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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Yankees' Posada on Disabled List for First Time — CLEVELAND — Jorge Posada seemed to be fighting back tears Sunday in the Yankees' clubhouse. Posada is a proud catcher, honest with his emotions, and he had never been on the disabled list in his 13-year career.
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MLB.com:
Yanks catch bad break with Posada — CLEVELAND — It should have been a terrific day for the Yankees, one of the best of the season. — Instead, it was perhaps the worst, a day when they found out that a truly indispensable member of the team, catcher Jorge Posada, was not going to be available for some time.
Tom Withers / Associated Press:
Yanks' Wang beats Indians' Sabathia 1-0 — CLEVELAND (AP)—An April win with all the texture of one in October was quickly chilled for the New York Yankees. — Moments after beating the Cleveland Indians 1-0, the Yankees lost a shocker: Jorge Posada is headed to the disabled list for the first time.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Shoulder issue to sideline Posada — Catcher to go on DL for first time, consult more physicians — CLEVELAND — Jorge Posada is headed to the disabled list for the first time in his career following a recurrence of the right shoulder injury that has limited his ability to catch for the Yankees this season.
The Times-Tribune:
Chris Stewart called up — Chris Stewart just confirmed that he's been called to New York to take Jorge Posada's place on the roster. Stewart will be with the team in Cleveland tomorrow. He was given no indication of how long he would be with the big league team.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Posada headed to disabled list — For the first time in his career, Jorge Posada will be placed on the disabled list and it could be for a long time. — The muscle tear in Posada's shoulder left him unable to throw today and he will be examined by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., later this week.
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Nat Boyle / MLB Rumors:
Pirates Release Matt Morris — Unfortunately, there's no surprise here. ESPN reports the Pirates have released Matt Morris. As Tim noted last night, the Pirates had little choice and eating $10MM seems their best option. According to ESPN, … There shouldn't be much interest for Morris.
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Associated Press:
Rays sweep Red Sox with 3-0 victory — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—James Shields pitched Tampa Bay into a rare position. The Rays are now the co-leaders in the AL East with the Baltimore Orioles. — Shields threw a two-hitter for his first career shutout, Evan Longoria homered …
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David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Duel Afternoon — While I was off at Easter dinner, major league starters took control of a number of games. As mentioned in the previous post, Wang and Sabathia combined to allow one run in Cleveland, with the Yankees scoring the lone tally. — The Red Sox and Rays matched Beckett and Shields …
JR Radcliffe / MLB.com:
Bush to keep starting, but in Triple-A — Sheets' return prompts Yost to option arm, avoiding long relief — MILWAUKEE - Had Ben Sheets been unable to pitch Tuesday in his scheduled slot, Milwaukee knew it would have Dave Bush on regular rest ready to fill in.
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Tom Haudricourt / Brewers Blog:
Brewers option Bush to Nashville — The Brewers cleared a spot on their roster for the return Tuesday of centerfielder Mike Cameron by optioning right-hander Dave Bush to Class AAA Nashville. — To say the least, Bush was stunned when told after the game today that he was going down.
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Jim Baumbach / On the Mets beat:
Delgado's explanation of the curtain call snub — Carlos Delgado says he has only taken two curtain calls in his life, when he hit four in one game several years ago and after he hit his 400th career home run. He knew the fans were calling for one today, but he didn't feel it was the right spot.
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
THE EYES HAVE IT — EXPERTS WHO'VE SEEN HIM PEG JOBA AS A TOP STARTER — WE HAD the stupid moment again in New York sports this week when people spoke en masse about a subject they truly knew nothing about and it wasn't even the NFL Draft. Though I remain enthralled that folks …
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Wayne Coffey / NY Daily News:
Davey Johnson tells of Mets days, steroids and Olympic dreams — The manager of the U.S. Olympic baseball team is a familiar, craggy-faced man whose life has known soaring triumph and unspeakable tragedy and who, across five decades in locales ranging from Baltimore to Atlanta, Tokyo to Flushing, has had a diamond life like few others.
Fox Sports:
Braves' Smoltz complains of shoulder pain — John Smoltz left Atlanta's 6-3 loss to the New York Mets on Sunday with what he called “discomfort” in his throwing shoulder. The Braves right-hander allowed four runs and seven hits in a season-low four innings. He also gave up his first two home runs of the season.
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Associated Press:
Lanan leads Nationals past Cubs 2-0 — WASHINGTON (AP)—Nationals manager Manny Acta sure expects a lot from 23-year-old rookie John Lannan. — Consider Lannan had just thrown seven shutout innings in Washington's 2-0 win over the Chicago Cubs on Suday. What did Acta say? “I've seen him better.”
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Count on it — ST. LOUIS - Adam Wainwright just had thrown 126 pitches, and his right arm did not fall off. It hung unencumbered, Wainwright eschewing standard postgame procedure where starting pitchers mummify their throwing arms in ice packs. He prefers going au natural with his appendage …
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