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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Percival agrees to minor-league deal with Cards — STAFF REPORTS — Looking to augment a bullpen that has been picked apart by the club's constant need for consistent starters, the Cardinals agreed to a minor-league deal with former Anaheim closer Troy Percival.
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Viva El Birdos
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MLB.com:
Cards and pitcher Troy Percival agree to Minor League deal — ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have agreed to terms with right-handed reliever Troy Percival on a minor league contract. The veteran closer will report to Triple-A Memphis where he will continue his attempt at a comeback.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Ron Vample / Associated Press:
Mets' Sosa shuts down Tigers 3-0 — DETROIT (AP) — Jorge Sosa didn't know — or care — that the Detroit Tigers had not been shut out this year. — "I didn't think about, I just tried to do my pitches," the 30-year-old journeyman from the Dominican Republic said through an interpreter …
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Mets Today
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D.J. Short / MetsBlog.com:
Blogger Beat: The Detroit Tigers Weblog — This season, at the beginning of each series, MetsBlog will attempt to get the perspective of the opposition and their fans. From this, we hope to be better educated on the opposition going into a series. It also gives us a fine opportunity to highlight some of our favorite team blogs.
Charles Odum / Associated Press:
Soriano hits 3 homers as Cubs top Braves — ATLANTA — When Alfonso Soriano had only four homers in 190 at-bats through May, he was starting to hear boos from impatient Chicago Cubs fans. Soriano proved with three homers in his first three at-bats Friday night that the early season power slump is history.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:
6/7/07 vs. Oakland and shaking off 'Tek...... Nice to be able to start a post game thread with something other than "I sucked and we lost". — Figured it would be quickest to get to the middle part of the game, when things began to get interesting. We got to the fourth in a 1 …
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The Baseball Desert
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Drew drives Red Sox — PHOENIX — The hidden-ball trick is baseball burlesque, a sight gag that seldom appears on the big stage anymore but never fails to draw a guffaw when it does. — But as entertained as the Red Sox were by shortstop Julio Lugo when he undressed unsuspecting Arizona …
Associated Press:
Young powers Nationals over Twins 8-5 — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Washington Nationals followed one of their worst games of the season at the plate with one of their best. — Dmitri Young had three hits and three RBIs, and Cristian Guzman went 4-for-5 with an RBI as the Nationals beat the Minnesota Twins 8-5 on Friday night.
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We've Got Heart
Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
With Timlin in, Romero odd man out — PHOENIX - The Red Sox [team stats] cleared a spot on the roster for the activation of Mike Timlin [stats] from the disabled list by designating veteran relief pitcher J.C. Romero for assignment. — The team has 10 days to either trade or release the left-hander …
Dan Steinberg / D.C. Sports Bog:
Baseball Players are Buck Commanders — By and large, the mainstream media does a tremendous job covering Major League Baseball, but one significant story slipped under the radar this week. Willie Robertson, the current leader of the famed Duck Commander clan of Louisiana waterfowl hunting icons …
Paul Meyer / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Major League Baseball Draft: Pirates select Clemson pitcher in first round — Clemson's Moskos likely to be a closer — Daniel Moskos probably is not the player most Pirates fans wanted to see the team take with their first pick in the first round of the amateur draft yesterday.
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ESPN:
Zambrano says he and Barrett are past dugout slugout — Pitcher Carlos Zambrano said he and batterymate Michael Barrett shared some tears when the two Chicago Cubs teammates reconciled after their dugout fight last week. — "He came to me the next day, and he apologized and I apologized …
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Rumors and Rants
Clare / Ladies:
Two Homers Discuss...: Phillies at Mets, 6/7/07 — As you've probably guessed by now, Ladies... Texas Gal and Clare are quite the Phillies Phans. Unfortunately, they're separated by 750 miles and a change of time zones. How do they remedy this problem? For what we hope will be the first in a series …
Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
Under The Knife — Playing Catch — There's no time for an intro today, between feeling ill and a pinched nerve in my neck. This is seriously one of the most painful, knee-buckling things I've ever had, so forgive me a bit of brevity today. — Powered by the hope that I'm better …
Steven Krasner / Providence Journal:
Ortiz was unaware of no-hitter till 9th — OAKLAND — As the Red Sox' designated hitter, David Ortiz obviously does not play in the field. So there are times when he'll go back into the clubhouse and get loose for his next at-bat. — So, believe this if you will, Ortiz …
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