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Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
Marlins rally past White Sox on Wood's pinch home run — Jason Wood, you just won a game for the Marlins with your first pinch home run in the major leagues. — What are you going to do now? — Get up early this morning and drive to Disney World, believe it or not.
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Willis' next start could be pushed back — CHICAGO — The Marlins arrived at U.S. Cellular Field to an encouraging sight before Wednesday's game - Dontrelle Willis playing catch in the outfield with pitching coach Rick Kranitz. — Less than 24 hours earlier, Willis lasted just one inning …
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Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
Dontrelle Willis expects to make next start for Florida Marlins — CHICAGO Dontrelle Willis was back on the field Wednesday morning, playing his usual day-after game of catch and expressing optimism he would be able to make his next start. — He wants to make three more starts …
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FishStripes
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Once Again, Yankees' Bats Are Stifled by Rockies — The Yankees came here as the hottest team in the American League. With their rollicking offense in the thin air of Colorado against a traditional also-ran, the Yankees had reason to believe they would thrive at Coors Field.
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Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Another rocky showing for the Yankees in loss — DENVER — The supposedly hitter-friendly home of the Rockies, Coors Field, has been anything but for the Yankees the past two nights. — The Yankees entered the series with 379 runs scored this season, second in the American League only to the Tigers.
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Rocky Mountain News:
Three keys — Key moments in the Rockies' 6-1 victory against the New York Yankees on Wednesday night at Coors Field: — 1 After back-to-back doubles by Melky Cabrera and Derek Jeter gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead in the sixth, Jeff Francis trapped Jeter off second base on Bobby Abreu's comebacker …
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Purple Row
Rob Bradford / Boston Herald:
Tavarez toughs one out: Focuses once on field — ATLANTA - Last night was all about adjustments, and reflections, for Julian Tavarez [stats]. — The raw surface that encompassed the end of his right middle finger suggested a blister worse than the Red Sox [team stats] …
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Five Sox homers back Tavarez's gem — Righty stymies Braves; Papi, Manny go deep in blowout — ATLANTA — A batting barrage and a pitching masterpiece. It isn't often that a team can combine both of those forces in one night, but the Red Sox had all of that going for them and more in Wednesday's 11-0 romp over the Braves.
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The Baseball Desert
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:Renteria gets extra spring vs. Red Sox
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The GYS Network
Roch Kubatko / Baltimore Sun:
Fast start, Guthrie end O's losing streak at 9 … SAN DIEGO // Jeremy Guthrie stepped out of the dugout in the first inning last night and resisted the urge to pinch himself. If this was a dream, he didn't want to wake up. Just go directly to the mound, with no sudden movements, and bask in a moment that didn't seem real.
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Camden Chat
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Ayala Is Back, Speigner and Abreu Depart — Luis Ayala smiled broadly as he grabbed his glove yesterday afternoon. The right-hander, once a stalwart of the Washington Nationals' bullpen, was active for a major league game for the first time since September 2005, finally …
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Derek Jacques / Baseball Prospectus:
An Interpretive Analysis of the Commissioner's Invitation to Jason Giambi to Speak to the Mitchell Commission — An Interpretive Analysis of the Commis... 06-20 — Wrong Sox by Bryan Smith — 06-18 — The O's Are Baseball by Will Carroll — June 20, 2007, 10:49 PM ET
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Notes: Henderson here to help — Special instructor on tap to work with Reyes, Gomez — NEW YORK — With the return of summer — actually, one day before its return — has come the return of a man who used to own summer in these parts, one Rickey Henley Henderson, also known as Jose Reyes' personal tutor.
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Ludwick's homer is winner in 14th — The Cardinals committed four errors Wednesday night. They left the bases loaded in the ninth inning after having scored the tying run with just one out, and failed to score in the 12th after again loading the bases with one out.
Talking Chop:
Braves Trade McBride — Posted on Wed Jun 20, 2007 at 04:49:56 PM EDT — The Atlanta Braves announced that they have traded left-handed reliever Macay McBride to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for left-handed reliever Wilfredo Ledezma. — Ledezma has primarily been a reliever …
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Complete Transcript: MacPhail Press Conference — The following is a complete transcript from today's press conference announcing Andy MacPhail as the President of Baseball Operations for the Baltimore Orioles. — The following has opening statements from Russell Smouse, Andy MacPhail, and a Q&A with members of the media.
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Stephen Hawkins / Associated Press:
Sosa becomes fifth player to hit 600 HRs — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Sammy Sosa's 600th homer resembled so many that came before — except this time the Chicago Cubs were on the other side. — Playing for the Texas Rangers after a year out of baseball, Sosa became the fifth member …
Jack Curry / New York Times:
As the Mets Flounder, Gómez Could Be a Catch — Carlos Gómez has few friends in New York, so he has been surprised when strangers have stopped him, acted as if they had known him forever and talked about the catch. Five weeks into his major league career …
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Jay Cohen / Associated Press:
Twins take two of three from Mets — NEW YORK (AP) — Torii Hunter hit a two-run homer and Scott Baker pitched five effective innings to help the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Mets 6-2 on Wednesday night. — Joe Mauer also drove in two runs for Minnesota, which won two of three in its first series at Shea Stadium since 2002.
