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NY Daily News:
Rick Ankiel received 12-month supply of HGH, News learns — PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel, baseball's feel-good story of the season, received a 12-month supply of human growth hormone in 2004 from a Florida pharmacy that was part of a national illegal …
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ESPN.com:
Report: Ankiel linked to HGH case — St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel, who punctuated a storybook comeback from pitching travails by homering twice with 7 RBIs Thursday, joined the list of athletes linked to a Florida-based steroids investigation.
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Ankiel's feel-good story doesn't feel right anymore — Sometime over the last month, as Rick Ankiel launched home runs and put a defibrillator to his career and thrust the St. Louis Cardinals back into the playoff race, the irony of his new nickname must have dawned on him. — The Natural.
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Buchholz didn't buckle — Rookie structures a victory in relief — BALTIMORE - The kid's got pizzazz, a flair for the dramatic, and electricity all rolled into one. — In his first appearance since pitching a no-hitter against the Orioles last Saturday, Clay Buchholz dazzled in his new relief role …
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The Soxaholix
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Sox wear down Orioles — Uniform change can't alter familiar outcome — BALTIMORE - He may not have to shave yet, but the legend has legs. — There can be little doubt of that after 23-year-old Clay Buchholz, in the encore to his no-hitter in his second big league start, made his first relief appearance one to remember, too.
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Surviving Grady
David Ginsburg / Associated Press:Buchholz solid in relief, BoSox edge O's
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Red Sox Monster
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Breaking down who's on the hot seat — LIKE THIS STORY? — Manager A is in last place with a record of 59-81. His team, perhaps the most disappointing in the majors, could finish with the worst record in the American League. — Manager B is three games out in the wild-card race with a record of 73-66.
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Chicago Sun Times:
Inside Pitch with the White Sox — Showing his hand — Manager Ozzie Guillen said he will give reserve Andy Gonzalez (above) a few consecutive starts at shortstop over the next three weeks, indicating that the White Sox are sold on the versatile rookie as a future bench player — and that Juan Uribe's days might be numbered.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Yanks' hopes rest on rookie arms and pitching by committee — The Yankees have used 13 different starting pitchers this season, including eight rookies, six of whom made their major league debuts, so they certainly know how fickle the fortunes of a rotation can be. Heck, Carl Pavano, of all people, started on Opening Day.
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
David Wright closing in on homers-steals plateau — David Wright is not a speedster like Jose Reyes, but the Mets' third baseman always presumed it would be easier for him to swipe 30 bases than belt 30 homers in a big-league season. — As the Mets open a home stand tonight against the Astros …
Steve Buckley / Boston Herald:
Drew tries to get right — Looks to relax, puts fans at ease … BALTIMORE - The Red Sox [team stats] are fond of putting it out there that part of the process that goes into evaluating potential free agent signees is determining if they are temperamentally suited to playing in baseball-crazy Boston.
Kevin Kernan / New York Post:
JOBA'S DAD TRAVELING TO K.C. — A dream comes true tonight when Harlan Chamberlain will be at Kauffman Stadium to see his son Joba in a Yankee uniform. — "There probably will be a tear or two running down my cheek," Harlan told The Post last night from his home in Lincoln, Neb. "I'll just say a little prayer and thank God.
MLB.com:
Wild Card no longer such a crazy idea — After a skeptical start, two-team addition a postseason success — The Wild Card can now be seen in the context of contemporary existence in much the same light as the cellular telephone: — How did life go on before it existed?
Sports Illustrated:
Former Cubs, Giants manager Dusty Baker leading busy life this year away from baseball — Strolling across his Northern California estate, Dusty Baker stops to pull weeds, checks out the solar paneling that provides energy to cool and heat his new home, and fixes the drip irrigation system in his vineyard.
