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Jeff Seidel / MLB.com:
O's fans weigh in on manager change — Most agree that team must show more fire on the field — BALTIMORE — Betty Burlin is a passionate Orioles fan who loves talking about the franchise's great moments. She remembers the thrill of watching the Orioles shock the Dodgers, and everyone else …
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Baltimore Sun
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Another Schilling shelling — Injury questions raised after Braves rout Red Sox — ATLANTA — Only 11 days have passed since Curt Schilling dabbled with immortality, coming within one out of a no-hitter. — Could he have gotten this old, this fast? — Or was Chipper Jones …
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Peter's Red Sox Forever
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Schilling doesn't have best stuff in loss — Crisp hits two homers among four hits, but Sox fall in opener — ATLANTA — There Curt Schilling was on the Turner Field mound Monday night, just powerless. For one of the great power pitchers of the last decade and change, this was the oddest of sights.
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Fenway Blogger
Carroll Rogers / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A powerful return home — McCann drives in 4 as Schilling exits early — The Red Sox might have their own fans to blame for this one. — By the second pitch of Monday night's game, Red Sox fans packing in Turner Field had already started a "Let's go Red Sox" cheer, and it seemed to put a bur under the Braves and their fans.
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NJ.com
Bill Finley / New York Times:
Maine Is Back on Track, and So Are the Mets — John Maine had certainly been part of the problem of late for the Mets, who entered last night having lost seven of eight games. After a strong start to the season, Maine had won only once since May 9. But last night, he was the solution.
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Hal Bock / Associated Press:
Maine helps slumping Mets beat Twins — NEW YORK (AP) — John Maine knew the Minnesota Twins would be a tough assignment Monday night, especially with the New York Mets coming off a 2-7 road trip. — So Maine did what any good pitcher does in that circumstance.
Bill Finley / New York Times:
Randolph Isn't Concerned With Beltrán's Leg Woes — Manager Willie Randolph continued to play down the seriousness of Carlos Beltrán's injured left quadriceps before last night's game against the Minnesota Twins, and he questioned why the leg problem seems to have developed into a major story.
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the metropolitans
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Costly Mistakes Too Much for Nats to Overcome — The highlights will show the Washington Nationals' gallant comeback in the ninth inning, an onslaught that featured Cristian Guzman's two-run triple, Felipe Lopez's run-scoring single and a Detroit Tigers lead that at one point had been eight runs but …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Fick looks to bounce back — Outfielder seeks to improve average despite family issues — WASHINGTON — Outfielder/first baseman Robert Fick is off to one of the slowest starts of his Major League career. Entering Monday's action, he is hitting .207 with four RBIs.
Matt Smith / MLB.com:
Notes: Harden sharp in simulated game — Right-hander's next step a rehab appearance on Wednesday — OAKLAND — A's general manager Billy Beane, assistant GM David Forst and manager Bob Geren, along with the rest of the A's brass were holding their collective breaths before Monday's game with the Cincinnati Reds.
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Janie McCauley / Associated Press:A's Blanton makes quick work of Reds
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Athletics Nation
MLB.com:
Rockies agree to terms with first-round Draft selection Casey Weathers — Deal final pending completion of a physical; Two other Draft picks signed — DENVER — The Colorado Rockies announced this afternoon that the club has agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Casey Weathers …
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Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Powerful presence gives Sosa clout — By sticking to his plan, Sosa has delivered much more than homers for Rangers — rdurrett@dallasnews.com — Sammy Sosa didn't plan it this way. But he isn't complaining. — The 38-year-old slugger sits one long ball away from the exclusive 600 home run club.
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Lone Star Ball
Associated Press:
Cubs' Lee, Padres' Young get 5-game bans — NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee and San Diego pitcher Chris Young were suspended for five games each Monday following a bench-clearing brawl last weekend. — Cubs hitting coach Gerald Perry was suspended for three games …
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Romero riding the waivers — Team cuts ties with lefthander — ATLANTA — The Red Sox officially cut ties with lefthanded reliever J.C. Romero yesterday, placing him on waivers for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. They had designated Romero for assignment 10 days earlier in Arizona …
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Surviving Grady
ABCNEWS:
Biggio: Target for Pitchers, Record Books — Astros' Craig Biggio Could Break All-Time Hit-By-Pitch Record — No one in the majors knows quite as much about two-seam baseball bruises as Craig Biggio. — Since his 1988 debut with the Houston Astros, the all-star utility man has become familiar with …
Associated Press:
ChiSox GM: No immediate plans for trades — LIKE THIS STORY? — CHICAGO (AP) - White Sox general manager Ken Williams said Monday he has no immediate plans to break up the team with trades in the wake of Chicago's miserable slide. But he's willing to do what is needed if there is no improvement.
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South Side Sox
