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Gordon Wittenmyer / TwinCities.com:
Hunter seeks no-trade contract — Center fielder wants extension but is not optimistic Twins will grant his request — NEW YORK — Twins center fielder Torii Hunter said Friday that he's not optimistic about the possibility of negotiating a contract extension with the Twins, in part because of one stipulation he would require.
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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.
Gordon Wittenmyer / TwinCities.com:
Gloom blankets the Twins — NEW YORK — The dark clouds are expected to roll into New York this morning, bringing severe winds and heavy rain. — And that's just the storm following the Twins around this week. — The weather system that Tropical Storm Ernesto is supposed to blow over the Bronx today — that's nothing.
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Lee Jenkins / New York Times:
Hoping Not to Face Twins Later, Yanks Distance Themselves — Alex Rodriguez rounded third after a leadoff homer in the second inning. Rodriguez, who also homered in the seventh, has 29 homers this season. — The Minnesota Twins used to be the ideal playoff appetizer, always intriguing the Yankees but never overwhelming them.
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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Lester diagnosed with cancer — Sox pitcher has form of lymphoma — The Red Sox announced yesterday that Jon Lester, 22, had been diagnosed with a rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a blood cancer, and will begin treatment in the coming week. — Sox manager Terry Francona …
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 …
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
So far, so good on Ortiz's heart tests — You never hear the word ``unremarkable" associated with David Ortiz, but in this case, it's a good thing. — That was the word used to describe the results of Ortiz's heart tests conducted Wednesday and Thursday at Massachusetts General Hospital by a team of experts.
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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 …
Matt Eagan / Hartford Courant:
He'll Likely Return A First Baseman — NEW YORK — Gary Sheffield had a box of bats delivered to his locker at Yankee Stadium Friday afternoon but he won't be able to use them for at least another week. — Sheffield, who has been on the disabled list since May 14 because of a torn ligament …
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NY Daily News:
Major League Yankees lover — 1st game in 50 yrs. a ball for fan, 103 — Helen Beller is truly a Yankees fan for the ages. — The great-great-grandma from Manhattan's upper West Side has been rootin' for the Bronx Bombers all her life, which began in 1903, the same year the Yanks were born as the Highlanders.
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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Dave Van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Baker doesn't argue Maddux's rip at defense — After his last victory made him 3-0 as a Dodger, Greg Maddux was quoted as saying, "I've seen more plays here in a month than I've seen in the last three months. They cover a lot of ground." — If true, that would be an indictment of the team …
Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
More duties for Borowski? — · One way for the Marlins to address their set-up problems: Give the job to the closer. — Joe Borowski won't be logging two-inning saves the rest of the way, but he and pitching coach Rick Kranitz said they were open to a greater workload.
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Hafner day to day with hand bruise — X-rays negative after Tribe slugger hit by pitch Friday — ARLINGTON — Travis Hafner was in position to hit his record-breaking seventh grand slam Friday night. — Instead, Hafner himself got hit with a fastball thrown by Rangers reliever C.J. Wilson.
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