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Associated Press:
Red Sox lefty Lester diagnosed with form of lymphoma — BOSTON — Boston Red Sox rookie left-hander Jon Lester has a form of lymphoma and will start treatment in the coming week, the team announced Friday. — Enlarged lymph nodes were identified when Lester, 22, was tested to determine …
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
This news hits close to home — The Red Sox announced yesterday that rookie lefthanded pitcher Jon Lester has cancer. It's a treatable form of anaplastic large cell lymphoma. The brief press release, delivered by the team at the request of Lester's family shortly before 6 p.m., said treatment will begin within a week.
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Mike Petraglia / MLB.com:
Lester diagnosed with lymphoma — Red Sox rookie will begin treatment for enlarged lymph nodes — BOSTON — Red Sox left-hander Jon Lester has been diagnosed with a treatable form of lymph node cancer. — The Red Sox made the announcement on behalf of Lester's family shortly after 6 p.m. ET on Friday.
Mike Petraglia / MLB.com:
Snyder leads Sox past Blue Jays — Right-hander helps distract Boston from medical woes — BOSTON — The Red Sox won Friday night's game, but the nightmarish injury bug hit again with Jonathan Papelbon leaving in the ninth inning. Boston's closer held his right shoulder after a pitch to Lyle Overbay.
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Mike Petraglia / MLB.com:
Papelbon strains shoulder in ninth — Rookie closer joins slew of injured Red Sox on sidelines — BOSTON — The last thing the Red Sox needed was their most reliable pitcher leaving a game holding his throwing shoulder in pain. — But the horrendous stretch of medical bad luck continued Friday …
Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Rivera unavailable Friday night because of muscle strain; Matsui hits outside — NEW YORK (AP) — Mariano Rivera was unavailable for the New York Yankees' game against Minnesota on Friday night because his right elbow felt stiff. — Rivera pitched Wednesday and Thursday against Detroit …
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Pérez Exhibits His Inconsistency — DENVER, Aug. 31 The Mets' rotation will receive a jolt this weekend when Tom Glavine and Orlando Hernández start for the first time in two weeks, but the long-anticipated return to normalcy does not signal good news for everyone.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
The best young tandem in baseball? Tough call — A scout last week asked me this question: — "Who would you take, the Mets' Jose Reyes and David Wright or the Phillies' Ryan Howard and Chase Utley?" — Without giving the topic much thought, I responded, "Howard and Utley."
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Pat Borzi / New York Times:
997 At-Bats, and the Twins' Tyner Can't Buy a Round-Tripper — The running gag on the Minnesota Twins about Jason Tyner's lack of power reached a high point Aug. 13. That is the day the willowy Tyner, the Twins' fill-in left fielder and a former No. 1 draft pick of the Mets, had a single …
Associated Press:
Radke diagnosed with stress fracture in shoulder — NEW YORK — Twins pitcher Brad Radke has a stress fracture in his right shoulder, an injury Minnesota doesn't necessarily think will end his season. — Radke's injury, to the glenoid area of the shoulder joint, is a rare condition …
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Derrick Goold / stltoday.com:
Lookout for Lefties — DOWNTOWN - Apparently giving himself brief immunity to his hard-line stance that he'll only talk about the current series, the here, the now, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa peeked ahead at the probable pitchers for a few of the upcoming series.
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Tulowitzki, Iannetta up — Rockies trying something new at shortstop, catcher … Troy - I appreciate loyalty and giving a guy a chance, but what's the deal with Clint Hurdle and Clint Barmes? The minors are full of flashy-glove, no-bat guys. Their middle fielders are killing them at the plate.
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USA Today:
Signings decrease pool of free-agent starters — Major league clubs have been so successful signing their starting pitchers to contract extensions, the free agent market for 2006 is starting to look awfully bare. — And for that matter, so is the 2007 market.
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Paul Harris / MLB.com:
Santana hit hard in opener — Angels' offense unable to get on track vs. Tigers — DETROIT — Ervin Santana had his strikeout pitch working Friday night, but that was about it. — Santana (13-7) struck out seven in four innings, but he also gave up five runs on seven hits in the Angels' 9- loss …
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Associated Press:
Wells: 'I don't plan on coming back' — SAN DIEGO — David Wells blew into his hometown on Friday evening and let on that this is more than likely going to be the last season of successful, colorful big-league career. — Wells, obtained Thursday by San Diego from the Boston Red Sox for the stretch drive …
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Scot Gregor / Daily Herald:
Thome likely to give hamstring more rest tonight — Jim Thome missed Thursday's game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays after re-aggravating his strained left hamstring the night before. — The White Sox' 36-year-old designated hitter might be able to play at Kansas City tonight. Or, he might not.
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