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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Sanchez tosses no-hitter vs. D-Backs — Right-hander pitches fourth no-no in team history — MIAMI — Major League start No. 13 certainly proved lucky for Anibal Sanchez. — The 22-year-old rookie from Venezuela etched his place in baseball history Wednesday night by tossing the fourth no-hitter in Marlins history.
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Marlins magic continues, though few take notice — The biggest baseball story of the year doesn't concern the Yankees and Red Sox or Barry Bonds and steroids. — It's right here in South Florida, the tale of The Little Team That Could — and the market that couldn't care less.
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Chronic cramping leaves Willis looking for answers — MIAMI GARDENS — For now, Dontrelle Willis will make his next start Sunday at home against the Phillies. — But that could change if he continues to feel lingering soreness from what has become almost chronic cramping when he pitches on muggy days.
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Clark Spencer / Miami Herald:
Marlins' Sanchez pitches no-hitter — The last thing the rain-saturated diamond at Dolphin Stadium needed on Wednesday was another watering. But a steady drizzle began to fall the instant rookie pitcher Anibal Sanchez of the Marlins ended the longest drought between no-hitters in major-league history.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Rangers' Hicks spinning out of control again — You've insulted your players. You've undermined your manager and GM. You've turned former Rangers outfielder David Dellucci into Nelson Mandela. — Here's what Hicks, the Rangers' owner, should do in the wake of a radio interview …
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Dallas Morning News:
Mental toughness? Hicks should re-think that — Straight up: Tom Hicks is not a bad owner. The Rangers have done worse, anyway. No matter what else you may think, teeth grinding, Hicks fulfills fundamental necessities: He's got money, and he's willing to spend it. — He usually doesn't get in the way much, either.
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Tigers unconditionally release Young — Club lists veteran's on-field performance as basis for decision — DETROIT — A three-hour, nine-minute rain delay left seemingly no end to the Tigers' afternoon on Wednesday. By the time it was over, however, so was Dmitri Young's five-year tenure with the club.
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Associated Press:
Nats Win Topsy-Turvy Game Against Cards — WASHINGTON — Jose Vidro picked a good time to start getting clutch hits for the Nationals. — Vidro ended a game of comebacks, lining a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday to give Washington a 7-6 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:No save, no dice, no win
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Sanchez has no-hitter; Red Sox have no clue — Anibal Sanchez, Bronson Arroyo, Cla Meredith. — Three right-handed pitchers the Red Sox have traded in the past 10 months. — Three breakthrough successes for their respective National League teams. — Sanchez, 22, threw a no-hitter …
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Nady making big hits a habit — By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — CHICAGO — Xavier Nady has a ways to go to become the Pirates' most popular player with the public. — Inside the clubhouse, though, one gets the idea he is climbing that chart with a bullet.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Logan learning new spot — Washington center fielder hitting in the No. 8 position — WASHINGTON — Center fielder Nook Logan has been hitting eighth since joining the Nationals on Saturday, and he noticed opposing pitchers are throwing him a lot of breaking balls with the pitcher hitting behind him.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Hill sets it up, Lee's slam knocks it down — Rookie strikes out career-high 11; slugger homers on birthday — CHICAGO — Happy birthday, Derrek Lee. — Lee celebrated his 31st birthday by belting a grand slam with one out in the eighth inning, and rookie Rich Hill struck …
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NY Daily News:
For Braves manager, it's a wet and wild day — The Braves were a playoff team for 14 straight years and even now, when they're an almost impossible 18-1/2 games out of first place, there's still a chance to add another October. Not a very good chance, you understand, a really miserable chance, in fact, but the arithmetic is there.
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Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
Great Leap Forward, American League — This is part one of a four part series in which we'll look at which players saw their stock rise and fall the post in each organization. We start today with the American League, and the good. These are not the best players in the system by any means …
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Delgado a Clemente Award candidate — First baseman honors idol with both number and deeds — NEW YORK — Behind the expression that could scare a dark alley as well as any pitcher is one of the game's genuinely caring and philanthropic people. The curve of Carlos Delgado's brow often softens into part of a smile.
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