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4:30 PM ET, June 19, 2007

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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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Carroll Rogers / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Andruw, batting sixth, falls to .205  —  Jones goes hitless against Red Sox  —  The Braves are playing the Red Sox again, and Andruw Jones is back down hitting in the sixth hole.  —  Jones was struggling the last time these teams met in mid-May, and manager Bobby Cox dropped him from cleanup …
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
Carroll Rogers / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A powerful return home
Discussion: NJ.com
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
McCann returns to form as Braves win
Discussion: Talking Chop
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Schilling doesn't have best stuff in loss
Discussion: Fenway Blogger
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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Mike Puma / New York Post:
METS' MAINE ATTRACTION
Discussion: Yankees 2000
Bill Finley / New York Times:
Randolph Isn't Concerned With Beltrán's Leg Woes
Discussion: the metropolitans
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:   Mets trio dominates All-Star ballot
Associated Press:
Fired Perlozzo: 'I felt I could make a difference'  —  BALTIMORE — When he accepted the job as the 16th manager in the history of the Baltimore Orioles, Sam Perlozzo was determined to rescue the franchise from a steady wave of losing seasons.  —  Perlozzo had been with the team for a decade …
Discussion: Camden Chat
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Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
What the moves mean  —  For Peter Angelos: He apparently has his long-awaited right-hand man in former Cubs and Twins executive Andy MacPhail, who will be the club's next chief operating officer.  Angelos has a good relationship with MacPhail and deeply respects his judgment.
Geremy Bass / MLB.com:   Perlozzo dismissed as O's manager
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Yankees' need spawns rumors  —  It may only take one look at first base tonight to understand why the Yankees might have interest in Todd Helton.  —  Wanting to pair starting pitcher Mike Mussina with young catcher Wil Nieves, there's a strong possibility Yankees catcher Jorge Posada will start at first base.
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Mile-High Yanks set for Coors
Discussion: Purple Row and YanksBlog.com
Jack Etkin / Rocky Mountain News:   They're no longer Bronx Bumblers
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Yanks, Rangers should get this deal done  —  FOXSports.com, Updated 38 minutes ago  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  The following sentences will be written approximately 6,389,432 times before the July 31 non-waiver deadline:  — The Yankees will not trade right-hander Phil Hughes, not even for Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira.
Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Figgins' six-shooter clears way for Angels  —  His sixth hit of the game, a two-out triple, drives in Willits in the bottom of the ninth inning and caps a come-from-behind 10-9 win over Houston Astros.  —  Chone Figgins felt as if he had crossed the threshold from reality to fantasy Monday night …
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
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Ben Villa / L.A. Daily News:   Angels notes: Moreno happy, but not satisfied yet
Larry Santana / MLB.com:
Figgins' sixth hit beats Astros
Discussion: 6-4-2 and Big A Baseball
Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Buehrle doesn't want to be traded  —  With the White Sox struggling, trade rumors are floating around baseball, many of them involving free-agents-to-be Mark Buehrle and Jermaine Dye.  —  So does Buehrle, the longest-tenured Sox pitcher who has the staff's lowest earned-run average …
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Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Buehrle still hopeful he can stay with Sox  —  Mark Buehrle's answers are usually black-and-white.  —  But when the White Sox left-hander was asked Monday if his gut feeling is that he will be traded soon, it was time to get a little gray.  —  ''Yes and no,'' Buehrle said.
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and Sports Scope
Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
White Sox manager tells Marlins' Cabrera to lose weight  —  CHICAGO — Miguel Cabrera's recent weight gain hasn't escaped the notice of his countryman and mentor, Ozzie Guillen.  —  The subject came up again during their late dinner Sunday evening after the Marlins flew into town …
Discussion: Knuckle Curve and FishStripes
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Ozzie: Marlins deserve more support
Discussion: FishStripes
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Cards ink Ohka to minor league deal  —  FOXSports.com, Updated 30 minutes ago  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  The Cardinals, desperate for rotation help, have signed right-hander Tomo Ohka to a minor-league contract, FOXSports.com has learned.  —  Ohka, 31, will start Wednesday night …
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Luke Halpert / Nyjer Please:
The Mets Are Falling Apart  —  Right off the bat, I'd like to say that I expect you to be skeptic of what I'm about the write.  This blog isn't even about breaking stories (not that we don't want to every now and then), this is the first real post at Nyjer Please and I'm a relative unknown in blogging circles.
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
Reno Gazette-Journal# New Hampshire Newspapers:
Golfer's bad swing sparks brush fire  —  STAFF REPORT  —  A Wildcreek golfer who hit a bad shot this evening started a brush fire that consumed 15-20 acres northeast of the golf course, fire officials said.  —  The golfer had knocked his ball into the grass beyond the course off the 3500 block of Sullivan Lane.
Discussion: wearethepostmen.com and FanHouse
Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Keith seeks 1 leader among 2 Carloses  —  If Keith Hernandez were still playing, experiencing the slump the Mets are now mired in, he would not avoid the media.  And Mex would not take kindly to any teammate who did.  —  This was the message the SportsNet New York analyst delivered …
 
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