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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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NY Daily News:
It's time for Jeter to get his MVP due — He says he doesn't even think about it, but you know that can't be true. After all these years, there is plenty of evidence that Derek Jeter is genuine about putting winning above all individual pursuits, but that doesn't mean he isn't human.
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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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Carpenter clinches Pirates' 14th losing season — St. Louis ace brilliant in outdueling Duke, 3-1 — By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — ST. LOUIS — The Pirates' modest push to avoid the inevitable reached a quick, quiet end. — Chris Carpenter's complete-game three-hitter lifted …
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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