Top News:
Associated Press:
Mariners tee off on Red Sox pitching, sail to easy win — CBS SportsLine.com wire reports — SEATTLE — Finally, Jeff Weaver has something to shout about. — Seattle's early season flop continued his flip back toward respectability by holding the potent Boston Red Sox to one earned run …
RELATED:
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Tavarez, Red Sox trip up: Seattle leagues better in series-opening win — SEATTLE - Returning to the American League for good this season, the Red Sox [team stats] responded as if they had no idea where they were. — Looking lost at the wrong end of Interstate 90, the Red Sox' 9-4 loss …
Geoff Baker / Seattle Times:
Weaver fires up M's in 9-4 win over Red Sox — Some cuss words and other vocal barrages Jeff Weaver let fly on the mound left little doubt as to the state of his intensity level. — The rest of the Mariners seemed as pumped up as Weaver later admitted to being after Monday night's game.
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Seattle coasts by Sox — Last stop on road trip begins with blowout — SEATTLE — The sun refused to go down on Julian Tavarez, but that's only because at this time of year in the Pacific Northwest, the sun tends to linger deep into the evening. — The sun could have shone until midnight …
Discussion:
MY BASEBALL BIAS
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Hudson, McCann get it right for a night — Battery's performance ends losing streak at 5 — Not only had the Braves gone six days without a win, they had gone six days without a lead. — So when Brian McCann hit an RBI single for a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning Monday, the Braves were relieved.
RELATED:
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Bergmann Returns, But Nats Fall Short — By this point, the Washington Nationals need some sort of spreadsheet to keep track of their players. Perhaps a daily roll call instituted by Manager Manny Acta. "Bergmann!" Acta could yell in the clubhouse. "Here!" the right-hander would reply — for now.
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Note: Pedro Feliciano has been Great — During last night's win over the Cardinals, Joe Smith, Pedro Feliciano, Billy Wagner and Aaron Heilman pitched a collective five scoreless innings in relief, while walking two and striking out seven. — The Mets have won their last four games …
Discussion:
Mets Geek
RELATED:
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs win in wild ninth — Alfonso Soriano earned a $136 million contract last winter because of his ability to hit a baseball. — Wrigley Field security guard Anton Migursky earns considerably less than that for ensuring a safe atmosphere at the Friendly Confines.
RELATED:
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Baylor seeks Orioles' job — Chicago - Don Baylor wonders what it would have been like to manage the Rockies with a humidor. He wishes things had worked out differently with the Chicago Cubs. But more than anything, the only man to lead both teams wants another chance.
Discussion:
FishStripes
Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Mets voices whiff on Paul's tantrum — Paul Lo Duca, the Mets' All-Star poster child, acted like a spoiled one Saturday night in the sixth inning (A's-Mets, Ch. 11), snapping on home plate umpire Marvin Hudson over a called strike. Gary Cohen and Ron Darling quickly took Lo Duca to task.
Discussion:
New York Post
RELATED:
Mark Hale / New York Post:
BUEHRLE ON METS' RADAR - IF . . . The Mets are tracking Mark Buehrle, according to a person familiar with the situation, but they will only trade for the White Sox lefty if they have a 72-hour window to sign the free agent-to-be. — The only exception would be if the cost for renting Buehrle …
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Lester the spottier starter — So it's Gabbard who will fill in — SEATTLE — While Kason Gabbard was preparing to make a start in the place he made his big-league debut last season, Washington native son Jon Lester was enduring one of the worst starts of his minor league career last night in Louisville, Ky.
Discussion:
Peter's Red Sox Forever
RELATED:
Ben Bolch / Los Angeles Times:
Penny plays the ace card — He is the first 10-game winner in the National League as Dodgers rout the Diamondbacks, 8-1. Garciaparra to move from first to third. — PHOENIX — This was like driving the station wagon to work so that the sports car would stay spotless for the big date.
Discussion:
The Feed
Dejan Kovacevic / Associated Press:
Kuwata's sushi-ball has the raw material — Pirates' Japanese legend leans on ultra-slow pitch for early success — Pitcher Masumi Kuwata gets high fives from teammates in the dugout after leaving in the seventh inning against the Angels Sunday in Anaheim, Calif.
Discussion:
Where have you gone …
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
Bombers fly over the hill — Age & AL East catch up to shell of Yankee past — You know what the 2007 Yankees are so far? They are two weeks of real baseball, or at least the kind of real baseball you would expect from a $200 million team. Two weeks.
Discussion:
WasWatching.com
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Notes: Eyre to make first big-league start — Right-hander is 2-3 with a 3.00 ERA in 19 relief appearances — DETROIT — The Rangers are planning to bring reliever Willie Eyre out of the bullpen and start him on Tuesday night against the Detroit Tigers. — Eyre is replacing Vicente Padilla …
Discussion:
Baseball Time in Arlington
