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ESPN:
Superseding indictment breaks up perjury counts against Bonds  —  The U.S. attorney's office filed 14 counts of perjury and one count of obstruction against Barry Bonds on Tuesday.  —  The filing was first reported by ESPN's T.J. Quinn.  —  The counts were filed in what's known …
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Paul Elias / Associated Press:   Reworked indictment against Bonds filed
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Jim Edmonds about to join Cubs  —  His expected signing will push Pie to Iowa  —  Veteran center fielder Jim Edmonds is expected to clear waivers Wednesday and sign with the Cubs, opening the door to what could be a prolonged debate.  —  Should the Cubs have given Felix Pie a longer opportunity to show what he can do?
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs expected to sign Edmonds  —  The Cubs appear poised to sign veteran center fielder Jim Edmonds soon after he clears waivers Wednesday.  —  That would mean a demotion to the minors for touted prospect Felix Pie, who entered Monday with a .222 average and strikeouts in one-third of his plate appearances.
David Ginsburg / Associated Press:
O's take down Beckett, Red Sox  —  Scott hits three-run blast in the third; Guthrie allows two earned runs in six-plus innings  —  Orioles outfielder Luke Scott, left, is congratulated by teammate Kevin Millar after Scott's three-run homer off Red Sox starter Josh Beckett in the third inning.
Discussion: Baseball Musings and SOX1FAN
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
It's all bad news for Sox  —  Lose more than just game to Orioles  —  BALTIMORE - It was sunny and pleasant yesterday in Baltimore, but you wouldn't know it by the fat, black storm cloud that hovered directly over the Red Sox [team stats] all day and all night, pelting them with injury and insult.
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Mets make several roster moves  —  Sosa, Figueroa designated; Tatis, Vargas up; Wise activated  —  NEW YORK — The Mets made a flurry of moves on Tuesday as the club readjusted its pitching staff while dealing with injuries.  —  Pitchers Matt Wise and Claudio Vargas were added to the Mets roster …
Discussion: Mets Today
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On the Mets beat:   Nelson Figueroa designated for assignment
Tom Haudricourt / Brewers Blog:
Capuano headed for another Tommy John  —  It appears Brewers left-hander Chris Capuano is headed for the second “Tommy John” reconstructive elbow surgery of his career.  —  Assistant general manager Gord Ash told me that Capuano began experiencing discomfort in his elbow during throwing drills Monday in Phoenix.
Discussion: ESPN
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 40: Yankees at Rays  —  YANKEES  —  Chien-Ming Wang against the Tampa Bay hitters.  —  Edwin Jackson vs. the New York hitters.  —  Back later with updates.  —  UPDATE, 6:50 p.m.: As was posted earlier today, Goose Gossage has beeen critical of Joba Chamberlain's fist-pumping.
Discussion: New York Post and iYankees
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Fred Goodall / Associated Press:
Rays beat Rivera, Yankees, move into 1st  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—Six straight wins.  Eleven in a row at home.  First place in the AL East.  —  The Tampa Bay Rays realize it's only mid-May, but they're having a ball during the best start in franchise history.  —  “I've been around a long time.
Discussion: Baseball Musings and Yahoo! Sports
John Klima / MLB.com:
Adenhart wins, then gets sent down  —  Angels recall power right-handed reliever Arredondo  —  ANAHEIM — Shortly after Nick Adenhart earned his first Major League victory on Monday, the Angels optioned the 21-year-old right-hander to Triple-A Salt Lake and recalled right-handed reliever Jose Arredondo.
Discussion: Associated Press and Angelblog
ESPN:
NAKED CAME THE PITCHER  —  America's retro-park craze has yet to reach Japan's shores.  There is no Camden Yards here — half the teams in Nippon Professional Baseball play in domed stadiums, including the Fighters.  Built in 2002 for soccer's World Cup, the Sapporo Dome has foul territory …
The Times-Tribune:
Astute analysis as always here at the SWB Yankees blog  —  “Very astute analysis, Chad.”  —  Those are actual words from the comments, and I want to remind you of them because I'm about to look like an idiot. … What I do know, thanks to a text message good friend John Nalbone …
Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Crede reiterates desire to stay with Sox  —  Third baseman willing to listen to offers during season  —  ANAHEIM — Joe Crede wants to stay in Chicago.  —  He has made that point abundantly clear since his early arrival in Arizona for Spring Training and took a few moments …
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Bradford Doolittle / Kansas City Star:
Don't fret over Royals prospect Moustakas  —  Should Royals fans be concerned about Mike Moustakas?  —  The short answer to that question is no. Or maybe heck no.  —  I get a lot of e-mail from Royals fans wondering about minor-league prospects.  This is heartening, because when fans …
Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
Under The Knife  —  Dirty Hurt  —  Mark Teixeira (3 DXL)  —  On the list of “things not to do in a contract year,” getting a case of back spasms is in the top ten. Teixeira suffered the problem in the first game of a doubleheader in an odd manner: he told Mark Bowman of MLB.com that he felt it first when covering the bag.
Discussion: Outs Per Swing
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:   Teixeira out of Game 1 with back spasms
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Nationals blow away Mets  —  Nelson Figueroa knows about bush league baseball.  After all, he's toured the world trying to resurrect his major league career.  —  But not until Monday night did Figueroa witness a truly amateurish display, the Mets pitcher suggested.
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Adam Rubin / Surfing the Mets:
Whoa Nellie! Figueroa rips Nats' chants
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Andrew Bagnato / Associated Press:
Big Unit shaky, but still wins No. 287
Discussion: AZ Snakepit
Yahoo! Sports:
Keppinger suffers fractured patella
Paul DePodesta / It Might Be Dangerous:
Petco Park - Part I
Ike H / Ike's Baseball Blog:
PITCHf/x summit  —  I just spent a weekend in beautiful San …
Fox Sports:
Win-now focus in Cincy could mean heavy action
Discussion: iYankees and MLB Rumors
Eric Seidman / Baseball Prospectus:
What He's Seeing, and What He's Doing With It
Discussion: 6-4-2
Baseball Prospectus:
Chillin' in the American League
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Struggling Patterson to stay atop lineup
Discussion: Church of Baseball
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David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Cubs Runs  —  The Cubs defeated the hapless Padres last night 12-3.
Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
Close-knit rotation turning page on past
Discussion: Royals Review
Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Tigers' Jacque Jones would like to head south
Discussion: Bless You Boys
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Homer in 10th gives Texas Rangers 13-12 win
Pizza Cutter / Statistically Speaking:
On the 100 pitch limit  —  Who decided that starting pitchers …
Discussion: THE BOOK
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Cabrera turns unassisted triple play
New York Post:
INJURED DUQUE MAKING PROGRESS