the same fate again last night. — But it turns out they're now suffering the blackest of moods, as their freefall into baseball's pit of pain continues.
Digital-Derek / SawxBlog:
2006 Dead Sox Season Awash — Well, I thought that my personal presence would be enough to will the Red Sox to victory but apparentlly it wasn't, and now that Doors song is ringing in my ears loud and clear. The only feeling I truly have right now is utter disappointment.
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Rich in natural resources — Epstein playing futures market — He didn't bring a white flag to wave in surrender, or say the Red Sox can't compete with the Yankees. What Theo Epstein said last night in a long on-field interview before the Sox-Yankees game is that the Red Sox never …
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Notes: Lefty Lopez brought back to 'pen — Reliever recalled to neutralize Yankees' left-handed sluggers — BOSTON — Another day, another roster move. With their pitching staff taking an unprecedented beating in the first three games of this five-game showdown against the Yankees …
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Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:
Feeling the heat, Epstein holds his ground — They never see things the same way we do, which is probably a good thing. — The last thing the Red Sox ever need is some apple-polishing sycophant who licks an index finger before determining which way the wind is blowing.
Denver Post:
Cook can relate to Glavine's situation — New York - The news greeted Rockies pitcher Aaron Cook like a punch in the face. Suddenly, his deepest concerns weren't about a bad pitch, but taking his last breath. Two years ago this month, Cook nearly died on the mound from blood clots in both lungs.
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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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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.
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Jan Hubbard / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Rangers' bullpen depleted — DETROIT — While the Rangers were thrilled with three victories in four games against the Tigers, their pitching staff has been taxed. — Ron Mahay has pitched the past two days, and Akinori Otsuka has pitched three straight days.
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Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers to review rotation — DETROIT - The Rangers face more decisions today regarding their starting rotation. They have six starters and five spots. — The probable scenario is lefty John Koronka, who said himself that he had "nothing" on Sunday, is optioned out.
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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.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Duque delivers, Mets sweep — Orlando Hernandez felt sore while warming up yesterday, so the Mets dispatched Darren Oliver to the bullpen in case they were about to lose yet another starting pitcher. — In the end, however, not only did Hernandez take the mound at Shea …
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Cubsnet / CubsNet.com:
Cubs Trade Neifi Perez to Tigers — Jim Hendry has not had a good trade in a couple of seasons. He's now back in the game. Somehow, he convinced the Detroit Tigers to take Neifi Perez and his $2.5M 2007 contract, and the Cubs even received a player in return: 22-year-old minor league catcher Chris Robinson.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Only 100 at-bats? Lee would go batty — Derrek Lee could have called it a season and rested his right wrist for next year, but he doesn't want to sit if he still has a chance to play. What does Lee hope to accomplish by coming back for the final month of meaningless games?
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
OMAR GETS MOTA; GREEN MAY BE NEXT — While Omar Minaya added another power bullpen arm, yesterday, trading for the Indians' Guillermo Mota, the Mets' GM has also made progress in importing Shawn Green from Arizona to play right field, The Post has learned. — Green has decided to waive …
Toni Ginnetti / Chicago Sun Times:
Barrett still feeling effects of home-plate collision — A collision at home plate Friday between Cubs catcher Michael Barrett and St. Louis Cardinals shortstop David Eckstein has had a lingering impact for both clubs. — Both players didn't start the games Saturday and Sunday in the wake of the third-inning collision.
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