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Jeff Goldberg / Hartford Courant:
Bonds Strikes, But Sox Sweep — BOSTON — Fifteen years and 571 home runs ago, Barry Bonds and Tim Wakefield were teammates in Pittsburgh. — The last game Bonds won in a Pirates uniform was Game 6 of the 1992 National League Championship Series, when Wakefield, a rookie, threw his second complete-game victory of the series.
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Donnelly's sore forearm needs relief — Brendan Donnelly has the old-time baseball thing going. A sense of vengeance and, apparently, a distaste for interleague play. — When approached before the game for his take on his move to the disabled list , which came down yesterday, Donnelly would say only, "I don't do interleague play."
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:Giant killers — Resurgent bats, Piñeiro's arm help Red Sox finish sweep
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
SUPERMAN A-ROD IN LINE FOR $30 MILLION A YEAR — IT is easy to forget now in the fusillade of more homers, more RBIs, more greatness that Alex Rodriguez actually slumped for nearly a month this season. — Yet embedded in that slump were signs that Rodriguez would not only come out in a powerful way …
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Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:
Wang, A-Rod lead Yankees over Mets 8-2 — NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez hit his major league-leading 27th homer, Chien-Ming Wang came within one out of a complete game and the New York Yankees won the second Subway Series of the season Sunday night with an 8-2 victory over the stumbling Mets.
Mark Hale / New York Post:
PAUL IN PAIN — LO DUCA DAY TO DAY AFTER INJURING TRICEP — On four different occasions this year, Paul Lo Duca said he's been hit where he was hit last night. — Lo Duca was hurting during the Mets' 8-2 loss to the Yankees last night, and he sounded down afterward, too.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Aching Beltran can see Star trek — Carlos Beltran, the NL's leading vote-getter, has no intention of skipping the July 10 All-Star Game in San Francisco, even though he suggested he could use a week off to rest a nagging left quadriceps injury that he indicated was a tear. — "Three days?
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Mark Hale / New York Post:
BELTRAN, DELGADO STRUGGLE — Carlos Beltran essentially remained in his offensive abyss until his last at-bat last night. As for Carlos Delgado, he's beginning to hit, but last night he also appeared to have some lapses in the field. — It was slightly promising for Beltran and Delgado last night …
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Baseball Crank
Gregor Chisholm / MLB.com:
Notes: Young ready for Tigers reunion — Red-hot first baseman bears no ill will towards former team — TORONTO — Washington first baseman Dmitri Young will have an opportunity to take on his former team when the Nationals open a three-game series against the Tigers on Monday night at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium.
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Bowie Finds a Home In Nationals' Rotation — Brian Schneider was ready to shower at the end of a nine-game trip Sunday afternoon, but he considered the list in his head — starting pitchers for the Washington Nationals who are flung about the country pitching in the minors …
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Notes: Carroll called up to Marlins — Outfielder makes his Major League debut in KC finale — KANSAS CITY — Golf protocol prevented Brett Carroll's mother, Laura, from blurting out a loud scream on Saturday. — Called up from Triple-A Albuquerque, the 24-year-old Carroll is making …
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New York Post:
BOMBERS CONSIDER DEAL FOR HILLENBRAND — The Yankees have talked to the Angels about Shea Hillenbrand, a right-handed hitting first baseman they were interested in this past offseason when he was a free agent. — Hillenbrand's playing time with the Angels has been reduced …
Aaron / AaronGleeman.com:
Presented Without Comment: The First 30 Starts — With Friday's loss to the Brewers, Scott Baker has now made 30 career major-league starts. Here's how his performance compares to the numbers of a handful of prominent Twins pitchers through their first 30 big-league starts:
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Notes: Robertson confident about return — Tigers southpaw working his way back from case of dead arm — PHILADELPHIA — Nate Robertson knows arm scares. The Tigers lefty had Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery when he was still in college, and missed close to a year in the Minors with more elbow problems later.
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Randy Holtz / Rocky Mountain News:
Analyst has fond thoughts of Yankees — George Frazier, the Rockies' television analyst for FSN Rocky Mountain, won a World Series ring with the Minnesota Twins and pitched for five major league teams. — But the most compelling memories of his 10- year career in the majors came in the Bronx.
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Purple Row
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Notes: Pitching tells Mets' tale — With starters struggling, club encounters prolonged slide — NEW YORK — As if the theory that pitching determines a team's level of success needs reinforcement, there is this set of Mets' pitching numbers to ponder. — From May 23-June 8 …
